Patent ID: 8440563

Claim:
A film-forming method for performing a film-forming process on a surface of a target substrate to be processed in an evacuable processing chamber, a recessed portion being formed on the surface of the target substrate, the method comprising: a transition metal-containing film forming process in which a transition metal-containing film is formed by a heat treatment by using a source gas containing a transition metal; and a metal film forming process in which a metal film containing an element of the group VIII of the periodic table is formed, wherein the transition metal containing film forming process and the metal film forming process are successively performed in a same processing chamber, and a mixed layer containing the transition metal and the element of the group VIII is formed by gradually increasing a supply amount of a VIII-group source gas including the element of the group VIII while gradually reducing a supply amount of the transition metal-containing source gas during a transition from the transition metal containing film forming process to the metal film forming process.