Abstract
In this article, I examined the creation process of movie shots by focusing the roles of plans. I collected data through participant observation in a course of a college of art. I analyzed ongoing movie shooting processes. I found two important features in the creation process. A) Plans did not determine the creation. They were only one resource of the creation. Plans were used only as “an initial value” in making the shooting location and were replaced by concrete things, which canalized filmmakers' practices. B) Because different members focused different aspects of a shot and one issue was connected to another issue, it repeatedly was called in question. Then, although one issue seemed resolved, the solution was only tentative and repeatedly challenged in the creating process. In these processes, the shot became convergent to a relative stabilized point and a creation was achieved. I discussed the limitation of this study and future research directions.
