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FILM PRODUCTION
The Five Key Stages
Of Film Production
The Key Stages
 Development
 Pre-production
 Production
 Post-production
 Distribution
DEVELOPMENT
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Finding Finance
Script development
Stars
Director
Other Key Crew
Role of the Producer
SECURING FINANCE
-Can be complex and very lengthy
-Must attract potential investors
-Generate confidence in film’s ability to create revenue
-Returns can be enormous
-But very risky
-The higher the film’s profile, the more likely to attract
investors
-Blockbusters attract more than low budget
-Only one in ten films make significant financial return
The package
 A script treatment - ten or more pages

concerning storylines, characters and
locations.
 Generic profile of film - help investors to
“place” film in marketplace (potential
audience)
 Proposed budget - rough guide to price
The package continued
 Visual representation of key narrative

moments
 Key personnel - stars, director, DOP, etc
 Potential spin-offs, merchandising and tieins - all its money making potential.
FINANCE
 100%

financing - a studio or other
backer gives 100% of the film’s budget in
return for full ownership of the film.

 Multi-party

financing - the independent
producer typically raises finance from a
host of sources.
EXERCISE
Titanic

$200,000,000

Spiderman 2

$200,000,000

Waterworld

$175,000,000

The,Wild,Wild West

$175,000,000

Van Helsing

$170,000,000

Terminator 3

$170,000,000

Troy

$150,000,000

With a partner, look at the list of the biggest film budgets and discuss what
factors do you think helped secure such huge amounts of investment in these
films?
PRE-PRODUCTION
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Finalising Script
Scheduling
Budgeting
Casting
Crew contracts
Storyboarding
Location scouting
Equipment hire
PRODUCTION

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Cinematography – cinematographer & camera
crew
Production Design – Art direction and dressers
Actors – rehearse, act, shoot
Sound – Booms, mics etc
PRODUCTION
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Costumes, Make-up and hair
Special FX – green screens and blood
Editing
Production Team
POST-PRODUCTION
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Editing
Re-shoots
Sound mixing
ADR
Foley
Music
Laboratories
Stages (brief)
STAGES
Development

Pre-production

Production
Post-production

-ideas for the film
-legal issues (ownership/music etc)
-rights to books/plays are bought (if borrowed)
-screenplay is written
-Preparations are made for the shoot
-cast and film crew are hired
-locations are selected
-sets are built
-The raw elements for the finished film are recorded.
(filmed using cameras/mics etc)
-The film is edited
-production sound (dialogue) is concurrently (but
separately) edited
-music tracks (and songs) are composed, performed
and recorded
-if a film is sought to have a score; sound effects are
designed and recorded;
-any other computer-graphic 'visual' effects are
digitally added, all sound elements are mixed into
"stems" then the stems are mixed then married to
picture
DISTRIBUTION
 Launching a film in the marketplace
 Distributor acquires rights to film
 Could invest in film at beginning
 Buy rights after film made

 Part of larger company and automatically

distribute film
 $60 billion global film entertainment
business
RELEASE CYCLES
0 months

Theatrical release

3 months

Airline

4-6 months Hotel pay-per-view
6 months

PPV/Video-on-demand

6 months

DVD rental

6-12 months DVD sale
18 months

Pay-TV (eg FilmFour, Sky)

36 months

Free-TV (eg BBC1)

Further revenues are available from soundtracks,
merchandise, sponsorship and long term library sales.
POSITIONING
 How and when to release a film - a crucial

decision. Want to avoid slow times or
event films. Cinema release date
important for DVD release.

 Target right audience - test screenings,

p&a campaign.
CIRCULATION AND RELEASE
 How many copies of film to circulate?
 Saturation 700-1000 prints
 Arthouse 20 prints
 Timing - school holidays for blockbusters,

Jan-March for potential award winners
 Competition - too many blockbusters, too
crowded
MARKETING
 Can cost as much as the film
 Must create the “must see” factor - word of

mouth

 Marketing mix - posters, trailers, media

ads, internet, promotions, merchandising,
premieres, press junkets, previews and
festivals
Key Terms
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Securing finance (funding)
Investors
Revenue
Financial return
Blockbuster
100% finance
Multi-party finance
Producer
Budget & proposed budget
financial
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Development
Pre-production
Production
Location scouting
Post-production
Distribution & distributor
Release cycle
Further revenue
Circulation & release

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