Does it usually take steps to make a film and television drama?

The first step is to have a script. First of all, what to shoot? There are usually two ways to manipulate scripts. First, it is very common for producers to take a fancy to a subject and then ask the author to write it. Second, the producer pays others for the script, and then invites the original author or others to participate in the creation or revision.

If you are an investor, first of all, you should find a professional TV screenwriter and write the theme you want to express into a script. When writing a script, it is usually to set the characters, write an outline of the plot (you can find an expert to predict the market based on the outline), and then write an episode of the script. The playwright pays part first and then part, depending on the contract. The remuneration of a screenwriter ranges from 20,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan per episode, and the prices of good, busy and famous vary from person to person. For example, Yi Xiangdong, screenwriter of Moushi Manor, Liu Jianwei, Zou Jingzhi, My Brother Runshun and Zhu Sujin are 654.38+10,000 yuan respectively.

Generally speaking, the first draft of a play is written by a playwright alone. When the script was revised and finalized, both the director and the producer participated in it to varying degrees.

The second step is the preparation of the crew. While the script was basically finalized, the preparations for the establishment of the crew also began. Director, actor, camera and so on. The preparation of the crew is generally completed by the director and the producer. From the domestic situation, generally a little famous directors have a relatively stable creative team, so it will be easier to operate. The producer's restrictions on the crew are mainly due to economic considerations, and he must control the expenditure of the crew within the budget.

The employment of seafarers is largely restricted by the economy. A crew with strong economic strength can invite good actors and technicians, while a crew with financial difficulties is greatly limited in this respect. The crew is divided into (1) director department (2) photography department (3) production department (4) actors.

Three, before shooting, you should call the business unit with TV drama shooting license (A certificate or B certificate) and apply to the local radio, film and television authorities for a "shooting license" before shooting. Everyone in the crew will get the script, and then the whole crew can operate. The director asked the diary to list the scenes, and the executive director or assistant director responsible for selecting actors helped the director list all the roles in the script, and then began to look for actors. Photographers, sound engineers and lighting engineers began to discuss with directors and production directors what kind of equipment to use and where to rent it. Artists and props artists list all the interior and exterior scenes, and consider which ones are real-life shooting and which ones need to be set up. The makeup artist considers the shape of each role, and the makeup artist considers which costumes of the role are brought by the actors, which need to be rented and which need to be made. The whole crew is running in an orderly way, and everyone knows what to do. Choosing actors and location are the two most important tasks before shooting TV series.

Fourthly, in the shooting stage, TV plays are shot according to the number of times, that is, the scenes in the same scene are concentrated for shooting. Judging from the current situation in China, the shooting progress is generally five or six days, and an episode is completed in three days. A 20-episode drama can generally be completed in three months. The main work in this stage includes 1 and preparation before shooting. Including issuing a "director's notice", the director holding a camera meeting, arranging shooting tasks, checking the scenery, checking makeup, costumes, props and so on. , as well as technical proficiency, that is, before shooting, the creative personnel of various departments go to the real shooting scene to clarify and familiarize themselves with the tasks they undertake in each shot shooting. 2, official shooting 3, look at the sample tape. Director, photographer, sound engineer, lighting engineer, etc. After completing the on-site shooting every day, you should check the sample tapes and check the working conditions.

5. Post-production stage The post-production stage is to finally complete the production of the whole film through fine editing, sound effects and music, and then mixing and recording, making subtitles and optical effects. Post-production stage is the last key link for directors and editors to re-create movies, which also includes artistic creations such as recording, composing, band, singing, sound and animation, not just a series of technological and technical production procedures.

At present, there are three distribution methods of domestic TV dramas: independent distribution, entrusted distribution and one-time sale of copyright. Distribution channels include CCTV, provincial satellite TV and local TV stations. If the broadcasting rights are sold to CCTV, at most one provincial satellite TV will be brought for the first broadcast, and other provincial satellite TV and local city TV stations will no longer buy them; If the broadcasting rights are sold to provincial satellite TV, CCTV and local TV stations will no longer buy them; If the broadcasting rights are sold to local TV stations, CCTV and provincial TV stations will no longer buy them. In short, the three channels are incompatible with each other.

Generally, it takes a year or two, or longer, from writing a script to broadcasting it on TV.