About how long does it take to film an average movie (not a documentary... just a theatrical film like: The Illusionist or Stranger than Fiction)?
2007-03-24 07:50:11 · 6 answers · asked by make love not war 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Most are filmed 2 - 8 weeks. That's actual filming. Pre-production could be anywhere from a couple months to ten years. Post-production is usually completed within 2 months of filming completion. Then a movie may have to set on a shelf until the studio is ready to release it, i.e. a movie complete and ready to go to theatres may have been completed in Febuary. But the studio doesn't want it to compete with the big summer blockbusters so it'll sit-on-the-shelf until, say, October until it's released. On the other hand, ABC released the first post-911 movie only 5 months after the actual attack. Once a movie gets a go, it usually happens pretty fast, given all the factors involved. The 2 main things that slow a production down are budget problems and producer/director disagreements. Sometimes, when a movie is complete, the studio and/or film makers can't find a 'distributor' to actually release it for them, so they have to shop it around for a couple years sometimes. Example, Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses was completed, I believe in 2002, but took another 3 years just to get a distributor to release it.
2007-03-24 08:44:33 · answer #1 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can take 2 years for a perfessional film! At the moment I'm making a 30 minute one and this is how long it'll take...
1 month - script writeing
1 month - post - production
1 month - filming
1 month - editing
1 month - music and copys of film made
then the premier.
It takes a long time.
2007-03-24 15:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by bumblecustard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess would be two to three years from the time the script is completed by the author. So a movie coming out right now was probably thought up in 2004/ 2005. Pretty cool to think about! Same with video games.
2007-03-24 14:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by willbakerman60 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere from six to eight weeks, depending on the budget or the scope of the movie. A cheap movie is as little as three weeks, and a bigger, more expensive, epic movie can take 3-4 months.
Then there's also pre-production and post-production (editing) which adds a couple of months each side.
2007-03-24 14:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by Killy P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just depends...For bigger budget films or sci-fi action, it can be a year or more when you count all the pre- and post- production. For a movie with less efects, probably around 9 months to a year. I know for animated movies, they can take up to 5 years to make.
2007-03-24 14:55:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 months ,maybe
2007-03-24 14:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by GO TO HELL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋