Download Film Studies- Unit 26 - GEORGIA YIANNI

Development
 Pre-production
 Production
 Post-production
 Distribution
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Pre-production
 Script writing- Nicholas Sparks is the author of the book Safe Haven and the script writers of
the film are Dana Stevens and Gage Lansky.
 Location visits- Brooke Barnhill was the location manager for the film Safe Haven. The girl in
the film leaves her house in Boston to start a new life in Southport, North Carolina. This is
where the main storyline of the film is set. However, some parts of the film are filmed in
Louisiana.
 Storyboarding- The storyboard artist draw out each scene and annotate it with directions
for the producer and director.
 Casting- Rich Mento was the casting director of the film. The associate casting director for
Safe Haven is Robyn Owen. The casting director is in charge of the auditions and tells the
cast who they would like to play each part
 Costume design- Leigh Leverett was the designer for all the costumes that the characters
wore in each part of the scenes in the film. She had to choose wisely on what costume
suited their character at the specific time of the film.
 Composing music- Miles Bergsma is the composer for the film safe haven. This means that
the music that is playing in parts of the film was his choice as he believed it best suited the
film and that scene at the time. The composer also has the role on how they believe that
music can attract viewers and make them want to carry on watching the film.
Production
 Production is the making of the film so to put it all together it
will include the roles, filming and acting. The filming would
be achieved by the film producer, actors and director. For
example, the film Safe Haven contains many producers one
of which is Nicholas Sparks. Also, the main actors include
Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, therefore, all of these
people contribute into making the film.
 The acting would be done by the cast that were chose in the
pre production, for example , Josh Duhamel as Alex and
Julianne Hough as Katie/Erin.
Post-Production
 The post production consists of editing and
distribution of the film. This includes the editing of
sounds and footage and the distribution include the
marketing and advertising of the film.
 The editing of the sound would be done by the
sound editor, in the film Safe Haven it is John Morris
and the editing of footage was by the film editor
who is Andrew Mondshein.
 A film can get funded in two different ways, either
publically or privately.
 Public funding is the control of the government whereas
private funding is when investors are hired to review your
film so they can advertise it.
 If a film is privately funded, the executive producer is the
common funded of the film. For example, the film Safe
Haven has more than one executive producer, although one
of the persons are Jason Beckman, therefore, if the film were
to get privately funded, he would have been the source of
funding as well as the other executive producers.
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A budget of a film is usually divided into four
sections:
Above the line- Creative talent
Below the line- Direct production cost
Post production- Editing
Other- Includes things such as the insurance that is
needed to produce the film.
Film financing can also be established from a private
investor, sponsor, product placement, film studio,
entertainment company and out of pocket funds.
Above the line costs is when the money that you pay
goes to the creativity of the film. For example, the
screenwriter, producer, director and the actors and
actresses. However, these are fixed costs, for
example, if a scene is cut from the script, the writer
will still get paid the same amount as the film is still
developing and some scenes get added and some
deleted.
 Below the line costs are those separating the cast
like the actors, director and the others from the
crew members.
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Films can get marketed in different ways such as
different advertisement will help get them sold. For
example, TV adverts, radio or pop ups on the
internet. The marketing budget is costly as it
normally works around half of the whole production
budget and the publicity is usually handled by either
the distributor or exhibitors.
 Film promotion can also help to market and sell
films as it contribute towards pres release,
merchandising, media ad interviews which include
the actors within the film so more viewers are
watching and will buy the film.
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