It's about how television gets made, but you might want to look at
Hollywood Inside Out: The TV Industry- 40 minutes - 2004
Executives who work in television comment in this program on how
Hollywood productions are made. Pamely Fryman, Tammara Billik, John
Wentworth and Jeff Richman explain the creative process, from initial
concept through casting and shooting to post-production.
$169 plus shipping on DVD ($149 for vhs) from First Light Video
(http://www.firstlightvideo.com or call (800) 262-8862).
Brigid Duffy
Media Acquisitions
Academic Technology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132-4200
E-mail: bduffy@sfsu.edu
On Feb 15, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Meghann Matwichuk wrote:
> Dear C.B.,
>
> An unexpected stumper just came across our service desk: a faculty
> who would like to show her class a film about the filmmaking
> business. Not a film about filmmaking, i.e. how to shoot / edit /
> produce / etc. a film, not about the history of the studio system,
> but a film about how, say, a Hollywood film is made (i.e. a script
> goes to a line producer, funding is procured, casting,
> shooting, ... film is publicized, etc.) . I'm wondering if there
> might be an extra on a feature film dvd that has something
> appropriate, tracing the creation of a particular film. Or perhaps
> I'm missing some obvious titles? Hence the appeal to the
> collective brain, so that I won't have to think about this while I
> sleep tonight...
>
> I can think of a number of books (especially centering on
> filmmakers' experiences with, say, indie filmmaking) that might be
> appropriate, but at drawing a blank on the documentaries themselves.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> *************************
> Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
> Senior Assistant Librarian
> Instructional Media Collection Department
> Morris Library, University of Delaware
> 181 S. College Ave.
> Newark, DE 19717
> (302) 831-1475
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Dear = C.B.,
An unexpected stumper just came across our service desk:=A0= a faculty who would like to show her class a film about the filmmaking = business.=A0 Not a film about filmmaking, i.e. how to shoot / edit / = produce / etc. a film, not about the history of the studio system, but a = film about how, say, a Hollywood film is made (i.e. a script goes to a = line producer, funding is procured, casting, shooting, ... film is = publicized, etc.) .=A0 I'm wondering if there might be an extra on a = feature film dvd that has something appropriate, tracing the creation of = a particular film.=A0 Or perhaps I'm missing some obvious titles?=A0 = Hence the appeal to the collective brain, so that I won't have to think = about this while I sleep tonight...
I can think of a number of = books (especially centering on filmmakers' experiences with, say, indie = filmmaking) that might be appropriate, but at drawing a blank on the = documentaries themselves.
Thanks in advance
= *************************
Meghann = Matwichuk, M.S.
Senior Assistant Librarian
Instructional Media = Collection Department
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 = S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) = 831-1475