Secrets of Movie Making

You walk into your local theater, purchase your tickets and pick your seats. You cozy in for the movie you've been waiting to see for a long time. You see the main actor jump from a building rooftop onto a moving car below. He grasps the hood of the car as the background music gets energized. The actor smashes the window, and causes the car to swerve off into a ditch. He then proceeds to arrest the bad guy of the film, and calls for back-up on his Walkie-Talkie. Back-up arrives and everything returns to normal.

Have you ever wondered what actually goes into the making of a movie? I sure have, and decided to research it further. I talked with some people, read a few Internet web sites, and read a few pages in books. This is what I have come up with!

It takes a long time!
What comes out on the big-screen is nothing compared to what actually happened. You may only watch a 2-hour movie, but in reality that movie probably took atleast 6 months to make! Some movies can take up to two years! Scenes are shot, shot again, and shot a third, fourth, fifth, or sixth time! Due to many circumstances such as lighing, sound, mistakes, bloopers, mishaps, and other unexpected occurances that director of the film is constantly yelling "Action" and "Cut"! In addition to taking a very long time to make an excellent 2-hour movie, it can cost millions of dollars. The creators do not settle for cheap props, or actors. They get the best they can! The pay ranges from actors payments, props, decorations, stunt cars, movie extras, houses, and rental areas, and equipment. The scene to a movie is shot in Pennsylvania, but the creators and company needed to pay thousands to get the proper area to shoot their film.