Bryan Schulte
THIS IS THE GENERAL DIRECTION I WANT TO GO WITH THIS SEMESETER LONG PAPER
FILM
Art has its own sense of evolution, from paintings in caves of the primitive man to the height of pieces blasted on the sides of buildings. People have their own way to express their ideas and visions in art. Some draw, some write poetry, some paint, and some even create it through music. For me, I favorite way to communicate art is through film making.
There are many components that go into making any kind of film. It could be a narrative (science fiction, fantasy, war, romance, comedy), a documentary, visual art piece. There is a process, and one must know and understand the stages to become successful at making it into the film industry. Yet, most don’t know the history
In the early history of film making, we can look as far back as 1832, when the zoetrope a small optical toy that is a rotating drum and, on the inside, has successive phase drawings of things in motion. Eadweard Muybridge popularized this technique with his very famous “moving picture” reel of a horse at full gallop to see if horses did in fact have all four hooves completely off the ground at some point.
Even when you understand the history behind film, knowing the five stages of processing is a whole other thing. There is development, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution. However, when you are just talking about the building process, you only have to worry about the middle three.
Pre-Production: In this stage you work out your filmmaking idea and how you will tell your story.
Production: You should shoot a bit more than you need, but if you shoot hours of footage it’ll take you forever to sort through it to find the bits you want. For a one-minute drama film you might need to shoot between three and five minutes of video. Documentaries – where you can’t control what there is to film – will need much more than this.
Post-Production: Do a ‘rough cut’ of the whole film (if it’s short) or individual sequence so you can get a sense of the bigger picture.
Sure, you can make your films on your own, but when your looking on getting into the industry. There are many avenues you can go and jobs you can take up to have a good career. Some of the most well known ones include and not limited to Editor, Cinematographer, Colorist, Director, Actor, Producer, 1st Assistant Director, and many others.
Research material
https://www.careersinfilm.com/
https://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-the-motion-picture
