Film Making Essentials

 

Film making

Below are the stages of making a film right through to editing. Each section is linked to a useful video on the internet which can get you started on making a film


Stage 1: Pre-production


    Script Writing

    Making a Good Movie

    Story Boarding

    Pre-production


Stage 2: Filming


    Sound Tips

    Lighting Tips


Stage 3: Editing


    Editing the Rough Cut

Vocab check



Noddies

In the trade a shot of a person nodding at the camera is known as a ‘noddie’


Shot types

  1. -Big close up

  2. -Extreme close up

  3. -Medium long shot

  4. -Long shot

  5. -Establishing shot

  6. -Medium shot

  7. -Close up

  8. -Medium close up


Key words

  1. 1.Low angle

  2. 2.High angle

  3. 3.Pan

  4. 4.Tilt

  5. 5.Tracking shot

  6. 6.Aerial view