THIRD SESSION OF MOVIE-MAKING

Hey ya'll. So in today's session of movie-making, we learnt about all the different positions for the crew of filming. Example: Director, Production Manager, Gaffer, Audio Recordist, Producer, Director of Photography etc. We learnt the different things that these crew have to do behind the scenes. And i was really shocked. There are seriously so many things to do backstage and off camera. I was amazed.

The director really seems like the 'captain' of the whole production and i think he is. Without the director, the whole film would just die i swear. But everyone else is important as well. I really learned alot about what goes on when the camera is off. We also did the breakdown of the script and it was quite tedious but according to the instructor, she said it makes the filming more smooth. So I guess its quite important to do the breakdown. I also learnt about call sheets and talent release forms.

Budget is also important for those films that are gonna be shown everywhere. But for small films like ours its not really very important. We also highlighted, in a twilight script, the characters, props and location like interior or exterior. It was also quite tedious but it helps during the filming and shooting.

I also learnt about casting and ethics for borrowed locations. Always be considerate, cleanliness etc. The instructor was very nice and she told us about some of her past experiences. Also when you have to 'stop traffic' when you want to take a scene and there are people walking past, you have to politely tell them to wait. It was very educational. So yeah. Next session is tomorrow. See ya.