Making-of
In cinema, a making-of, also known as behind-the-scenes, the set or on the set is a documentary film that features the production of a film or television program. This is often 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 or Blu-ray release.
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.[1] The making-of is also often released for TV as a part of the promotion of the film.
Contents
1 Examples of feature-length making-ofs
2 Examples of documentaries as bonus features
3 References
4 Further reading
Examples of feature-length making-ofs
Burden of Dreams, the Fitzcarraldo making-of
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, the Apocalypse Now making-of
Lost in La Mancha, the failed The Man Who Killed Don Quixote making-of
Wrath of Gods, the Beowulf & Grendel making-of
The Matrix Revisited (straight-to-DVD), The Matrix making-of
Season 29 (straight-to-DVD), Bart Goes West making-of
The Shark Is Still Working (straight-to-DVD), documentary on the making of and impact of the 1975 film Jaws.
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday The 13th (straight-to-DVD), documentary on the making of and impact of the Friday The 13th horror film series
The Psycho Legacy (straight-to-DVD), documentary on the making of and impact of the Psycho film series.
Examples of documentaries as bonus features
Rocky Horror Double Feature Show (1995), documentary on the making of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, released on DVD of the film itself
The Making of Psycho (1997), documentary on the making of Psycho, released on DVD of the film itself
The 12 Days of Black Christmas (2008), documentary on the making of Black Christmas, released on DVD of the film itself
Plotting Family Plot (2001), documentary on the making of Family Plot, released on DVD of the film itself
Halloween Unmasked (2000), documentary on the making of Halloween, released on DVD of the film itself
References
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Further reading
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Robinet, Fabrice (April 6, 2018). "Oh for the Days of the Making-Of Featurette — Seriously". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.