I have been watching films for as long as I can remember. I remember movies I watched from when I was about 3 years old. I've also always been interested in how things are made. I would watch the show "How it's made" if I noticed it was on, unless they were doing something I found boring, then I would do something else. So, combining my interest in films and how things are made, obviously the question of what it takes to make a film becomes apparent. What I already knew, I probably know more than the average person about movies, although I don't think much of it. I know there are five main stages of making a film: development, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution. However, I only know the basic idea of ​​what happens during these five phases. In the development stage, the producer will choose a story, this story could be original or he could take it from somewhere else. Pre-production, as far as I know, requires a lot of design and planning. During production, as you can probably imagine, is when the film is created and shot. The post-production phase is where the film is assembled and edited. Finally, distribution occurs when the film is released in theaters, either directly on DVD or as a digital download. I also knew that there is a long list of jobs needed to make a movie, and I only knew a few of them, such as director, producer, art director, casting director, microphone operator, camera operator camera, the editor, the foley artist, the graphic artist, the set designer, the costume designer, the make-up artist, the hairdresser, the electrician, some construction workers and some stagehands. Again, I only know the basics of what the jobs I listed are responsible for, if anything. I know that terrible......middle of paper...secondary films (also known as independent films) are as they suggest, independently produced, they also tend to have a minimal budget, much smaller than that of a major studio film. The genres you'll most commonly see are: action, adventure, comedy, western, kids/family, romance, romantic comedy, science fiction (science fiction), horror, suspense/thriller, mystery, fantasy, historical, musical, and documentary. And that's the end of my knowledge of movies.II. What I Want to Know As you can see, I know a little about movies and what it means to make them, but I'd like to expand my knowledge on some topics and learn about others. I would like to expand my knowledge on: Jobs in the film industry The stages of making a film I would like to learn: The basic history of cinema What equipment/programs are widely used in the film industry?