The art of filmmaking has been around for over a hundred years and now has over a hundred different specialized jobs in its field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “key grip, gaffer, best boy, boom operator, and director of photography are just a few of the jobs in the field of filmmaking that are essential to the process of creating a movie or TV show” (From Script #1). But before any of these people are able to get a job, they must go through an average of four years of college in order to specialize in film (Zeke). Filmmaking is a very complex and involved career that is crucial to the pursuit of happiness on earth and the telling of history. Most people know of Charlie Chaplin's movies as being the first films in the world, …show more content…
Instead of just listing the over one hundred jobs in film that there are, it is better to just take a look at the three main jobs in filmmaking: director, producer, and director of photography. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a director “is responsible for the creative decisions of a production. They select cast members, conduct rehearsals, and direct the work of the cast and crew” (“Producers and Directors”). That means they are the head honcho in charge of making sure that everything goes according to the script while also helping actors to get to know their characters better. The second most important job in film is the producer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics describes the producer's job as being the “film’s managers, beginning with securing the financing in pre production to approving the completed film in post production” (From Script #19). The producer is even higher up than the director because of the fact that the producer is in charge of finding funding for the film and making sure that the movie goes with the script. The third most important job in filmmaking is the director of photography. The New York Film Academy describes the director of photography’s job as being “the right-hand assistant of the director, and is usually entrusted to bring together and coordinate
‘12 years a Slave, award winning film director Steve McQueen associates making a film to, "writing a novel – you're telling a story. " This message is powerful and defines the true purpose of filmmaking that is, ‘to tell a story.’(Victorino) Hollywood has capitalized on the aspect of visual storytelling first introduced in 1985 by the Lumiere brothers with their first movie ever made for projection -- Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory. They (Hollywood), then designed a Studio System called Classic Hollywood Cinema to Finance, Organize, Produce, Market, Distribute, and Exhibit movies for financial gain while entertaining movie goers. This term was coined by David Bordwell, Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson to define Hollywood’s film making during the period of 1913 to 1960. From the D.W. Griffith successful 1913 first movie ever shot in Hollywood, ‘In Old California’, to the James Cameron’s 2009 movie Avatar grossing over 760 million in the box office, this process continues to be effective and lives on today.
From the beginning of cinema as an art form to cinema today, film has evolved and developed drastically. Each era of film from the Silent Film to the French New Wave was influenced by prior film generations and influenced those films that came after it. The era of Silent Film was very basic as it emerged when motion pictures had only begun. Across the sea, the age of German Expressionism, a film genre with features of the Silent Film era which conveyed the German people's struggle after World War I had started. Afterwards, the Studio Era surfaced and portrayed larger than life heroes in narratives with the gloss of a storybook. During the Studio Era, films like these were produced quickly because of success and began to appear mass produced
By definition, a film director is one who is in charge of a film’s creative and dramatic aspects and envisions the script while guiding the crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. There are few directors in Hollywood that truly and passionately fulfill their artistic vision; one of these directors is Quentin Tarantino.
With many different genres and types of filmmaking, it can result in a large variety of stories and conflicts. Nevertheless, film has always brought people together as a society. If there is one thing everyone can notice about films is the achievement in style and directing. The three directors talked about in this paper are the most successful at delivering a breathtaking style and direction to their films. Baz Luhrmann, Wes Anderson, and Martin Scorsese have produced and directed films over decades and each film as impacted not only the United States but worldwide. With the unmistakable trademarks that each director has, it is very easy to feel sucked into the world in which they are shaping around you and the story. Because of these three directors, the film world and industry has been revolutionized for many centuries to come.
As a child, I liked to watch the “behind the scenes” of a movie. My sisters and I always tried to recreate the movies I watched behind the scenes footage for – I was always the director and editor, and they were the actresses. It was around my freshmen year in school when one day I was editing a video me and my sisters had made I realized that I decided that I wanted to become a movie director. So, if I could have a ticket to go anywhere, it would be to a studio in Hollywood to direct a Hollywood movie.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) provides a vast multitude of information about the career I want to pursue, film editing. I’ve been interested in film editing for five years now. Film editors organize footage and make sure the film is clear and intelligible. Another job of an editor is talking with the director to find out exactly what the goal of the picture is. Many film editors are trained to use certain editing programs. “About 3 out of 10 film and video editors are self employed…” (3) FIlm editors generally work by themselves, using primarily computers. The work environment is usually a editing room and work can be taken anywhere if necessary. Film editors only need a bachelor's degree, some colleges teach students how to use
When a critic examines the silent films of Charles Chaplin a question that arises is whether the comedy he portrayed is a mockery of political and current issues, or a means to bring laughter to viewers. Silent films generated different emotions and thoughts since a spectator was simply watching actions rather than hearing an explanation through words. Information was cleverly construed this way and however the critic analyzed the information presented was an individual responsibility. In fact, Charles Chaplin once said, "..it is not the reality that matters in a film but what the imagination can make of if," to a young critic.[1]
I also knew that there is a massive list of jobs that go into making a film, and I only knew a few of them, such as the director, producer, art director, casting director, boom operator, camera operator, film editor, foley artist, graphic artist, set designer, costume designer, make-up artist, hair stylist, electrician, some construction people, and some grips. Again, I only know the basics of what the jobs I listed are responsible for, if anything at all. I know that the dire...
The film “Modern Times,” directed by Charlie Chaplin, is set in the mid nineteen thirties. This time frame places the characters in the middle of the Great Depression and the industrial revolution. The film depicts the lifestyle and quality of living for people in this era by showing a factory worker who cannot take the monotony of working on an assembly line. The film follows the factory worker through many of his adventures throughout the film. The film’s main stars are Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard.
Before each of these conventions is defined and analysed the process of making a Classical Hollywood film must first be described; it begins with either the completion of a script or the hiring of a scr...
Filmmaking is an art like no other. It brings people together to create magnificent stories that people can view either on their television or on the big screen. The creators of film could not have imagined how far filmmaking would go and how much it would impact the world of entertainment. The invention of filmmaking has evolved over a long period of time and will continue to impact the world of entertainment.
Offering the unique ability to visually and audibly convey a story, films remain a cornerstone in modern society. Combined with a viewer’s desire to escape the everyday parameters of life, and the excitement of enthralling themselves deep into another world, many people enjoy what films stand to offer. With the rising popularity of films across the world, the amount of film makers increases every day. Many technological innovations mark the advancement of film making, but the essential process remains the same. Pre-production accounts for everything taken place before any shooting occurs, followed by the actual production of the film, post-production will then consist of piecing the film together, and finally the film must reach an audience. Each step of this process contributes to the final product, and does so in a unique right. The process of film making will now start chronologically, stemming from the idea of the story, producing that story into a film, editing that footage together, and finally delivering that story to its viewers.
The main purpose for a film editor is to just edit videos, which is self-explanatory, mostly for themselves or for a big company. They also have to get their own equipment which is time and money consuming. They also need to be good with computers and very patient. They have to be patient because some jobs are very long. The longer jobs are movies, long videos,...
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Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, Walworth, London, United Kingdom. His parents were Charlie Chaplin Sr. and Hannah Chaplin, who was a singer. Despite being known as one of the most acclaimed actors of our time, Chaplin grew up in extreme poverty. His father left him and his mother was sent off to a mental institution. He and his brother Sydney were left to an orphanage. Even later in life when he was wealthy, he had many troubles concerning if he was a communist or not. Chaplin persevered through many troubles and obstacles to become one the great figures of the silent era of film.