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3 Steps To Making Movies What The Audience May Not Know or See By Mr. O’Brien

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3 Steps To Making MoviesWhat The Audience May Not Know or See

By Mr. O’Brien

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All Movies Use These 3 Steps(In This Order)

1. Pre-Production (Before)

2. Production (During)

3. Post-Production (After)

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Step 1 Pre-ProductionPlanning For The:

Story - Content – MessageCreate ScriptStoryboard ProjectDecide Type Of ShotsIdentify Talent - CharactersLocationEquipment NeededTechnical Considerations

Permissions / Audio / Timeline / BudgetJob Roles-Camera Operator, Audio

Engineer, Director

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Planning:It all starts with an ideaand is sketched out with a script.

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Storyboard:Going from the head to paper

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Do you recognize this movie?

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StoryboardsDon’t have to be complexBut they need to show:

SceneSubjectType of ShotLength of Shot

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Detailed Storyboard

There are people who make a career being a storyboard artist

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Step 2 ProductionFollow The Pre-Production Plan

Use The Storyboard

Slate Shots – Film– Have Multiple Takes

Acting

Record/Gather All Content To Be Used

Always Record The Best Possible Quality

Be Detailed… Note The Setting, Noise, Lighting, Background

Always Create Continuity For Your Content

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ProductionThe Doing… On location…

On Set

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Following Pre-Production PlansUsing the Storyboard

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Studio Sets

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Studio Sets

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Field RecordingOn Location

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Step 3 Post Production Putting The Pieces Together

Editing Video – Use The Best Work

Editing Audio

Audio Overdub/Voice Over

Foley/SFX

Titles/Text

Screen, Test For Accuracy

Export: DVD, Web, Phone, Media Player, USB Drive

Release & Celebrate!

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Post ProductionPutting it all together!

Editing

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Editing

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Post ProductionADR (Audio Dialog Replacement)This can be hard to do!

Overdub

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Post ProductionSFX (Adding Sound Effects)Recreating sound to fit the scene

Foley

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Post Production Studio

In large Post Production Studios such as this, it takes 3 engineers to craft the final audiomix.Their roles? Music, Dialog, SFX. A major motion picture can easily have over 120audio tracks. Making it work with the visuals is critical. Now… add 3-D…WHEW!

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Within Each Step…There are many types of:

JobsRoles

Careers

Specialty Needs

And Newly Evolving Needs

On Camera and behind The Camera… It Takes Planning & Team Work!

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No matter what the size of the…Studio, equipment and ideas are, all projects start with the same 3 Steps.

Pre-Production+

Production+

Post Production

Thoughtful use at each step = Success!