Making-of
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In cinema, a Making Of is a behind the scenes documentary film look of the production of the show. Oftentimes this may be referred to as the EPK (Electronic Press Kit) video, due to its main usage as a promotional tool either concurrent with theatrical release or as a bonus feature for the film's DVD.
Feature length documentaries on the making of other films has become a film genre in its own right. The Making Of film may ultimately be more important than the film itself. In the case of Lost in La Mancha, the making-of video ended up documenting the collapse and abandonment of the feature film it was covering (The Man Who Killed Don Quixote), and ultimately the making-of video was the only part of the production to see a commercial release as a theatrical documentary feature.
Shorter making-of documentaries are often used as a bonus on DVDs, as it offers more insight into the film, how it was made, and to credit the film crew. Occasionally, some films have included a "Making of the making of" as a joke. The Making Of is also often released for TV as a part of the promotion of the movie.
There is a related literary genre (e.g. [1], the Making Of Deep Space Nine).
[edit] Examples of Feature Length Making Of
- Burden of Dreams, the making of Fitzcarraldo.
- Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, the making of The Sacrifice.
- Lost in La Mancha, the failed making of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- [2] the Making Of Antoine Fisher.
- [3] the Making Of Silent Running.
