Act 1: Set up, intro of character, problem, and world
Act 2: Confrontation and conflict
Act 3: Resolution
100
What is the difference between an agent and a manager?
An agent gets you jobs and promotes you; a manager manages your personal career. Agents have more clients and give you less personal attention; agents can't be producers.
100
What is the first thing you do when you want to make a film?
Set up a limited liability corporation.
100
Who runs the set?
First AD
100
What are the big four festivals?
Tribeca, Toronto, Sundance, and SXSW
200
What is a spec script?
A script written without guarantee of being bought or the writer being paid?
200
What is packaging?
When the producer attaches names such as directors and actors to a project, which helps the producer get the film greenlit.
200
What is a runaway production?
A film that is shot elsewhere for tax breaks and monetary benefits
200
How many pages can you shoot in a day?
4-8
200
What is picture lock?
When the creative editing is finished.
300
What is an option agreement?
A contract that allows a production company/ producer to lease your script and idea.
300
What is considered the grad school of filmmaking?
Working at an agency
300
Who do you hire first on the film?
UPM/ line producer to make the budget
300
What is room tone in terms of sound?
When a boom operator records silence on the shooting location for the background ambience/hum of the room.
300
How much do theaters usually take?
50% of the gross
400
Daily Double: How do you copyright your script?
Library of Congress, WGA, publishing it
Don't do the poor man's copyright mailing it to yourself method.
400
What are the 6 big studios?
Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Brothers
400
What are the two biggest ways to raise money in indie filmmaking?
Foreign sales and tax breaks
400
Which categories of SAG films allow both union and nonunion actors?
SAG Ultra Low Budget, SAG Indie, SAG New Media
400
What is ADR?
Automated Dialogue Replacement, recording over dialogue in post
500
What are the stages of development?
Spec, notes, 1st Rewrite, 2nd rewrite, polish
500
How much is the producer and director paid?
5% of the budget each
500
What is the waterfall?
The order in which people get paid when the movie grosses money
500
How long does it take to shoot a 90 min to 120 min feature?
20-100 days
500
If you can't afford rights for a song, what is the next best thing?