Going Behind the Scenes of Film and Television Production with Filmmakers

Going Behind the Scenes of Film and Television Production with Filmmakers

Going Behind the Scenes of Film and Television Production with Filmmakers

Film and Television Production

Anyone who has ever worked around film and television production crews, actors and actresses, directors and producers knows the tangle of work that goes into packaging the final product for audiences. Work starts long before a sound stage or production site is chosen. Usually, it begins with a script that captures the attention of a producer or director.

“It can take me two years of outlining and planning before I write a single word,” says Chuck Griffith, a feature filmmaker and founder of DCG Arts, an independent film marketing and production company. “I write up a treatment, register it at the WGA website [Writers Guild of America], and then float the ideas with contacts within the industry.  I’ve learned that you