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Filmmaking (often referred to in an academic context as film production) is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program. Filmmaking takes place all over the planet in a huge range of economic, social, and political contexts, and using a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Typically, it involves a large number of people, and takes from a few months to several years to complete, although it may take longer if there are production issues, and the record for the longest production time for a major film is The Thief and the Cobbler's 28 years development.
Film production occurs in three stages:
In this stage, the project's producer finds a story, which may come from a book, play, another film, a true story, original idea, etc. After identifying a theme or underlying message, the producer works with writers to prepare a synopsis. Next they produce a step outline, which breaks the story down into one-paragraph scenes that concentrate on dramatic structure. Then, they prepare a treatment, a 25-to-30-page description of the story, its mood, and characters. This usually has little dialogue and stage direction, but often contains drawings that help visualize key points. Another way is to produce a scriptment once a synopsis is produced.
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (pronunciation: /ˌtærənˈtiːnoʊ/; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. He has received many industry awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or and had been nominated for an Emmy and Grammy.
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino was an avid film fan. His career began in the late 1980's, when he wrote and directed My Best Friend's Birthday. Its screenplay would form the basis for True Romance. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (2003, 2004), Death Proof (2007), and Inglourious Basterds (2009).
His movies are generally characterized by stylistic influences from grindhouse, kung fu, and spaghetti western films. Tarantino also frequently collaborates with his friend and fellow filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.
Actors: Prince Bagdasarian (actor), Prince Bagdasarian (producer), Prince Bagdasarian (director), Hunter Ives (actor), Richard Manriquez (actor), Armine Bagdasarian (actress),
Genres: Action, Horror, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Jung A Kim (actor), Jung A Kim (actor), Adam Barkl (actor), Adam Barkl (actor), Jong Wook Choi (director), Jong Wook Choi (editor), Jessie Jay (producer), David Kordick (writer),
Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Julian Glover (actor), Julian Glover (actor), Caroline O'Reilly (miscellaneous crew), Simon Modery (editor), Ted Byron Baybutt (actor), Katherine Parsons (actor), Katherine Parsons (producer), Ted Byron Baybutt (writer), Ted Byron Baybutt (director), Jean Martin (composer), Gavin Weeks (miscellaneous crew), Lorraine Leonida (actor), Jim Reilly (actor), Pat Wiek (actor), Raj Dungarwalla (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Andrés Andreani (editor), Andrés Andreani (producer), Andrés Andreani (writer), Andrés Andreani (director), Andrés Andreani (actor), Martín Aletta (writer), Lucas Lagré (actor), Marijan Bakovic (actor), Marijan Bakovic (producer), Nicolás Dojman (writer), Ivica Musan (actor), Mariano Blatt (writer), Martin Theron (actor), Suncica Fradelic (actress), Attila Antal (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Landyn Banx (actor), Jennifer Prettyman (producer), Jennifer Prettyman (actress), H.T. Altman (actor), Troy Antoine LaFaye (actor), Lawrence Levesque (actor), Shannon McDonough (actress), Bob Cummings (actor), Bob Cummings (actor), Carol Vnuk (actress), Kate Cloutier (actress), Janet Fogg (actress), Mark Scanlan (actor), Harrison Matthews (actor), Ted Dewberry (editor),
Plot: A mysterious area in rural Minnesota is rumored to be an alien landing site since the 1950's. While filming a documentary about mental illness, alien messages start appearing on a chalkboard, followed by the appearance of a frightening man in the woods and an unsettling scratching sound beneath the house. These events force the filmmakers to confront the legend and take their investigation to the "Landing Site" itself.
Keywords: agoraphobia, alien, blood, camera, chalkboard, crawlspace, filmmaker, green-light, rockActors: Steve Arons (actor), Tracy Utley (director), Tracy Utley (producer), Tana Sarntinoranont (actor), Hollis Witherspoon (actress), Gene Hodsdon (composer), Jordan Schachter (actor), Jordan Schachter (producer), Jordan Schachter (writer), Jordan Schachter (director), Jordan Schachter (editor), Mel House (actress), Camilla Maxwell (actress), Nick Naney (actor), Alan Brown (composer),
Plot: The Film You Did Not See follows a group of aspiring novelists in New York City, each struggling to find their voice and pursue enlightenment. Shot in cinema verite style, this film provides a funny, intellectual and touching experience in a fresh format.
Keywords: alternative, avant-garde, experimental, mockumentary, post-modern, surrealismActors: Flex Alexander (actor), Anika C. McFall (actress), William L. Johnson (actor), N.D. Brown (writer), N.D. Brown (actress), N.D. Brown (writer), N.D. Brown (producer), Anthony Johnson (actor), Lou Myers (actor), Trey Haley (editor), Trey Haley (director), Gregory Ramon Anderson (actor), Terrence Flack (actor), Dawn Marie Guest (actress), Bill Billions (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Laurent Bouzereau (producer), Clive Barker (actor), Laurent Bouzereau (director), Paul Hirsch (actor), Alfred Hitchcock (actor), Clive Barker (actor), Laurent Bouzereau (writer), Janet Leigh (actress), Patricia Hitchcock (actress), Joseph Stefano (actor), Rita Riggs (actress), David Palmer (editor), Hilton A. Green (actor), Peggy Robertson (actress), Jeff Cava (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the principle cast and crew (including Janet Leigh and Joseph Stefano), who all talk openly and lovingly about entire process of making the film. The sessions with Janet Leigh are particularly involving, and she talks a great deal about shooting the now infamous shower scene.
Keywords: behind-the-scenes, cult-film, filmmaking, hitchcock, horror-filmmaking, interview, making-of, mother-son-relationship, multiple-personality, mystery-filmmakingActors: Dieter Laser (actor), Beatrice Kessler (actress), Maya Schmid (editor), Hans-Rudolf Twerenbold (actor), Ingrid Kaiser (actress), Matthias Zschokke (writer), Matthias Zschokke (director), Monika Schmid (costume designer), Josef Arnold (actor), Heiner Walti (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Bertrand Tavernier (actor), Alain Jakubowicz (actor), Jeanne Moreau (actress), Marcel Ophüls (writer), Marcel Ophüls (actor), Albert Jurgenson (editor), Alain Jakubowicz (actor), Marcel Ophüls (director), Marcel Ophüls (producer), Claude Lanzmann (actor), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (actor), Günter Grass (actor), Catherine Zins (editor), Bernard Farrel (producer), Jean-Marie Le Pen (actor),
Plot: This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyons. Virtually all aspects of his life are covered. His childhood and schooling in Germany; his early military career; his role in the head of intelligence in Lyons; his post-war employment by the US military; his life in Bolivia; his return to Europe; his trial and conviction. Interviewed are friends, enemies, associates, heroes and traitors.
Keywords: 1940s, anti-communism, anti-communist, bolivia, brutality, cia, concentration-camp, espionage, french-resistance, gestapo