Why Filmmakers Need A Production Bible - Geoff Ryan

In this Film Courage video interview, Writer/Director Geoff Ryan on Why Filmmakers Need A Production Bible.
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[@EvidenceSello]

A very tedious exercise but it really does pay off during production! Great video! 🙌🏼

[@ChrisBournea]

I think making a production bible is a brilliant idea. I wish I had made one for the feature I shot in summer 2019 - it would have made life a lot easier!

[@Dunamis_010]

This is a great idea! Thanks for this interview/vid.

[@filmcourage]

Would you ever use a detailed production bible like this or does it sound like too much work?

[@mariuszludwinski4511]

The same thing exists in event producing. There is always some creative space to improvise, but having a blueprint with most common plans and problems saves a lot of nerves :)

[@terencejay8845]

Hitchcock had every single scene and shot worked out before shooting, to the point he found the actual shoot boring, because he'd already seen the entire movie in his head.

[@terencejay8845]

@@saskiacornish7126 He didn't write the scripts for a lot of his movies.

[@terencejay8845]

@@saskiacornish7126 I draw plans and design homes and renovations. The best approach is to work on the plan until it's exactly right, then Lock It. If you start to build, then change things around it Will cost more and take longer. Fine if you have the cash and the time. For a film, it's the same. Storyboard every shot, design the entire thing on paper, then Lock It and film what you have. Any changes will cost time and money. Despite his success, Hitchcock always had trouble financing his films, so he had to be as efficient as possible and waste nothing. Hence his dedicated planning and when you watch his films you will see long, efficient takes.

[@terencejay8845]

@@saskiacornish7126 Don't go near making a film until you have All the funds, plus contingency, to take it all the way to fully-deliverable. You can't show 91% of a film. I'd suggest a great book called The reel Truth by Reed Martin. Of all the many film-making books I have, that's the one I'd keep. For scripts. it costs nothing to keep churning them out but the chances of getting one made, or sold, are extremely low.

[@andymcquade]

Brilliant advice. Can't wait to see this film!

[@ActronJimmy]

It's probably best practice. Oh, I wish I were an organized person.

[@danbee998]

Series bible in the writing world.

[@Kevlexicon]

yeh preprod is god