1. How Movies are Made

2. What happens during Pre-Production?
The director plans the film’s narrative structure and overall look.
Director’s Vision
How the director imagines the final film will look.
The Script (writers)
The Production Design (technical stuff)
The Cast (actors)

3. What happens during Production?
The director works with the cinematographer and the actors on the set to photograph the story.
Director’s Vision
Cinematography
Acting

4. What happens during Post-Production?
The director works with the film editor to assemble the raw footage into a final film, and with the sound editor and music composer to create the soundtrack.
Director’s Vision
Film Editing
Sound Editing
Music Score

5. What is Production Design
Set, scenery, and locations
Props, furnishings, and trimmings
Costumes, makeup, and hair

6. What does a Production Designer do?
Creates the physical world of the film
Work with the director to carry out vision
Design all sets, props, etc.
Oversees all elements of design

7. What is Cinematography?
A visual language that tells the audience
Where to look
What to pay close attention to
How to respond
Use of light and shadow
Use of color
Use of movement

8. What does a Cinematographer do?
Work with the director to plan how to photograph the scenes
Decides where to place the camera for each shot
Decides how to light each shot
Sometimes operates the camera

9. What is Film Editing? Raw Footage
Cuts and Splices (joining shots together)
Continuity and Pacing (smooth, logical)
Rough Cut (first draft)
Final Film (distributed to theatres)

10. What does a Film Editor do?
Decides which shots to keep/cut
Decides the best order of shots
Creates transitions

11. What does the Music Composer do?
Reads the script or views the edited film
Researches music that best fits the characters and setting
Often creates original music
Writes the score (background music)
Usually conduct the musicians while recording