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Edition 2026Active Merit Badge
Moviemaking
Official Requirements & Fillable Workbook · 2026 Edition
Moviemaking is a collaborative storytelling badge where you write, shoot, and edit a real motion picture. You will draft a treatment, draw a detailed storyboard, and learn how camera angles, lighting, and sound establish mood. Requirement 3 requires producing a finished 3-to-5-minute film and screening it for your counselor.
Key Requirements Covered:
- Screenwriting & Storyboarding
- Camera Framing, Angles & Lighting
- Directing & Audio Field Recording
- Digital Video Editing & Film Distribution
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2026Reqs Revised
What is on the worksheet: Moviemaking Requirements
Every requirement for the Moviemaking merit badge, word for word as published, with room to write under each one on the printed worksheet.
1Elements of a Good Motion Picture
Discuss and demonstrate the proper elements of a good motion picture. In your discussion, include visual storytelling, rhythm, the 180-axis rule, camera movement, framing and composition of camera shots, and lens selection.
2Treatment, Storyboard, and Shooting
Do the following:
- a In a three- or four-paragraph treatment, tell the story you plan to produce, making sure that the treatment conveys a visual picture.
- b Prepare a storyboard for your motion picture. Note: This can be done with rough sketches and stick figures.
- c Demonstrate the following motion picture shooting techniques:
- d Using motion picture shooting techniques, plan ONE of the following programs. Start with a treatment and complete the requirement by presenting this program to a pack or your troop, patrol, or class.
3Option Selection
Do ONE of the following:
- a With your parent or guardian's permission and your counselor's approval, visit a film set or television production studio and watch how production work is done.
- b Explain to your counselor the elements of the zoom lens and three important parts.
4Option Selection
Do ONE of the following:
- a Explore careers related to this merit badge. Research one career to learn about the training and education needed, costs, job prospects, salary, job duties, and career advancement. Your research methods may include—with your parent or guardian's permission—an internet or library search, an interview with a professional in the field, or a visit to a location where people in this career work. Discuss with your counselor both your findings and what about this profession might make it an interesting career.
- b Explore how you could use knowledge and skills from this merit badge to pursue a hobby or healthy lifestyle. Research any training needed, expenses, and organizations that promote or support it. Discuss with your counselor what short-term and long-term goals you might have if you pursued this.
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Requirements Revision vs. Worksheet Date
Scouting America last revised the Moviemaking requirements in 2026. That is the badge, not this sheet — an older year does not mean the worksheet is out of date.
Verbatim Fidelity & Verification
This worksheet was checked against https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/moviemaking/ in Aug 2026 and reproduces the requirements word for word. Both dates are printed on the sheet, so a copy in a binder can always be placed in time.
Requirement text is © Scouting America, reproduced verbatim. The worksheet layout and design are original to this project.
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