FINISHING PRINCIPLE PHOTOGRAPHY
It's important that you complete shooting all the scenes in your script, and your script should be at least one hundred pages! Don't leave anything for later. I can never over-stress this point enough. You just can't afford to go back into production on the same movie again. Don't anticipate dubbing later. Do extensive wild lines on a daily basis, every time you find out you have unusable sound. Don't procrastinate on this. Pay attention to it and take the trouble to do it at the end of shooting each scene. Before you authorize the production manager to call "Wrap!" on the production, make sure you have all your close-ups, all the special effects shots, all your inserts, all your sound foley and atmosphere and check with every department to make sure that they don't have anything left to accomplish for the successful completion of your movie. Be humble and ask everyone if they know of anything else you can shoot, "just in case!"
Part I.
The
Screenplay.
Story Construction.
Script Formats.
Story-Boarding.
Part II.
Pre-Production.
Script Breakdown.
Budgeting.
Financing.
Casting.
Crew Selection.
Production Manager.
Cinematographer.
Operator/ Focus Puller/Loader/Slate.
Sound Recordist.
Boom.
Continuity Person.
Art Director.
Costume Designer.
Gaffer.
Key Grip.
Prop Person.
Make-Up & Hair.
Production Assistant.
Editor.
Equipment.
Studio & Location Scouting.
Lab Procedures.
Catering.
Insurance.
Part III.
Production.
Producer.
Director.
Hierarchy of Command.
Setting Up the First Shot.
Procedure for Shooting a Scene.
Language of Film.
Long Shot.
Medium Shot.
Close-up.
Aesthetics.
Coverage.
Sticking to Schedule.
Sticking to Budget.
Directing Actors.
Controlling Technicals.
Special Effects.
Special Processes and Genres.
Finishing Principle Photography.
Pick-Ups.
Part IV.
Post-Production.
Editing.
Dialogue Cutting.
Cutting Action.
Techniques.
Artistic Considerations.
Equipment.
The Editor.
Editing Music.
Sound Effects Editing.
ADR & Dubbing.
The Mix.
Negative Cutting.
Printing the Film.
The Answer Print.
Release Prints.
Part V.
Distribution.
Finding a Distributor.
Majors' Distribution.
Mini-Majors.
Independent Distributors.
Distributing Your Own Film.
The Foreign Market.
Domestic Distribution.
Festivals.
Four-Walling.
Video, TV & Ancillary Markets.
Building Your Library of Films.
Business Options.
Corporations.
Limited Partnerships.
Public Offerings.
Conclusions.