How to prepare a movie, the more detailed the better

Do you want to take the photo yourself?

It depends on whether you are making a micro-film, a film film, or a DV film.

Let me talk about the preparation of the micro-film. This is the simplest and requires the least money.

1. Find a good script

2. Write a split-shot script (if you are not that professional, you don’t have to write it. You can just think about how to shoot each shot in your own head)

3. Prepare funds and make a budget (micro-movies generally require a very small amount of funds, 2000-100000, and can be increased or deleted appropriately according to the script and other factors)

4. Recruiting the main Actors (the male lead, the female lead, the second male lead, the second female lead, and other important supporting roles. Generally, in order to save money in filming micro-movies, we hire fellow actors, friends and relatives)

5. Recruitment work Personnel (videography, makeup, art, scene notes, etc.). In order to save money, some unnecessary staff should be omitted. It depends on the script budget. For example, makeup is particularly important and indispensable in "Soul" filmed by Heiling. Again For example, in Lu Zhengyu's "One Half", the makeup artist is not that important. If there are not many close-ups, the makeup artist can be unnecessary)

6. Purchase props (the props needed in the movie are common and rare. Rent)

7. Rent equipment (it is not practical to buy a complete set of equipment for shooting micro-movies by yourself. Generally, they are rented. For a simple micro-movie, 2 cameras, a section of track, and a crane can be shot together. A board, a computer, a spotlight, a light shield, etc. are all set. You can rent it from a specialized film and television equipment rental company, which is relatively expensive and generally not suitable for micro-movies.)

8. Everything is ready. Then look for the scenes that will appear in the script, or negotiate or rent them (for example, for scenes in a hotel, you usually need to say hello to the staff at the manager level or above)

9. Start shooting

10. After the shooting is completed, finalize and edit the film (most micro-movies are shot with digital equipment, and can be directly connected to the computer and cut with software. For a simpler one, use "VideoStudio")

11 , Make openings, endings, and subtitles

12. Make opening or ending songs and interludes

13. Match background music. If it is not a live recording, scene sounds and dialogues will also need to be added.

14. After everything is done, go to the distribution website! Generally, there are very few micro-movies that can be distributed. They are basically placed on video websites, and few of them are profitable. Even if they are, they are only profitable through embedded advertising, and basically no micro-movies are profitable.

It’s very tiring to type so much by hand, so I hope you can give me the best answer.