Why does it take so long to make a movie?

Script writing organizes the preparation of the film crew.

Before shooting, there must be a plan and careful preparation. After the script comes out, there will be a basis. The production director should sort out every role, props, special effects and things needed for filming in the play, and then print the script into several copies and distribute them to various departments including set designers, landscape designers, photography, props, clothing, transportation and so on. And ask them to analyze the detailed plan, and then make the shooting plan and budget. More than 80% of a movie's profit and loss are decided in the preparatory period, so the preparatory work is very important.

It takes a lot of thought just to choose actors!

About time: half a year.

2. Film shooting and recording.

The success or failure of shooting depends largely on the seriousness of making plans in advance and whether everyone and each piece of equipment arrive at the scene on time. The production team will ensure that all departments know the shooting time and place, contact the shooting site and power supply in advance, and provide transportation and food for the staff. Because most of them are big-name actors, the schedule of actors should be coordinated with each actor from preparation to scheduling. Some people start shooting scenes of one actor, but they can't continue shooting until another actor is free. )

About time: three months to one and a half years.

3. Post-production

Post-production includes all the work needed to complete the film after downtime. After shutdown, only 20% of the work is completed. The working samples need to be edited, and the sound effects need to be recorded as vocal cords. All vocal cords, including dialogue, sound effects, music and commentary, need to be mixed and synthesized, subtitles need to be designed and shot, optical effects need to be made, negatives need to be matched according to the samples, and finally they need to be submitted for review, printed and then released. This process is more important than shooting, because the effect of the film is modified through this process. In the process of film production, we often encounter some scenes and scenes that are difficult, costly or dangerous to shoot in our lives. Because the conventional shooting technology is difficult to complete, it must be done by special effects. In addition to quick shooting, slow shooting, reverse shooting, stop shooting and re-shooting (multiple exposures), the early film stunts all adopted some conventional trick photography techniques. Nowadays, with the development of digital technology, the production of film special effects has made a great leap. The formation of electronic images, the development of digital technology and computer graphics have laid the foundation for digital stunts, which are a method of using computers to process digitized audio and video signals to achieve special visual and auditory effects. Digital special effects are usually called special effects, which refer to some special visual or auditory effects obtained by unconventional shooting in film and television works, such as optical special effects, blue screen photography, infrared photography, model photography and various photography in traditional crafts.

About time: ranging from half a year to one year.

4. sponsorship can run through the whole production process. In addition, publicity work is also very important. In order to improve the box office of movies, most of them started shortly after the movies started to turn on.

Approximate time: the whole film production process

The schedule of movie release is also very important! Because of the high cost of making movies, the company will pay great attention to the box office. This movie may be finished in 2008, but it will be released in the summer vacation!