- Pre-production
Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a
film , play, or otherperformance .Information
In the
film industry , pre-production usually only commences once a project has been developed and is greenlit. At this stage a project will generally be fully financed and have most of the key elements such as principal cast, director and cinematographer in place, as well as ascreenplay which is satisfactory to all the financiers.During pre-production, the script is broken down into individual scenes and all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects are identified. An extremely detailed "schedule" is produced and arrangements are made for the necessary elements to be available to the film-makers at the appropriate times. Sets are constructed, the crew are hired, financial arrangements are put in place and a
start date for the beginning ofprincipal photography is set. At some point in pre-production there will be aread-through of the script which is usually attended by all cast members with speaking parts, all heads of departments, financiers, producers, publicists, and of course the director.Even though the writer may still be working on it, the
screenplay is generally "page-locked" and "scene-numbered" at the beginning of pre-production to avoid confusion. This means that even though additions and deletions may still be made, any particular scene will always fall on the same page and have the same scene number.See also
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Film budgeting
*Principal photography
*Production board
*Production strip
*Screenplay (script)
*Screenwriting
*Shooting schedule
*Storyboard
* List of film-related topics
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