Filmmaking
What is Filmmaking?
Filmmaking, simply put, is the art and the craft of visual storytelling. You are showing the story rather than telling the story through moving pictures.
Film production consists of five major stages:
Development: The first stage in which the ideas for the film are created, rights to books/plays are bought etc., and the screenplay is written. Financing for the project has to be sought and obtained.
Pre-production: Arrangements and preparations are made for the shoot, such as hiring cast and film crew, selecting locations and constructing sets.
Production: The raw footage and other elements for the film are recorded during the film shoot.
Post-production: The images, sound, and visual effects of the recorded film are edited and combined into a finished product.
Distribution: The completed film is distributed, marketed, and screened in cinemas and/or released to home video.
Possible jobs in Film (from File Stage):
>Screenwriter / Author . >Producer >Director . >Actor / Actress . >Director of Photography . >Costume Designer . >Location Manager . >Makeup Artist . >Set Decorator . >Prop Master . >Key Grip . >Gaffer . >Editor . >Sound Designer . >VFX Artist . >Composer . >Alternative Film Careers
Filmmaking 101 - Must complete in order to film outside of the CMA Lab
GREEN CIRCLE (1 PT.)
Use iMovie, WeVideo or another video editor to create an original video.
Only a couple of camera angles are used.
Sound is not edited. Sound is simply what was recorded in the scene.
Citations are made but perhaps incomplete.
Questions are asked throughout the project (such as how to use tripods and cameras, SD cards, how to import and export video files, using youtube - DRL, etc.)
Limited transitions, titles, backgrounds, or other features used. Video looks more like an unedited recording that we are watching.
BLUE CIRCLE (2 PTS.) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE....
Complete the Filmmaking 101 worksheet and get your license to film.
The film tells a story and is an original idea.
Use iMovie, Final Cut Pro, WeVideo or another video editing program to edit your clips.
3-5 different camera angles are used.
Add a soundtrack that involves more than just the sound captured from original film clips.
A transition, a title, a background are all used at some point in the film
Citations are correctly made for any clips, music, etc., used in the film
Teacher help is limited and not about what was learned in the Filmmaking 101 worksheet/videos.
BLACK DIAMOND (3PTS) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE & BLUE SQUARE...
The film is original and innovative meaning that there is a 'moral' to the story you tell. It has an impact on those who watch it.
A script or storyboard is created prior to filming.
A minimum of 6 camera angles are used throughout the film.
Film includes a variety of transitions, titles, backgrounds, and other effects to give the film a well-edited, polished feel. Innovative and advanced editing techniques are included.
Citations for everything are made correctly.
Tutorials:
iMovie Tutorial
10 Editing Tricks for Beginners on iMovie
WeVideo Tutorial
Final Cut Pro Tutorial