2. Step 1
β’ The idea comes from the producer reading books,films,newspapers,plays
and other people.
β’ The most important person in film making is the producer as he makes the
film in to a reality.
β’ A director can visualise a scripted and make it reality they know how to
put a story on a screen.
β’ The writer defines and clarifies the idea. The plot and main characters and
turns it in to something that can be achieved.
β’ Treatment (the writer will then write the treatment a one page description
of the main story and characters of the film.
β’ The pitch contains all the information the producer needs in order to sell
the idea to the finance to commotion a scripted.
3. Step 2
β’ Pitching the producers uses the treatment and the pitch, plus
her powers of persuasion to get money to sell the scripted.
β’ The producer approaches film production for companies for
development and money, but they have projects of there
own.
β’ The producer can offer on the future sales and broadcast
rights to the film in return for money to develop the scripted.
β’ The producer can also apply to a public funding body such as
the uk film coucil for a development grant.
β’ The producer can even pitch the film to private investors in
hope that they will support the project.
4. Step 3
β’ First the writer produces a synopsis and he and the producer agree or not the key
scenes and events in the film.
β’ There is as many ways of writing as there are writers but most writers create a step
outline to plan there scripted.
β’ Part of the writers fee is Conditional on delivery of the first draft this can be the
hardest part of screenwriting.
β’ Once the writer and the producer are happy , the draft is sent to the financers , all
of witch will have there own ideas.
β’ When everyone is happy with the scripted it gets lock off and becomes a final draft
then the writer gets paid.
β’ The final stage of the script development process is the creation of a sales
treatment.
5. Step 4
β’ The producer and director must now package the script into the full commercial
proposition ready for financing.
β’ One common way to make the project more commercial is to attach well known
stars to the script.
β’ Respected commercially successful heads of department carry considerable clout
with knowledgeable financers.
β’ To turn the film into a proper business proposition the producer must know how
much it will actually cost to make.
β’ Potential investors will want to know how the producer plans to raise money and
how she plans to pay them back.
β’ The producer has packaged into a viable commercial proposition. Now its time to
see what people think of it.
β’ The producer has packaged the film into a visible commercial proposition now its
time to see what the people think of it.
6. Step 5
β’ Financers can be anywhere in the world . To secure the investment she needs to
make the film the producer must travel.
β’ Privet individuals production companies and public bodies all invest in films. The
producers lawyer draws up contracts to seal the deals.
β’ The producer can also raise money from pre-sales selling the rights to the film
before it has been made.
7. Step 6
β’ The kick off meeting, to welcome everyone
β’ Casting is picking the actors to play the different parts
β’ Storyboarding is where you work out and sort out all the scenes.
β’ Production design is when they star designing the sets, like miniature models and
things.
β’ Special effects planning is where you add special effects to your planning to make
it better.
β’ The production unit is deciding who does what in production unit.
8. Step 7
β’ 1st day of principle photography is where itβs the first day of actually filming.
β’ Camera people filming there first scenes.
β’ Lighting and sound doing what they need to do on the film set, catching the light
and sound.
β’ Acting the actors act out the scenes and deliver the lines in the script.
β’ Special physical effects stunt men doing the bits that the actors cant do.
β’ Chain of command having a list of who's the director producer and camera man so
everybody on the set knows who there boss is.
9. Step 8
β’ As the processed footage comes in the editor assembles it into scenes and creates
a narrative sequence for the film.
β’ Once the picture is locked the sound department works on the audio track laying
creating and editing every sound.
β’ Digital effects are added by specialist effects compositors and titles and credits are
added in a composting suite.
β’ The final stage of the picture edit is to adjust the colour and establish the fine
aesthetic of the film.
β’ After picture lock the rough sound mix goes to a dubbing theatre where the sound
mixer sets the final levels.
β’ After the final cut the film reaches βfull lockβ it is now finished and ready for
duplication but who gets the final cut?
10. Step 9
β’ To help her sell the film to distributors the producer secures the services of a sales
agent a specialist in film sales.
β’ To help sell the film a trailer is made to show busy film buyers the most marketable
aspects of the film.
β’ The producer and the sales agent collect everything they will need to sell the film
to distributors.
β’ The market is saturated with films so the producer must go to great lengths to
attract attention for her product.
β’ A high-profile screening at one of the top films festivals can be great for generating
βheatβ around a film.
β’ The producer now has a hot product and can negotiate good deals with
distributors around the world.
11. Step 10
β’ Knowing the audience is essential and the marketing team runs test screenings to
see how the film is received.
β’ The potential audience for the films is targeted with posters cinema trailers tv
sports and other marketing materials.
β’ Television radio newspapers and magazines can all help create positive word of
mouth about a film.
β’ The birth of digital media and the internet has flooded the world with information
but also made niche marketing possible.
β’ In order to get the film to audiences the distributor must negotiate a deal with the
cinemas to screen it.
12. Step 11
β’ A high profile star-studded premiere is used to launch the film to the public with
an explosion of media coverage.
β’ The UK has more than 3,500 cinema screens. Although not all are British owned or
show British films.
β’ Distributors supply the exhibitors with prints of the film the more screens the film
is shown on the more prints are needed.
β’ The exhibitors take their share of the box office receipts after which the
distributors recoup their marketing costs.
β’ Once the distributors have been paid the financiers can recover their
investments, as laid out in the recoupment schedule.
13. Step 12
β’ Hospitality sales for hotel channels and in-flight entertainment can bring in
millions in additional revenue.
β’ UK audiences spend more on DVDβs than on cinema tickets so success on DVD can
compensate for box office failure.
β’ Televisions on the final source of revenue rights are sold separately for pay-tv
showings and terrestrial broadcast.
β’ Rights for computer games and other product licenses can be extremely lucrative
sources of additional revenue.
β’ Once the film has made a profit the producer and key creative people can reap
their rewards or so the theory goes..
β’ The final income from a film is never known distribution continues in perpetuity
and it may even be re-released in the future.