8/29/20151 RTV 322 Crew I. Above the line positions II. Below the line positions

8/29/ stages of moviemaking  Filmmaking vs. moviemaking Development Pre-production Production Post-Production Distribution and exhibition

8/29/20153 Development Who can pitch, to whom do you pitch, optioning a script / step deal The script is written and drafted into a workable blueprint for a film Decisions made about stars (‘packaging’) and initial casting, location, budgets Who is calling the shots?

8/29/20154 Pre-production The production company is created and a production office established. The production is storyboarded and visualized with the help of illustrators and concept artists. A production budget is drawn up to plan expenditures for the film.

8/29/20155 Production Actual shooting of the raw elements Crew members sharing the ‘Director’s Vision’ Call sheets etc. made from the breakdown meeting Studio stages, Locations, department heads, principle photgraphy, 2nd units

8/29/20156 Post-Production Transfer to digital, then editing Dialogue editing / including ADR Music tracks (and songs) composed, performed, recorded Scenes are scored Sound effects are designed and recorded Computer-graphic 'visual' effects are digitally added, All sound elements are mixed into "stems," then the stems are mixed, then married to picture The film is fully completed ("locked")

8/29/20157 Once Locked... The film is passed into the hands of the postproduction supervising sound editor to layer the sound track. Voice recordings are synchronized The final sound mix is created by the re- recording mixer. The sound mix combines dialogue, sound effects, ADR, walla, Foleys and music.

8/29/20158 Sales and distribution The film is screened for potential buyers (distributors) It is picked up by a distributor and reaches its cinema and/or home media audience. Promotion and marketing -- advertising, actor appearances, etc. $$$ ‘Straight to DVD’ ?

8/29/20159 Major Positions Above the line -- $$ Residuals / owners Producer, Director, Writer, Actors Producer  Hires a crew  The nature of the film and the budget, determine the size and type of crew used during filmmaking  Many Hollywood blockbusters employ a cast and crew of hundreds  A low-budget, independent film may be made by a skeleton crew of eight or nine (or fewer).

8/29/ Director Primarily responsible for the storytelling, creative decisions and acting of the film. Established versus emerging directors Film school graduates  Tomaric DP note ‘Author’ of a movie, while the Producer is ‘author’ of a TV show ‘Director’s cuts’ of movies

8/29/ Other major roles Line Producer: On the set making sure everything stays on budget Script superviser: watches for continuity issues—’are we following the script?’

8/29/ Famous TV Producers / Movie Directors Dick Clark, Gene Roddenberry, Norman Lear, Aaron Spelling, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chuck Lorre, Dick Wolf, Marta Kauffman... Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, James Cameron, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Tim Burton, JJ Abrams...

8/29/ Other major roles Director of Photography (DP) The cinematographer who supervises the photography of the entire film A chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film Responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image Some professionals insist that the term cinematographer only applies when the director of photography and camera operator are the same person

8/29/ Unit Production Manager (UPM) Responsible for watching all the costs--to deliver the project on budget at the end of principal photography. Lead dept. managers, script breakdown. Producers responsible for cost-related decisions on above-the-line (primarily, casting) issues; UPM responsible for below-the-line (primarily, production period) costs. The film’s director has the final say on the cinematographer, costume designer, production designer, and film editor; UPM makes the deals and hires the remaining crew.

8/29/ Production Coordinator May be Line Producer. Serves under the UPM to coordinate the various groups and personnel that come together to make a movie or TV show. Requires organizational skills and the ability to handle a multitude of tasks simultaneously under often high-pressure situations. Duties are often undefined and extremely varied ranging from office manager, to human resources, to controller, to accountant.

8/29/ Other major positions Casting Director Location Manager Production Designer Sound Designer Art Director Editor  See textbook for others

8/29/ Getting started Internships Part time jobs Texas Film Commission Texas Association of Broadcasters Mandy.com JournalismJobs.com

8/29/ Other production jobs PA / runner / gopher Editor / assistant editor  No ‘fake it until you make it’ Master control operator Freeland videographer Independent filmmaker

8/29/ Other production jobs Wedding videographer  Dustin Stelly Dustin Stelly Video depositions, others on course outline…