The Production Process Wrapup

Now that you've completed (or almost completed) "The Production Process" unit, what are three things that you learned? Please explain each in detail. Why are these three things that you think are the most important to making a film?

I learned that there is a designated sound department to control the audio. This includes dialogue and folly audio. Especially because audio is one of the most important aspects of film, perfecting the audio becomes extremely important to the film. I found it most interesting that the folly audio department has to use various objects in order to enhance the audio. Making sure the audio is captured on set is also important as well.

I also learned that the special effects department has new job in which those effects can be seen on set. For some sets, there is a person designated to work the special effects so the director has a general idea of what is going to be on screen. This is important to the production process because it helps the director visualize the final production.

Finally, I learned that preproduction played a vital role in the production process. In the preproduction process, one needs to have their idea green lighted, storyboarded, and made into a shot list. (As a side note I learned that a shot list does not have to be in the order that it is going to be edited in the final cut.)