Negotiating a Deal
The film industry is made up of many large studios, to which ideas must be pitched. If a pitch is successful and the studio agree to work on the proposed film it is then the studio's job to hire the crew, directors and actors to work on it. some examples of the major companies are; Warner Brothers, Sony pictures, Disney, Paramount, Universal, and 20th Century Fox.
In Order For a Film to be Successful it should be;
- A remake of a European box office hit.
- A sequel to a box office hit
- An adaptation of a best-selling hit
- An original idea from a successful director
Pre Production
Once a deal has been made there is a lot of work to be done, actors must be cast (including extras), the location scouts must begin to look for locations to shoot at, costumes made and hotels booked for the cast and crew to stay in. this will take a long time and once it is done an official start date will be decided.
The Pre Production process for us, is called our Research and Planning Stage. During this time we have created our plot and drawn out our story boards, I have created my costume for my character and we have found the location we will be filming at, which is Stubbing Court. We have also decided that I will play the mental patient and Charlotte will play the girl walking through the countryside. Furthermore we have decided on our filming days and although they aren't completely official we are hoping to stick to the schedule.
Production
The production stage in the making of a film is said to be the hardest as everything must be correct and perfect, as re-shooting scenes would cost a lot of money. some people call it the principal photography stage and is the shortest of all six stages. The shooting process is usually complete after about 50 days.
When filming our Thriller opener also noticed that this was the shortest process and it only took us approximately 4 hours (as ours is 2 minutes long and not an entire film). However, this process was very difficult and without our planning and story board it would have taken us a lot longer.
Post Production
Post production is the longest sage in the process. During this process the shots are edited and the story is assembled. The director and editor can either work very closely together at this stage or can be completely separate, depending on the film, as every team is different. This can take many months and sound is edited in, along with any visual effects.
For our thriller opener this stage will be completed on Premier Pro and possibly other software such as Mixcraft so we can add music and sound effects. on Premier pro we will be able to experiment with gradients and other effects to improve our footage and cover up any continuity errors that may occur. I think that in our group the editor will work with the director so as to make sure we both agree on the decisions and to maintain our creative idea.
Distribution and Marketing
This part of the Media Production process is very important as it can make or break a film's success. Large Production companies will use billboards, television adverts, merchandise, twitter accounts and Facebook pages, YouTube videos and sometimes even Teaser trailers to entice the public into watching their film. They will often try to tailor their methods of advertisement to their audience, for example synergy is has becoming very popular and particularly with children's movies it is common for the company to work with McDonald's to create a little toy for children to get free with their happy meal.
However, because we don't actually have to advertise our thriller opener, this won't be too important to us but we do think it's important to know who our audience would be and what their opinion on our concept is, so we will be asking our class mates if they think it would make a good thriller.
Exhibition
In America the major studios were barred from ownership of large cinema chains, however overseas there were no restrictions and companies such as Warner Brothers have built multiplexes in cinema markets. Control or ownership of stage productions is known as vertical integration and had advantages for the majors in ensuring that they will have a cinema available to take a film when it's ready for release.
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