1. (The idea) The pitch, this contains all the information needed for the producer in order to sell the idea to the financiers in order to commission a script.
2. (Production Companies) Sales, distribution, broadcast. The producer can offer future broadcasts and sales, rights to the film in return for money to develop the script.
3. (Script Development) The script is written in many drafts and comes to the final one when everyone agrees and is happy with it and then the writer gets paid.
4. (Packaging) The scipt is packaged into a full commercial pack, ready for financing, a good way to make it more commerical is by attacting well known stars to the script. Commercially successful heads of department carry considerable clout with knowledgeble financiers.
5. (Finacing) The producer should travel around the world to secure the investments they need, because financiers are all around the world. The producers lawyer draws up the contracts to seal the deals of the investers of the movie.
6. (Pre-Poduction) Firstly, all of the head of departments are hired, the shooting of the script is circulated, and pre-production begins. The directer, producer, and casting directer start a long process of identifying and casting the actors.
7. (Shoot) The shooting begins and the funding is released. The camera department sorts out all of the footage that the director and editer need to tell the story. When the sound, lighting, hair and make up has been done, and checked, the shot can begin.
8. (Post-Production) The editor assembles the processed footage into scenes and creates narrative sequence as it comes in. Once the picture is locked, the sound department work on the sound track laying and creates and edit every sound.
9. (Sales) The producer secures the services of a sales agent, who's a specialist in film sales, to help her sell the film to distribution. The trailers are then made to help sell the film.
10. (Marketing) To help sell the film to distribors, the producer uses the specialist in films sales agent. They then run test screenings to the audience, to see how the film is received.
11. (Exhibition) A premiere of the movie is used to 'launch' the film to the public with an explosion of media coverage. The exhibitors are supplied with prints of the film by the distributors.
12. (Other Windows) Sales in hospitality for hotel channels and in-flight entertainment can also bring in millions in additional revenue.
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