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storyboard
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http://www.evolvemedia.tv/free-storyboard-templates-
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Watching a movie is a trip to a different world. The story that
is being communicated is made so realistic that audience feels to be
part of that environment. What enables the storyteller to create such
enchanting effect? Is it the way the story is being narrated? Yes, but
not only that. Reading a story and watching a story on screen are
very different experiences. While reading you are visualising it in
your own way but on screen the audio visual experience that you get
adds another dimension to the story telling process. Whatever you
witness in the cinema hall forces you to believe it to be real. It is
a holistic effect that is designed using various techniques to
narrate the story.
The film making process can be
understood by visualising it in three stages. First is the preparation
before shooting, second is actual shooting process and third is
putting everything together like visuals, sound etc. as a final product.
These are known as pre-production, production and post production
stages. This is a common process that we follow to complete any task
in a presentable manner; first the preparation, then actual task and in the end it's presentation.
Considering various aspects to be worked on to come up with the final
product, film-making is a complex process. Design has role in all
three stages of film-making.
The groundwork begins
with a story idea which is converted into a screen play; scene by
scene story. This story in text is put in form of series of visuals
like a comic strip in a storyboard. The storyboard helps in
understanding the characters and environment in great detail. It's
done by a team of concept designers and graphic designers. Final
storyboard leads to the design and selection of locations, sets,
characters, costumes, props etc. The detail in which the environment
is designed gives the film realistic effect. Audience starts
believing it to be real. Thus preparations are done before film shoot upto minute detail to save on time and budget.
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filmshoot
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http://www.bhopalonline.in/city-guide/film-shooting
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During production
stage, the film is captured as a video scene by scene. Audience is
looking at the film through the camera. Each frame captured through
the camera is going to impact the viewer's perception about the
story. Cinematographer designs each frame keeping in mind what effect
the director wants and how the story should be progressing. Lighting,
camera positions, angles, lens focus, movement such details are
carefully selected so as to get depth in the shot as it's going to be
viewed on two dimensional screen.
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Adding visual effects
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https://onset.shotonwhat.com/gallery/the-power-of-
visual-effects/
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Once all the scenes
have been shot post production stage begins. The raw shooting is
edited for better visual appearance. Colour corrections are done,
unwanted clips are removed. Special effects are added. Sounds like
dialogues, songs, background music are added. The music is generally
composed during pre-production stage. With all these post production
treatments the film is ready as a final product to entertain
audience.
Other communication
design products in entertainment sector are game design. In digital
and virtual reality game design visual designers contribute in
creating the realistic environment used as setting of game. Game
designers work on the strategy to enhance participant and audience
satisfaction and pleasure.
After this read, I hope
you will appreciate the grand efforts by creative team that goes in
the making of film apart from glamorous cast that you see on screen!
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