This expanded, updated, and revised third edition of Lorene Wales' The Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production: The People and The Process from Focal Press offers a comprehensive introduction to the positions/roles, procedures, and logistics of the film and digital video production process, from development and pre-production all the way to marketing and distribution. Lorene Wales offers a hands-on approach suitable for projects of any budget and scale, explaining every stage and key role/position in the life of a film and providing a wealth of sample checklists, schedules, accounting paperwork, and downloadable forms and templates for practical use. Other topics include a description of the latest mobile apps used in production, tax incentives, the DIT, set safety, and an expanded chapter on copyright, fair use and other legal matters.
A companion website includes video tutorials, a personnel hierarchy, a guide to mobile apps useful during production, PowerPoints for instructor use, and a complete set of sample production forms and templates for download, including schedules, accounting paperwork, releases, and production checklists.
- Part I. Prep and Production
- 1. The Development Process
- 2. Producing Media
- 3. Script Breakdown and Scheduling
- 4. The Budget
- 5. Set Safety
- 6. The Production Office
- 7. The Director’s Team and 2nd Unit
- 8. Casting, Actors, Extras, and Stunt People
- 9. Art Department
- 10. Camera Department
- 11. Grip and Electric
- 12. Sound Department
- 13. Special Effects and Visual Effects
- 14. Wardrobe Department
- 15. Makeup and Hair
- 16. Locations
- 17. Transportation Department
- Part II. Post-Production
- 18. Post-Production
- 19. Music
- Part III. The Rest of the Story
- 20. Contractuals & Other Matters
- 21. Miscellaneous