12 stages of making a film

By Nathan Gossling

• Step 1! You need an idea of what your doing.• Step 2! The development finance.• Step 3! Script development, speech• Step 4! Packaging.• Step 5! Financing.• Step 6! Preproduction.• Step 7! The shoot• Step 8! Post production • Step 9! Sales • Step 10! Marketing • Step 11! Exhibition • Step 12! Other windows

• Inspiration is all around us. In the newspaper, books,plays,films-even a casual conversation

• The next step in the development of the project is to turn the rough idea into a final script ready for production. And this costs money.

• With development finance secured. It is down to the writer to deliver the product that the producer and financiers want.

• with the script complete, the director and producer decide how they want to film it, and who they will employ to help them.

• Film making is an expensive business, and the producer must secure enough funding to make the film to the highest standard possible

• With the financing secured, the full cast and crew are hired, and detailed preparation for the shoot begins

• A large film production can involve hundreds of people, and it is a constant struggles to keep it on schedule and budget.

• Post production usually starts during the shoot, as soon as the first rushes raw footage and sound- are available

• While the is still in the post, the producer is out selling. But she cant sell it directly to the public herself she needs a distributor.

• As the finishing touches are being made to the film in post, the distributors plan their strategy and being to market it.

• Cinema exhibition is still the primary channel for the films to reach the audiences, and the box office success equals financial success.

• A successful run in cinemas make the film a sought-after product can then be sold through other more lucra tive channels.