Introduction to Fiction Production

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Lesson 1 - Development

The five phases of development, job titles and teams on a film production, viability testing and resource management, introduction to script writing.

Introduction	Five Phases of Filmmaking
Jobs in Production	Concept Development

Lesson 2 - Screenwriting

Student scripts will be examined from the perspectives of the writer (creative) and the producer (logistic). corrected and prepared for breakdown. Assignment : re-writing your rough draft and create a script evaluation.

Premises and Originality	Story Structure
Character Development	Screenplay Formatting
Script Evaluation

Lesson 3 - Production Management

Review – Five phases of production. Shoot Date - Moving to pre-production means choosing a script and setting a shoot date. Script – Write on the board the number of locations, pages, characters for each script in each group. Script - Break into groups

The Role of the Producer	Viability Testing
Production Management	Jobs in Pre-Production
Script Breakdown	Scheduling

Lesson 4 - The Director's Visualization

Translation of the director's vision of the script into discrete shots. Where to begin the process, classic scene construction and planning for shot transitions.

Shot Vocabulary	Creating your Shot List
Scene Analysis	The Director's Plan
The Hierarchy of Edits

Lesson 5 - Refining your Visualization

Further development of the director's vision through the use of storyboards and camera diagrams.

The Storyboard	Storyboards should not be Good
Taxi Driver - Storyboard Example	Murder Storyboard Analysis
The Camera Diagram

Lesson 6 - Production

Production procedures, roles in production as well as location sound and production design.

Production Procedure	Jobs in Production
Location Sound	Production Design

Lesson 7 - Cinematography

The art of creating a look for the project and capturing the image on location.

Introduction to Cinematography	Composition and Mise-en-Scene
Focus and Depth of Field	Shutter Speed and Aperture
White Balance	Clapboard and Camera Log

Lesson 8 - Editing

Review of the five phases of production Jobs in post production: Post Production Supervisor, Editor, Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Sound Mixer, Composer. Editing Rules of Thumb. Assembly, Rough Cut, Fine Cut, Picture lock, Temp Sound Mix, Final Mix.

Introduction to Post Production	Post Production Workflow
Post Production: Rules of Thumb	Editing the Narrative Short
Three Pitfalls of the Editor

Lesson 9 - The Sound Track

Elements of the Soundtrack Loop based music creation Mastering Audio

Introduction to the Sound Track	Post Sound Workflow
Sound Design and Effects	Music and the Short Film

Lesson 10 - Marketing and Distribution

Shortest Path to your screener Film Festival Strategy Attend the Festival! Guerilla Market your project Talk to people, use your privileged access to go to events Have your next projects ready to pitch Prepare your media kit Compress your project

Introduction to Distribution	Media Kits and Marketing Materials
Film Festivals and Screenings	Internet Marketing and Social Networking

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