On the screen, viewers see only actors. It’s hard to imagine that around them is a film crew and a bunch of cameras. The public rarely seeks to know what happened behind the scenes. But if the film becomes super popular, people want to know everything about how the shooting process went.
Instruction manual
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The sound engineer usually appears first on the set to install microphones and make sure that the shadows from them do not fall into the frame, check the noise level.
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Illuminators appear next. They install cameras, turn on all equipment. Before the director can give the command "Motor!", The operator must also check the readiness of the camera.
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When the command "Motor!" It sounded, an assistant director with a "clapperboard" appears in the frame, on which during the shootings they will write the number of the scene and its take each time, so that it would be easier for the director to choose suitable frames from all the shots. When the operator turns on the camera (and she picks up the desired speed), and the sound engineer turns on the tape recorder and makes sure that the sound is synchronized with the picture, the assistant director makes a pop.
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If the cracker with the double number and the scene normally fell into the frame, and the sound from it was clearly audible, the assistant director is removed from the frame. The operator again checks that no objects or their shadows interfere with the shooting, checks the frame and focus, and then gives the director a signal that everything is ready. Then the director gives the second command "Camera!"
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Actors or stuntmen play the scene, it can take several seconds or minutes until the director gives the command "Shot!" Then the operator stops the camera, and the sound engineer stops the sound equipment.
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The editor puts the most successful doubles of each scene shot at the right time in the movie, creating a single product. He is engaged in the synchronization of image and sound, equalizes color reproduction. Today, unlike in the past, there is no need to develop the film and glue it in pieces. Now films are digitized from the film, and it happens that digital recording is immediately conducted.
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In addition to the film crew, important work is carried out by the project administrators and producers. Administrators choose locations for filming, get work permits there, prepare the site, coordinate the work of different departments of the film studio. The producer also manages the filming process, controls the production of cinema, controls accounting reports and all financing issues.
