making-of
How it happened
A making-of is a documentary or featurette showing how a film, album, video game, or other creative work was produced.
These behind-the-scenes features reveal production techniques, creative decisions, and on-set moments: The Blu-ray includes a forty-minute making-of.
Often used attributively: making-of documentary, making-of footage.
Hidden from public view
- footageRecorded video material
- interviewsFormal evaluative conversations
- featuretteBrief supplementary film piece
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
director · cast · crew · filming · set · location · costumes · makeup
Filmmaking preparation phase
- post-productionAfter-the-shoot work phase
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- castingShaping through liquid form
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
script · producer · gaffer · grips · extras · outtakes · bloopers · reshoots
Mental creation of ideas
- storyboardingSequencing shots through drawings
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
- designingPlanning how something appears
composing · choreography · rehearsing · costuming · improvisation · interpretation · iteration · revision
behind-the-scenes
Hidden from public view
- footageRecorded video material
- interviewsFormal evaluative conversations
- featuretteBrief supplementary film piece
commentary · director · cast · crew · filming · set · location · costumes · makeup · props
pre-production
Filmmaking preparation phase
- post-productionAfter-the-shoot work phase
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- castingShaping through liquid form
screenplay · script · producer · gaffer · grips · extras · outtakes · bloopers · reshoots · greenscreen
conceptualization
Mental creation of ideas
- storyboardingSequencing shots through drawings
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
designing · composing · choreography · rehearsing · costuming · improvisation · interpretation · iteration · revision · collaboration
making-offeature film
Standard-length theatrical release
final cut · finished product · theatrical release · final version · main attraction