Basics Of Film All Here On One Page

Through this e-course, you have learned many of the basics of film and filmmaking. This page is not particularly a phase, but a very concise one sheet place where you can easily navigate to certain sections of the course. 

What You Learned For Pre-Production And The Basics Of Film As Far As Scripting, Planning And Budgeting Goes, In Phases 1 Thru 8

You have already of course gone through the whole course (no pun intended). This has started with a very thorough understanding of setting and how it is to be used in scripting. 

Then you moved on to learning different tips and techniques to strengthen your screenwriting skills. This phase covered finding material and picking your genre as well as how to form the story. 

Once you had a good idea of where you wanted your film to go with the script, you learned how to write a proposal that provides all the necessary information to get investors, contributors and your producers to believe in your film.

Moving ever onward, you began to budget using both a dream budget and realistic budget. Both budgets included what you would need for your film including costumes, sets, props, and equipment. 

Next you learned where to purchase all of your moviemaking essentials. This included sourcing things new, used and borrowed. Casting and rehearsing was the next step. This phase encompassed everything from sending out a casting call, hosting auditions, and casting. The next phase taught you how to cope with actor struggles, plan rehearsals, and use rehearsals to get the best performance out of actors. 

While you were hosting rehearsals, you were also getting your sets and costumes together. This allowed you to be able to work on getting the best fit for your costumes and losing no time with set design and building. 

Once these 8 phases were complete, pre-production was finished. You landed at the exciting part: production!

Phases 9 Through 13 Covered Everything You Needed For The Production Part Of Your Film: Lighting, Make Up And Camera Angles

Moving into official production with your film, phases 9 and 10 taught you what a call sheet is and how to employ it properly. Call sheets are very important to making shoot days go with as little confusion and chaos as possible and are a huge asset to small productions as well as larger ones!

Once you were actually on set, it was then important to master all the techniques that make a film cinematic. This, of course, included movie lighting for both wide and close shots and stage make up which is applied to all actors and actresses. 

As far as actually shooting the film goes, we talked about what a typical shoot day looks like, how to go about getting the shots you need, and more specifics about wide and close shots. We also went over recording sound and how to use "Quiet on the Set" and "Cut" to communicate to everyone on set. 

Repeat these phases until the film is done, you can move on to editing while you are filming, but that phase more rightfully fits with post-production, which is where you are after your movie is completely filmed!

Don't Risk All That Work Being Hidden Under A Bushel But Strategically Market In Post-Production Where It All Comes Together In The Last Three Phases Of The Movie Production Guide!

Once production was wrapped up, it was time to move into post-production. First things first, you edited your film, sourced music and got the film as good as you could get it.

But all the work that you have put into the film will never be seen by anyone if you don't have a strong marketing and distributing plan. That is why you had to learn how to continually get recognition and visibility by learning the business of film and the best way to distribute independent films on a website. 

Finally, you had a premiere, either virtually or with an in-person Old Hollywood glamour event. We taught you how to make this as impressive as possible by talking about how to decorate, dress, dine, and even host a silent auction. 

And that wraps up the basics of film covered in this course. It's a long ride and it might take anywhere between a year to two years, but once you've finished all you'll be able to think about is your next film. 

Remember to never give up. There will be days that you feel overwhelmed, tired, hopeless—done. We all have those days. In a motivational book for wrestlers called Winning State by Steve Knight, he calls the feelings you have on your dark days "doubt demons". There are always going to be people who tell you that you're doing it all wrong, that you are taking on something too massive to achieve, and you're not going anywhere.

But remember there is always going to be a handful of people who really believe in you, and these are the people who are going to help you get to where you are going. So, it doesn't really matter what your pooh-poohers and Eeyores have to say. They aren't your fans and aren't even going to be excited for you when you do succeed. Plus you can't please everyone and pleasing the people who believe in you is way more fun!

And, if you are having a rough time, you can always reach out and be assured of encouragement from the Industrious Family Team! So go out there and give it your best shot!

Don't forget to submit your film in the annual Industrious Family Film Festival!