THE ART OF FILM DIRECTING: LIGHTS, CAMERA, AND ACTION!

A film shoot requires exorbitant work. Given the great work that it entails, different awards are held year after year that praise the work of the directors and all the participants. There are ceremonies such as the Cannes, Golden Globes, Berlinale, and the Oscars awarding and praising the hard work that all filming entails.
Any project, no matter how small it may seem, needs a huge dedication to provide the quality of the work. Even a single image will take quite an expensive job; even more so when it comes to short films, trilogies, and huge projects like movies. All these projects need budgets that, no matter how small they may seem, will always include location expenses, casts and a crew. The Art of Filmmaking involves a great process behind all those movies, series that we see every day. In addition, this field includes arts where the script, production and direction are key points.

WHAT IS THE ART OF DIRECTING?
First of all, this term refers to all that process that involves the creation of images, movies, short films, or any type of cinema art. However, this process refers to the entire process from its beginning until the final product is finished. Afterwards, the final product ends up being in the cinema, or in the final destination depending on what has been created.
The art of filmmaking includes several stages where the entire directing process is immersed. The process begins from the moment the initial story is created, the casting process, the preparation of the script, the recording, the shooting, the choice of people, the pre and post production, etc. It is quite a long process, with big and small details within each process.
WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY OF AN ART DIRECTOR?
An art director is in charge of all the artistic direction that a project entails. Practically, the tasks that they must carry out are the creation of budgets, organization of the work program that the film or the project will have. These should allocate and maximize the money allocated to the department. These directors are practically called to collaborate with the production directors.
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