Making-of

As a making-of ( German: manufacturing ) refers to a look behind the scenes of a film or music production. In the area of ​​film production two types can be distinguished: purely documentary and promotional making- ofs. With music productions have making- usually always documentary character.

Film Production

Making-of documentary

One of the pioneers of documentary making- ofs was Walt Disney. He used already in the 1950s and 1960s, his television shows Disneyland and later Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color specifically to introduce the film productions of the studio and doing great detail on the particular type of film making - from animation to documentaries - respond. Disney spoke mostly only the introductory rates and then left the more the idea of the respective project work ends. Thus, the audience learned over time to know all the essential creative minds of Disney Studios. For film historians and movie fans, these recordings today of great interest. Re-releases on DVD also demonstrate that these early television specials have hardly lost over the decades, some of their entertainment and information potential. However, even at that time was recognized that this making- ofs went far beyond pure advertising films. So Disney received for Operation Undersea, which describes the filming of the feature film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954 even an Emmy Award.

Otherwise, there were promotional making- ofs since the 1970s and 1980s, but it was only with the advent of DVDs, the Disney at the time anticipated species has generally established.

Here, the director of the making-of film production often accompanied by the early stage of production to the actual shooting and the subsequent post-production. Here, interviews with both the people behind the film camera as well as the actor to speak, who have reported that they have felt the work on the film or film set. Here, too, the emergence of special effects, visual effects and the implementation of the stunts are described in detail many times. If the film is already finished and is it, this is a made-for- TV commercial film, so the viewer can already see film clips.

The length of a making- ofs is on average 20 to 25 minutes. In the case of large-scale productions, such as the Extended Edition of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, these may be on the DVD often up to five hours. Other examples that actually document the entire history of film and also deal critically with the work: Bonus material at James Bond: Die Another Day, 12 Monkeys or King Kong ( 2005). In the latter case, the making- ofs were published during the shooting time on the internet and before the theatrical release on DVD.

Commercial making- ofs

At the time of the theatrical release often called making- ofs, interviews, material from the filming (B- Roll) and many film clips are broadcast on television. It is important in such a making-of, that the action is only touched, the end of the film becomes too obvious, and that aroused by the dramatic excitement and interest among potential moviegoers. The film is presented mostly critical and the participants speak only generally positive about the production.

Music Production

Making- ofs to music productions often depict parts of the development process of a musical production. While video clips are produced frequently, the show during a song excerpts from the production work. Apart from the actual production processes often interviews are shown with the participating musicians or cut into the flow of a piece of music. A rare parts of the labor process are shown in the studio, which are not directly related to the recording of the music pieces.

In general, the thus produced making- ofs be settled on DVD a so-called "Deluxe" or " Limited Edition" of each sound recording, such as the album Apocalyptic Love by Slash or the debut album from Black Country Communion, rare publication is an independent medium, such as the 110 -minute film the Making of pump Aerosmith, who first appeared in 1996 on VHS cassette in 1998 and on DVD.

• Documentary
• Promotional Products