The Filmmaking Process
Posts from Coffee and Celluloid organized into the stages of filmmaking.
Pre-Production
- 5 Ways to Become a Future Hollywood Power Player
- Screenwriting – Biblio Film School
- Pitching Story Ideas
- Keep the Pitches Off the Elevator
- Keeping the Outline in Scope
- Revision in Technicolor
- Producing Tools
- Scouting for a Corner Office
- Casting
- Director’s Prep
- Tech Scout
- Getting the Greenlight
- Producing a Location
- Who Produces What?
- I Redeem Myself as Producer
- Make a UPM Kit
- Camera Tests
- Forgetting the Audience (and Sarah Marshall)
- Inside Director’s Prep
- The Last Location Scout
- Location, Location, Location
- Here Piggy, Piggy, Piggy
- Crew Call – The Cast Behind the Camera
- The Complete Ira Glass on Creative Work
Production
- Directing
- Producing
- Cinematography
- Production Design
- Crew
- Burn Notice – On-Set and Production Assisting
- How to Make a Movie – Start to Finish
- Presentations and Filmmaking
- From Presentation Zen to Filmmaking Zen
- Drawing The Line
- A Truck Full of Equipment
- Lights, Camera, Action…and Marker, Slate, Sound…
- Time for Some Union Rules
- Craft Services – The Morale Booster
- No Communication is a Bad Thing
- Acting for the Camera
- A First Assistant Directing Moment
- It’s Dailies, Not Weeklies
- How to Turn 10 Extras into 100
- Friday Night Dailies
- In Production: Day 1 – Off to a Good Start
- I Was Kung Powed
- Going for a Take
Post-Production
- How to Make Professional Looking DVDs
- Editing
- Sound Design
Exhibition
- State of the Fest – Do festivals matter?
- A Good Film Festival is When You Don’t See Movies
- The Future: “Welcome To The New World of Distribution”
- Did the Digital Revolution Screw Over Cinema?
- Inside a Movie Marketer’s Playbook
Documentary
- Pre-Production
- Production
- Post-Production
- Exhibition
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i like ur website.
Thank you so much for all the resources. I am planning on applying to FSU film school for Fall 2011. I know the program is highly selective, but I really hope I get accepted. I am also applying to NYU, USC, and other schools in Los Angeles. We’ll see where this whole thing takes me…
Thanks again!
thnx its useful
My name is Noel Herrera and I am an eighth grader at Albany Middle School. I am beginning a two month research project on a topic of my choice. I chose filmmaking because since the day I watched Jurassic park I have been fascinated in the world of filmmaking and what it takes to make one. i have seen many movies and have also seen the special features of those movies. What I am interested in is how you begin production of a movie and the steps it takes make a good one.
Since by the looks of your web site and its information, I was hoping you could answer a few questions regarding filmmaking.
1. How did you start filmmaking?
2. How and where do ideas for movies come from?
3. How do you get a cast and crew?
4. How many people do you really need on your crew?
5. What equipment works best when working indoors and when working outdoors?
6. How do you get a production company to finance your movie?
I want to thank you in advance for your assistance. If you know anyone else who might be of assistance in helping me with my search in this area, I would appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Noel Herrera