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Hollywood runs on paper, with
scripts and schedules generated for
thousands of actors and crew
members.
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(NAPS A) For the better
part of a century, Hollywood
in the northwest part of
downtown Los Angeles, has
been America's dream
factory, it's film capital. But
every movie that comes
through Tinseltown, from the
big-budget blockbuster to the
tiniest of independent films,
has something in common: It
starts with an idea that gets
put down on paper.
Before a movie is made,
there's the script coverage: A
high number of screenplays are turned in to production companies
and the screenplays are graded by the "script development"
department of the production company. A written report contains the
valuation of whether a script is adaptive or not. Most writers know
there can be a long timeline, especially if a script is at a grade of
"consider." But sometimes it goes to a department head or
executive.
Currently, 70,000 screenplays are written each year; that's 7
million sheets of paper. Only 2,100 of these screenplays written
annually get any attention from Hollywood. And, down to earth, a
bit more than 400 films are produced. Big film companies such as
Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, or Columbia Pictures produce
about 30 films on average per year.
What makes paper a hidden champion in Hollywood? In the
world of movies, it is omnipresent; a screenplay (which generally
ranges from 100-130 pages) is like the framework for a movie, and
lots of people draw on the script-people acting behind the scenes as
well as the cast. They use a copy of the script to grasp the plot and
understand what happens to the characters on stage and off. People
on the set read the screenplay again and again to break down scenes
and characters, to focus on the props, costumes, lighting, sound
effects, etc. Even the big movie stars take their script everywhere, to
the hotel room, to the beach.... What this means is that even if the
latest technology is used to produce movies for theaters all over the
country and the film production is mostly digitalized, you cannot do
without paper.
What many people may not realize is just how many people can
make up a film's crew, from a few dozen to more than a thousand on
a big, special effects-laden film. That's because on the set every
duty is assigned to a profession, cinematography, postproduction,
writer and script editor, art department, sound department, etc.
For example, in the cast and crew for the third "Pirates of the
Caribbean" movie with Johnny Depp in 2007, 1,499 people were
involved (83 actors, 1,416 crew). The story is being told on 100
pages of screenplay. That's about 100,000 pages of scripts only for
actors and directors for one film. Movie triumph "Forrest Gump,"
winner of six Academy Awards, supplied 133 actors and 456 crew
members with 75 pages of screenplay each.
No wonder that the City of Los Angeles' annual paper
consumption is more than 600 million sheets (3,000 tons). And it's
not only screenplays and schedules that produce a lot of paper on
the set. Julia Roberts, for example, compiled a lot of printed
research material for "Charlie Wilson's War," as the film is based on
true events.
Tons of paper used in Hollywood and across the U.S. are
produced on paper machines from Voith Paper, the big process
supplier for the worldwide paper industry. Voith manufactures paper
machines that can use a high amount of recycled fibers for the
production of new paper as used for screenplays. As the
papermaking process is very complex, high-tech machines are
necessary. Voith develops technological solutions that cover the
entire paper production process from fiber to wrapped paper.
Over one-third of all paper consumed worldwide is made on Voith
production lines. And the company has extensive experience,
beginning with the fiber technology, through finishing and right up
to printing technology. To learn more, visit the Web site at
www.voithpaper.com.
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