In my last blog article I told you about which movie studio may be good for you but now I'm going tell you something you need to know about big hollywood studios. Hollywood studios for over a century has used to be the only place actors, cartoon artists, prop artist, musicians, directors, producers, costume designers go to make their movies and TV shows. For the real people live action films there are 2 ways people made movies.
Indoor big stage studios: 1 way is to make it inside the big stage studio with all of the fake stage props and picture scenery paintings, lighting and even special effects, and video cameras. It was great because you could make whatever real people film you liked and not have to worry about outside influences or land rights. But the drawbacks are paying thousands and even millions of dollars for rent or bills just to keep your studio and this often puts the studio owner into debt and the landlord and investors often boss you around. Also you have to maintain your studio and make sure accidents don't happen or you get in big trouble. Also you would have to watch over your actors and actress and make sure they don't get hurt. The stage props take a huge amount of time to setup and when you're done with stage props you have to clean up every time which can be very time consuming.
Outdoor set locations: The second way to make live action films is to drive to real outdoor land areas with wheel trucks and vans taking your fancy equipment with you and taking people on the wheel bus just so they can act their part and you don't need much stage props very much because you have real scenery already setup for your movie most of the time saving money and it makes the movie or TV show look more real. But the drawbacks are you have to contact the Mayor or store owners or house owners for permission to close down part of the street or store just so you can continue on filming and this can annoy people because a certain section of the street is closed and they're trying to get to work or school. Also you have the challenge of keeping spectators away from the filming area you're trying to work at and it can be a challenge to make an olden day film with winged planes and bladed copters flying in the sky. Also nasty weather like rain can ruin your plans to film when you want your scene to be a nice sunny day unless you want to film in the rain. Also you have to lookout for your actors and actress and make sure they don't get lost in the wilderness or hurt by real bad guys or animals and you would have to provide house trailers for your actors and actress to sleep in just in case they can't go home. Also you would have to put your camera, lights and other equipment and lock it up otherwise it could get stolen or vandalized. Also you may have to set up stage props in some locations like a fort for example.
So in conclusion outdoor locations seem to be a less expensive way to make movies. And if someone invents a 3-D holodeck projector it will make stage props and big stage studios obsolete. In the next article I'm going to talk about why house studios are better than owning big movie studios.
