Movie Making - Online Helps

Hey everyone, although our video production is specifically aimed at interactive media, there is a lot of similarity between what we and what movie crews do, especially in terms of planning.

I found this website especially helpful, maybe you will too:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual

In particular the following pages are very useful:

Storyboarding

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual/Storyboarding

Release Form

This is particularly important. Everyone you film for any production needs to sign one before you start shooting.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual/Release_Form

Contracts for Cast and Crew

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual/Crew_Contract

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual/Cast_Contract

Call Sheet

There is no exact industry standard call sheet (I have produced one that works for our needs) but the basic concept is the same everywhere. The call sheet is a way of informing everyone involved in a shoot of what is happening, in advance (at least one day in advance). You will need to use a call sheet as you start producing your TV programme:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual/Call_Sheet

Shooting Schedule

"Shooting a one or two minute movie, with one or two actors in a single setting will not necessarily benefit from or even require the same degree of planning [as a large production], but once you move to multiple settings, locations, and actors logistics demand it." (Patmore, 2005, available in Cluster 5)

A Shooting Schedule will be provided as a handout.