Filmmaking

Filmmaking is the art and science of bringing a movie from an idea to a viewer. Filmmaking includes storyboarding, screenwriting, casting, shooting, editing, distribution, and marketing. Filmmaking includes the smallest independent films to the largest Hollywood movies. Big budget movies have 100s to 1,000s of people involved in the process. Many struggling actors find rewarding careers in various aspects of the filmmaking industry.

The invention of the motion picture camera in 1880 spawned the first moving images on a screen. In the 1920's, "talkies" were created, combining sound with the moving picture. Those two simple inventions, refined throughout the past century, have spawned the multi-billion dollar television and film businesses.

1. Screenwriting/Storyboarding - Writing of the script and creation of a visual layout to match the writing.
2. Pre-Production - Involves casting actors, determining film location, budgeting, timelines, and building sets.
3. Filiming Production - The essence of the film, recording of the raw footage, often several takes are done with the actors in each scene
4. Post-Production - Film editing and addition of: computer graphics (CGI), sound effects, and musical score to produce a final movie.
5. Marketing and Distribution - The movie is released to theaters, on DVD, online streaming services and in tandem is marketed through television, radio, and the Internet.

Filmmaking jobs are available in all of these areas. Some of the best film schools include: American Film Institute (AFI), New York University (NYU), CalArts, University of Southern California (USC), and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

• To produce a film from concept to final product.