The idea Development finance
1) Source of inspiration 1) Pitching the
2) The producer project
3) The director 2) Approaching
4) The writer film
5) Treatment – one page production
description of the film companies
6) Pitch – [planning the pitch 3) Sales, distribution and
broadcast – The producer
can offer the rights and
future sales to the company
in return for development of
script.
4) Public investment – The
producer can also apply to a
public funding body
5) Private finance – Pitching to
private
investors
6) Tying
down the
writer
Financing Pre – Production
1) The kick off meeting
2) Casting – looking for actors
3) Storyboarding the film
4) Production design – how the
film will look
5) Special effects planning
6) The production unit –
marketing the production
Script development
1) Writing a synopsis
2) Step outline – Planning out
different parts of the script.
3) Drafts – Beginning the script,
funding can depend on the
drafts
4) Revisions – going over drafts
5) Finial draft – The writer gets
paid after this
6) The complete package
The shoot
1) 1st day of principal
photography – filming and
funding begins
2) Camera – responsible for all
the footage the director
wants
3) Lighting and sound
4) Acting
5) Special physical effects
Packaging
1) What is packaging – making
the full package of the film
2) The cast – Attaching stars to
the script
3) Attaching Heads of
Departments (HODS)
4) Detailed budget and
production schedule
5) Finance planning and
recoupment schedule - how
the producer plans to raise
the money and how to pay
them back
6) The complete package - See
what people think about it
Post production
1) Rough cut of the film
2) Post production sound
3) Digital effects and titles
4) Grade and colour
5) Finial mix – sound mixes
6) The finial cut
 6) Chain of command – they
have to keep on schedule

1) The market – producers

must travel to their market
2) Investment – seal their deals
3) Pre-sales – selling the rights
to the films before it has
been made
4) Banks and Gap funding –
These invest in films and
offer loans
5) Completion bonds –
 insurance for the production
6) Green light – the film can go
ahead