Film-it: Virtual Location Scout and Movie Production Planning Assistant for Film Industry in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The global multi-billion-dollar industry of film making is not that healthy in Sri Lanka. Film industry majors say that this happens because not enough local movies are made within the country by local artists. Therefore, there is no problem with the number of creative minds in the country. The reason for the lack of local movies made annually in the country is because it takes a lot of effort, time and money. And if the movie fails, millions get wasted. Movies mostly fail because they are not organized very well from the beginning. Everything starting from the script to the final tickets that are going to be sold needs to be planned during pre-production. If pre-production fails, production fails. If production fails, post-production fails. The success or the failure of a movie starts right at the beginning of the pre-production phase. This phase contains many processes that are very important to carry out the production phase. One of them is location scouting. Since film industry is mostly based on aesthetic pleasure of the people in the society, scenic beauty is a must when choosing locations for a movie. “Film-it” is an application that is capable of giving all kinds of assistance in location scouting and much more in movie planning. That is the reason it is called “The Virtual Location Scout and Movie Production Planning Assistant”. This application has already proved to be beneficial for Sri Lankan movie directors and producers to do months tasks in much less time which is a huge improvement in the industry that saves so much time and money. Major roles in the industry states that this application will take the Sri Lankan movie industry to a whole new level.