Film, TV & Media · Media
How Movies Are Made
The pipeline from idea to screen: development, financing, pre-production, the shoot and its crew, post-production and the edit, distribution and release windows, and the economics of why a film needs a multiple of its budget to break even.
Step 1 of 6 · Overview30 min read ·
Key idea
Prereqs: Storytelling & narrative. Next: Great directors; TV's golden age. Sources: StudioBinder 'Stages of Filmmaking' series; Walter Murch, *In the Blink of an Eye*; Edward Jay Epstein, *The Hollywood Economist*.Next: 1. The five stages