From concept to screen an overview of film and television production
Title:
From concept to screen an overview of film and television production
Author:
Benedetti, Robert L.
ISBN:
9780205327430
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Publication Information:
Boston : Allyn & Bacon, 2002.
Physical Description:
154 p.
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Format:
Books
Document ID:
SD_ILS:41591
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Summary
Summary
Written by an Emmy-award-winning producer and director, this book focuses on the underlying principles of film and television production, emphasizing the creative rather than the technical aspects. The book describes how a film is created - from conception to screen - and provides a comprehensive overview of the entire production process. Not intended as a "how-to" book, this book presents only a limited amount of detailed technical information. Instead, it emphasizes the underlying principles and processes of primarily four kinds of films: feature, independently financed, made-for-network-television, and made-for-cable movies. For anyone interested in writing, directing, producing or acting for film/TV.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures |
| Acknowledgements |
| Preface |
| 1 The Producer |
| The Producer |
| PGA Motion Picture Producing Functions |
| Choosing an Underlying Concept |
| Sources of Film Concepts |
| 2 Options and Rights |
| Options |
| Life Stories |
| Books and Plays |
| The Back-End |
| 3 Pitching |
| Preparing for the Pitch |
| The Hook |
| Selecting the Market |
| Demographics |
| Agents, Managers, Attachments, and Packaging |
| Pitching |
| The Creative Executive |
| 4 Financing |
| Studio and Network Production Deals |
| Independent Financing |
| 5 Development Hell |
| The Writing Process |
| Copyrights and Registration |
| The Preliminary Board and Budget |
| Runaway Production |
| Hiring the Director |
| Star Casting |
| Billing |
| Abandonment, Turnaround, and Reversion |
| 6 Prep. The Schedule |
| The Line Producer and UPM |
| Picking Home Base |
| The Shooting Script |
| The Board, DOOD, and One-Liner |
| Final Casting |
| The Last Weeks of Prep. The Technical Scout |
| The Production Meeting |
| 7 The Shooting Crew |
| The Producer |
| The Director |
| The Assistant Directors and Script Supervisor |
| The Camera Department |
| The Sound Department |
| The Art Department |
| Around the Actors |
| Transportation |
| Meanwhile, Back at the Office |
| 8 Shooting I: Single-Camera |
| Rehearsal |
| Calls |
| The Line-Up |
| Shooting |
| Script Changes |
| 9 Shooting II: Multiple Cameras |
| Film versus Video |
| Sitcoms |
| Soap Operas |
| 10 Post I: Editing |
| The Editing System |
| The Editing Process |
| The Director's Cut |
| Previews, Focus Groups, and Reshoots |
| 11 Post II: Sound |
| Spotting and Sound Design |
| Prelays |
| Looping |
| Music |
| The Final Mix |
| 12 Post III: Printing, Delivery, and Distribution |
| Negative Cutting and Timing |
| Final Delivery |
| Independent Marketing and Distribution |
| 13 High Definition Video: Toward Filmless Filmmaking |
| Capturing the Image |
| The Illusion of Motion |
| Aspect Ratios |
| Shooting in HD |
| HD in Post |
| HD in Distribution |
| HD at Home |
| Appendix A A Sample Synopsis |
| Appendix B Sample Main Title Credits |
| A Glossary of Film and Television Terms |
| Index |
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