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We will endeavor to include as much as possible, of what you see here,
but we reserve the right to add, edit or delete things from this outline
without any sort of notice. In the course of class, some things will receive
in-depth treatment and some things will recive the barest mention.
It
is up to the student to ask questions and dig deeper where more information
on a particular subject is desired.
Production Management skills:
- Production budgeting
- Script breakdown
- Estimating costs
- Reshoots, contingencies & overruns
- Insurance
- Production scheduling
- Script breakdown
- Strip board
- Call sheets
- Location production issues
- Location scouting & managing
- Permits, police & parking
- Transportation/Lodging
- Talent and crew issues
- Unions & Contracts
- Care & Feeding
Basic Production skills:
- Crew organization & Responsibilities (Set etiquette)
- Production
- Camera
- Grip
- Electric
- Art
- Post Production
- Responsibilities
- Cinematography & Lighting
- The Camera Department (application of responsibilities)
- The Cinematographer's Equipment (meters, cameras, etc.)
- Basic Exposure/Film Stocks/Filtration
- Grip
- The Grip Department (application of responsibilities)
- Equipment
- Electric
- The Electric Department (application of responsibilities)
- Lighting Equipment
- Electrical Theory
- Safety
- Sound Recording
- The Sound Department (application of responsibilities)
- Microphone selection & placement
- Mixing
- Art Direction
- The Art Department (application of responsibilities)
- Production design
- Set design and construction
- Props, wardrobe, makeup
- Directing
- Duties of the director
- Delegation (the collaborative process)
- Interpret the story, create the vision
- Work with the actors
- Post-Production
- Planning for post
- Lab Workflow
- Film/Video Transfer
- Editing Process
- Film vs. Non-linear video
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