James Cameron once said “Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.” Anyone can be a filmmaker if they please. But while filmmaking is easy to learn, it takes years of practice. Many filmmakers take years honing their craft, striving to improve their creative skills and become better.
From the 19th century to the present, filmmaking has been a growing and succeeding career. The first motion picture ever was made in the year 1872 when an English photographer by the name of Eadweard Muybridge was experimenting with
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Web. 01 Dec. 2015.) The process inspired Hollywood, which invented the second most successful color process, “Technicolor”. ("What? Color in the Movies Again?" Widescreen Museum. Fortune Magazine, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2015.) Technicolor filmed musicals such as The Wizard of Oz and animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Color processing changed filmmaking and made filmmakers more conscious of color choices in scenes.
A filmmaker is in charge of making, leading, and developing a film. The career of filmmaking allows individuals to show their leadership skills and creative thinking skills by leading and directing film and television. ("Filmmaker." Filmmaker. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.) The director raises money for the film’s budget (either by getting it from the studio or paying out of pocket), finds filming locations, auditions actors, assembles a crew (cameramen, makeup artists, etc.), and directs the film.
A director can go about getting a script in a number of ways. Many directors write their own scripts. In addition to making the decisions on the set of the film, creating the shots, and instructing the actors, beginning filmmakers may also need to write their own scripts if they want something to produce. Writing and directing short films gives beginning filmmakers the opportunity to learn about the writing process and improve their screenwriting abilities. Other times, a director will buy an idea or script from a writer. (“The Job
In addition to the director, an art director also plays a major role in the making of a film. An art director is the
After one has proved the “Chain of Title,” then one can get insurance and distribution, and begin to create the story synopsis. When creating the screenplay, there is a very specific format used for writing a screenplay. Format is regulated by tradition not law; 3 acts, pages 30 and 60 have plot reversals or plot points, 102-120 pages, 12 point font, and finally 3 hole punch, but only use two “brads.” There are many tools, tips and books available to help a person while writing a screenplay. The software Final Draft automatically puts a written screenplay into the correct format. Also, books such as Story by Robert McKee and The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field are wonderful books to read on how to set up the proper screenplay format. Like always, it is a good idea to keep a story file or notebook of all the ideas and stories a person has written. After all that, a person needs to copyright ones work. There are two ways of copyrighting. One way is by using the Common-Law Copyright which means a person mails a copy to ones self via registered or certified mail. The second way is the WGA registration which a free form from WGA. After the copyright, a contract is made based on payment, contingent payment, credit, how many rewrites, and set visits. Next an agent is hired who is managed by the state as well as a manager who is not regulated by the state and a lawyer. A person wants to always hire
Being a writer and director are challenging positions. A writer and director must be in-tune with their audience in order to capture
The second step toward becoming a filmmaker is to create a short film. Creating a short film offers students a chance to apply on the set what they 've learned in the classroom (Study, 2017). Creating as many short films as I can, will give me more experience
JB: For me, filmmaking began with picking up a friend’s camcorder the first time and simply starting to make movies. It was one Saturday a long time ago, I think I was thirteen. From that moment on, I knew there was no other option, and aside from some part-time
filmmaker might make. In the article we found that a filmmaker is an independant artist and makes
Producers have financial and administrative control over the making of movies, plays, and TV shows. Producers hire directors, principal members of the cast, and negotiate contracts with artistic personnel, often in accordance with collective bargaining agreement (“Actors, Directors, and Producers” 180). Together with the
Although experimental film officially made its debut in the 1920's, the practice could be considered as old as filmmaking itself. The nineteenth century was a period of rapid growth for camera and film technology, and when the idea of motion pictures was still new, the visual formulas and narrative patterns that have become common in modern films had not yet been constructed.
In 1894 they created what was called a Cinématographe. With the birth of the cinema camera a new medium of expression was born. Thus allowing artists to capture life in a new light.
Some directors may depend more upon their art directors for input into the film's overall appearance. "A film art director acts as the administrator of tasks performed by each member
The film industry has continuously changed since its inception due to rapid technology advancements. Camera technology has been a key factor that has influenced the growth of filmmaking. The first motion picture in the world was produced in the early 1880s, and the first public screening occurred ten years later. It didn’t take long for the quality of films to improve as new filmmaking equipment emerged. Ever since the first movie was produced, the film industry has been continuously changing in response to emerging filmmaking technology. Introduction of digital photography and digital data storage along with the development of internet significantly influenced the film industry (Barsam, 2015). These technologies contributed
Every so often a movie is released with such tense anticipation and glamorous visual art that the public is drawn to this dramatic rendition of life in the theatre. For even just two hours or so, you are put into a different lifestyle. Action, drama or comedy it may be. We are thrust into a different way of thinking. We are forced to learn the characters thoughts and feelings. The hard work and artistic skill that goes into these magnificent films is not an easy thing to mimic. Out of the thousands of movies released worldwide each year only a handful are truly worthy of the label film art. Most of the great movies are either produced by a multi million dollar
No matter who a person thinks invented the motion picture camera, whether it was Louis Lumiere or Thomas Edison, I'm sure they had no idea what it would become at the turn of the century. Motion pictures, has become an entertainment medium like no other. From Fred Ott's Sneeze to Psycho to Being John Malkovich, the evolution from moving pictures to a pure art form has been quite amazing. Different steps in filming techniques define eras in one of the most amazing ideas that was ever composed. Silent to Sound. Short to long. Black and white to color. Analog to Digital. All were important marks in the History of Motion Pictures. "It's different than other arts. It had to be invented"
The cinematographic camera industry emerged in fact more than 100 years ago, it was only until recently that significant digital changes took place, apart from minimal technological improvements. Before the invention of digital cameras the main medium for shooting a movie was on celluloid film in which the quality of the image was very high from the beginning. However these cameras had some inconveniences. The cinematographer would have to set the lighting and frame to the directors vision and make sure that it was right. He could not see immediately if the scene was shot as desired and this caused the workflow to be very complex and time consuming which most producers would see limited. The developing, processing, transferring, editing and conforming the film normally took a day and the director along with the cinematographer would sit
To make a film, resources is required and a financial backer is involved (i.e. the producer) who is responsible for getting the film made. The artistic and creative input lies with the director and is separate from the financial responsibilities that lie with the producer. If it is the big budgeting films, many temporary crews may be needed. A film company employs all its workers just like other companies did. The producer and director use both their social networks and work networks to locate the necessary skills as well as appoint leading players responsible for appointing all the necessary crews required.