Expectations Vs. Reality

Expectations Vs. Reality

A film maker before making a film obviously thinks about the concept, and then the idea about a particular subject then forms it into a story. Later on the stages of film making that is the pre - production production and the post production is applied to execute the particular story. As I had mentioned previously that every stage should be done in a proper manner as one leads another. If there is a loop hole in one then surely there will be an impact on the other stage. If we consider the pre production stage where your screenplay or shooting script is planned, it should be ensured that every single thing is covered as it will effect the day of the shoot that is the production part. If you miss one thing during that stage, then your shoot will not be the way you have imagined or thought it to be. Now as we all know film making is mad work with detailed planning, and not just a story with the camera, and characters delivering dialogues. Most of the time what the director wants will not be 100 percent executed, but in rare cases it might happen. As a film maker what you imagine can be completely different from the actual outcome which can be both negative or positive. During the shoot you expect for example your cast to portray the character in a particular manner, but they many end up improvising the way they had imagined the character to be, so you never know if the improvisation can be either good or bad according to your perspective. In this field there will surely be conflicts in between as you can hardly make an individual understand what exactly you want the outcome to look like. Even in some cases you expect for a particular shot to be taken for example by the camera movement, but in reality keeping it static will look much better. During the pre-production you jot down everything in detail what is going on into your mind, but it's a fact that what you see in front may come out in a different manner which you may like or dislike. As a film maker you have to accept the fact that there will be a difference not always but mostly from your expectations and what in reality it will come out to be. You obviously will want what the outcome exactly you imagined but it's also essential that if there is a change in the expectations the reality of the outcome should look even much better, because as a film maker at the end of the day you will want to be satisfied by your work.