What process does a movie go through from project establishment to release?

The production of general commercial films can be roughly divided into three steps:

1. Pre-shooting work, including proposing ideas, writing stories, outlining scenes, signing directors, and scheduling Budget, write the script, look at locations, find actors, and decide who will be on the production team.

2. The work during filming is to collect the working methods under the command of the director, and the executive will supervise the expenses, filming progress and all administrative matters.

3. Post-shooting work, including editing, dubbing, scoring, subtitle design, trailer production, and pre-film promotion.

1. Select the script

The most important thing is that the producer usually chooses the script, but there are also directors who choose the script. However, when the director chooses a good script After the script is written, it is necessary to convince the company and producers to invest in him.

2. Funding

The cost of a film not only includes the director, screenwriter, camera, actors, scenes, shooting, post-production, food and accommodation, etc., but also includes marketing and publicity. cost. Each film can be divided into small-budget films, medium-scale production films and large-scale production films according to different concepts and requirements.

3. Choosing directors and actors

There is no such thing as choosing a director in Chinese movies. The director has the final say in a movie, which means that they not only have to Responsible for the quality of the film, he is also responsible for other aspects of the set. In international film production, the director only needs to be responsible for the task of shooting the film. In international film production, the script chooses the director, not the director. The producer chooses the script. During film preparation, you also have to take on the task of selecting actors. In mainland China, these are all done by the assistant director.

4. Star cast

In a successful movie, it must not only have a great script, a good storyline, a good director, but also important names. With the participation of celebrities, celebrities are the shining focus of the movie, and most of the time they are also the guarantee of the movie's box office.

5. Set up a camera crew

The camera crew includes: photography, scene notes, makeup, props, lighting, art, post-production guidance, and editing with the crew.

6. Distributor

In commercial films, distributors and producers are not the same. Distributors obtain distribution rights through competition. The quality of a film can also be determined by distribution. Judge by business performance.