ABSTRACT
Choreography is an art of improvisation. A choreographer takes an idea into the studio-maybe a piece of music or text or just a vague concept-and starts moving through space. Popular filmmaking, traditionally, is an art of preconceived ideas. Usually a filmmaker has a script or a storyboard before he or she shoots the first scene. With the advent of video, this structure has become more flexible, but the tenets of popular film are still based in the world of theater and literature. There is a structure-character development, script, dramatic arc in the action, and mise-en-scène. Generally there is a conflict that the main character must resolve by the end of the film.
