Alright, my reader's lots of ground to cover in a short amount of time, so I am just going to get right to it.
To recap:
1: You wrote a screenplay
2: A studio bought it
3:Movies director
4: Casting
5: Production
Now, with all that, there is another very important aspect to film making: putting it together.
This calls for a team of specialized individuals, who like the writer, do not get the credit or the respect they deserve. Without these skills, your project can not be put together. They are:
1:The Film Editor
2: The sound crew
3: Music editor's
4: Special effects
!:The film editor is a very important aspect to any process of film making, wheater you are filming a commercial or you are doing a movie. They put the scenes of the film together.
One aspect of writing a screenplay is you are going to be writing alot of scenes. Keep in mind that even though you think some of these will be pivotal to the film, either the director or the editor will inform you they are are not. Some scenes may not even be filmed at all during principal photography
In The motion picture "Chaplin" based upon the life and work of the silent film icon Charlie Chaplin,Robert Downey, Jr, who played Chaplin walks on to a movie set and int erupts the filming.After meeting Max Sennett, a highly respected studio executive at the time, to make up for the scene that Downey (Chaplin) interfered with, the film itself is cut and a new scene previously not used takes the place for the footage ruined if you will by Chaplin.
The editors job in a nut shell is to keep time with the film, or to make time of the film.
In 1994, after his film Schindler's List won for best picture at that years Oscar's, Steven Spielberg was asked by a news reporter what he thought of the motion picture the first time he saw it. First thing he said was it was too long, so the editor Had to go and re edit it.
I know of a family that lives in Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada that they have on the Internet a web series, that they all put together themselves. The dad does a majority of the editing and I would think to a degree it can't be an easy thing to put it together when you have so many scenes to work with. I actually like the editing process, I think it is a fascinating part of film making. On a good number of DVDs you can find "special feature's" which can contain a variety of things including deleted scenes. I think it's really cool to see the footage that did not make a film.
The Sound Crew
Another important part and once gain, just as with editor's is the sound crew, basically responsible for the recording of voices and what not.
One process of sound, is called looping, which is say for instance after the film is made and there is an actor or actress that for what ever reason could not get their line right, they are called back to do it over again
In either the winter of 1977 or the spring of 1978, the rock band Kiss was asked if they would like to do a movie. No Joke, I am dead serious. The movie was made for television in America, but in Europe it was in theaters, but I digress. At the time, their original drummer did not want to his looping sessions, so his voice in the film was some one else's
The film is called "KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park", or in Europe, "Attack Of The Phantoms" I recommend seeing either version if you can find it.
Music editors
The music editors put the music of the film together, whether it's being done by an orchestra or music from various bands, they put it in the film.
If you recall in the first session 'screenwriting' I made reference that when you are writing your script, just like with actors you can also pick the songs from various artist. Once again,like I wrote with screen writing, don't be afraid to name drop.
With "Bring On The Dancing Horses", once again if you need a reminder, I wrote it, the entire script is set in the mid 1980's, there fore I can only use music from that time, or even before that time. Some directors have gotten away with songs that are like say a year or two older than their respective period piece, but in most cases, YOU MUST stick with the times.
Another thing I would personally recommend is if you can, go with the original artist. Don't get me wrong there are some great songs that have had some great covers to them, but an individual watching a film can pick up on it and say,'well its the right song for the time, just not the right artist'.
Lastly, number four:Special effects:
This can cover anything from a CGI (computer graphic image) background or lets say a light bulb popping and the glass shattering.
Computer Graphic Images are especially important is a good number of films that are being produced today, like say for a fantasy picture like 'Narnia' or 'Harry Potter' just to name a few.
Highly important but once again, overlooked by a good number of the theather going crowed.
Recently I had the opportunity of purchasing a DVD copy of one of my favorite television shows called 'Sanctuary'. I was surprised to find, when I saw the special features that good number of scenes were filmed in front of a green screen for the CGI's to be added later. I didn't know that. It looked to me, like say if they were out doors, it looked like a night shoot.
OK, so there you have it, four ingredients to your film after it is photographed.
Tomorrow, the release of your film.
David.
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