 1. Pre-production  2. Production  3. Post-production

 Development: buying the rights  Script writing: turn into workable text  Sell or keep project  Hire key personnel: director, business manager, key talent, designers/tech people  Organization: coordinate use of locations & logistics  Script development: storyboarding/revising dialogue

 Crew and talent arrive on set each day ready to shoot  Dailies: director/team review footage that was shot each day

 Editing: order of shots & transitions; what is included – telling the story  Adding sound  Looping: re-recording sound over video  Score: the film’s music  Foley artist: sound fx artist

 Trailers: coming attractions  Test screenings: pre-release screenings  Test audiences: asked for reactions before film’s release so last-minute changes can be made  Previews: arranged for film critics & industry execs before film’s release

 Cinematography: the Art of filmmaking – the way the film is shot; the creative choices that were made related to the picture  Frame: an individual picture or exposure  Shot: the basic unit of film; any piece of unedited film  Scene: group of interrelated shots taking place in the same location  Sequence: group of interrelated scenes that form a natural unit in the story

 Distance  Angle  Movement

 Long shot (establishing shot): shows main visual subject in entire surroundings  Medium shot: shows main subject in immediate surroundings  Close-up: shows only the main subject (an extreme close-up is a form of close-up)

 Low angle: camera below subject looking up; conveys sense of authority/strength  Extreme low angle: camera directly below subject  Flat angle (eye level): camera at same level as subject; neutral shot  High angle: camera higher than subject; used to convey sense of defeat/ weakness  Extreme high angle: camera directly above subject

 Pan: camera remains in place but moves side to side on horizontal axis  Track/truck: entire camera moves to left or right  Zoom: camera remains in place: lens manipulated to create effect of moving toward or away from subject  Dolly: camera itself moves toward or away from subject; leaves more of the background visible than a zoom does

 Tilt: camera remains in place but pivots up and down on vertical axis  Boom: a shot in which the camera, usually mounted on a crane or hydraulic arm, moves up or down. Booms can also move sideways while moving verically  Subjective: a shot in which the camera sees; the camera is meant to take the place of the character’s eyes; also known as a point of view shot  Composition: the inclusion/arrangement of objects in a shot