Chapter 1:  The Work of Film Production 



    This is chapter is just to give you some notion of how a film is produced.  I won't test you on the machinery 
    or the terms, except the following : 
  • What is involved in the three stages of film production respectively: 'Preproduction', 'Shooting', and 'Postproduction'? 
  • The nature of work of these roles:  'director', 'producer', 'production designer', 'script supervisor', 'first assistant director' 
  • The meaning of these terms: 'treatment', 'shooting script', 'optical sound', 'spotting', 'dailies or rushes', 'answer print', 'vertical integration', 'aspect ratio'





    • You may ignore the debates on the author. Just remember that nowadays we use the director's name as the representative of the collective effort of the whole production team of a film 


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