In the years following the rise of the various social revolutions that took place in this country and abroad, the making of the movie changed vastly from the old world of movie studio dominance to the exciting world of independent movies. In the '50s, 60's and even 70's, the independent movie was synonymous with the Underground movie, art movie, and foreign movie.
Simply defined, a movie that is independent is a movie made outside of the umbrella of the studio without the funding or distribution options offered.
Producing a movie independently has become quite popular, and this is due to the public no longer being satisfied with the Hollywood formula. The public of today must become much more sophisticated and expect something different and new every time they sit down to watch a movie. The old Hollywood formula just doesn't cut it anymore for entertainment. It has been too predictable for movie buffs. We look for cutting edge, quirky and groundbreaking movies.
However, the most important aspect of an independent movie is that anyone with a song in their heart and the burning desire to make a movie can now do so. We have the new technologies to thank for this as well as the public's yearning for raw footage with a gritty storyline. So this means you can achieve your dream of making a movie, and you don't have to be a big movie studio to get it made. It also means that you have the joys of financial headaches and creative challenges.
There are three main phases of making a movie: pre-production, production, and post-production. There might also be a 4th phase: distribution (if you're lucky). The longest phase of making a movie in pre-production. This is also the most important part of the production because it is what makes the movie. Without good planning, it will be difficult to get anything off the ground.
While you don't really need one, it is good to have a script. So in the beginning you have to have a story, a concept, or an idea. Once you have one, you can move on to all other modes of production planning. Of course, there are several ways you can tell your story, but in moviemaking, there are two main classes of the movie. These would be the short movie and the feature-length movie. It is usually better to start off with a short movie rather than a feature-length movie, and if you are a movie student, you rarely have time to produce feature-length movies.
A professional screenplay is typically scripted for a run time of 90 minutes in three acts. Each act is approximately 30 pages long, and each page is the screen equivalent of one minute. This is a timing consideration that is more typical of the American movie industry than it is of the rest of the world movie-making community. European movies have fewer restrictions concerning movie length. Rather, they have the tendency to let the movie unfold and tell itself, allowing however much time it takes to tell the story.
Once you have written your screenplay, if you have no immediate plans for the production it is best to write a treatment, which best describes the movie in a nice neat three-page write-up. These three pages represent one act of your screenplay in treatment and is the format commonly acceptable to shop your screenplay. Very often, this is all that gets read and can make or break your screenplay's acceptance. However, for the independent moviemaker, all you need is a working script and you are on your way!
Simply defined, a movie that is independent is a movie made outside of the umbrella of the studio without the funding or distribution options offered.
Producing a movie independently has become quite popular, and this is due to the public no longer being satisfied with the Hollywood formula. The public of today must become much more sophisticated and expect something different and new every time they sit down to watch a movie. The old Hollywood formula just doesn't cut it anymore for entertainment. It has been too predictable for movie buffs. We look for cutting edge, quirky and groundbreaking movies.
However, the most important aspect of an independent movie is that anyone with a song in their heart and the burning desire to make a movie can now do so. We have the new technologies to thank for this as well as the public's yearning for raw footage with a gritty storyline. So this means you can achieve your dream of making a movie, and you don't have to be a big movie studio to get it made. It also means that you have the joys of financial headaches and creative challenges.
There are three main phases of making a movie: pre-production, production, and post-production. There might also be a 4th phase: distribution (if you're lucky). The longest phase of making a movie in pre-production. This is also the most important part of the production because it is what makes the movie. Without good planning, it will be difficult to get anything off the ground.
While you don't really need one, it is good to have a script. So in the beginning you have to have a story, a concept, or an idea. Once you have one, you can move on to all other modes of production planning. Of course, there are several ways you can tell your story, but in moviemaking, there are two main classes of the movie. These would be the short movie and the feature-length movie. It is usually better to start off with a short movie rather than a feature-length movie, and if you are a movie student, you rarely have time to produce feature-length movies.
A professional screenplay is typically scripted for a run time of 90 minutes in three acts. Each act is approximately 30 pages long, and each page is the screen equivalent of one minute. This is a timing consideration that is more typical of the American movie industry than it is of the rest of the world movie-making community. European movies have fewer restrictions concerning movie length. Rather, they have the tendency to let the movie unfold and tell itself, allowing however much time it takes to tell the story.
Once you have written your screenplay, if you have no immediate plans for the production it is best to write a treatment, which best describes the movie in a nice neat three-page write-up. These three pages represent one act of your screenplay in treatment and is the format commonly acceptable to shop your screenplay. Very often, this is all that gets read and can make or break your screenplay's acceptance. However, for the independent moviemaker, all you need is a working script and you are on your way!
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