• Today, most movies are not shot on film, but on

a digital media such as video tape, or flash

memory card, with a high definition digital video
camera. but we still refer to the process as film
production.

• There are three (3) process in Film Production

• Pre-Production
• Production
• Post Production
• Preparations are made for the shoot, in which cast
and film crew are hired, locations are selected and
sets are built.
• Process of fixing some of the elements involved in
a film, play, or other performance.
• It ends when the planning ends and the content
starts being produced.
• The raw elements for the film are recorded
during the film shoot.
• During this phase it is key to keep planning
ahead of the daily shoot. The primary aim is to
stick to the budget and schedule, this requires
constant vigilance. Communication is key
between location, set, office, production
company, distributors - in short, all parties
involved
• Reviewing and editing the footage
• Working with voice and sound actors, and dubbing
• There will be contributions as required from Visual
Effects (VFX), Music and Sound Design
• The picture will now be locked and delivery
elements will be created.
• The start of a project varies, but generally will
begin with development of a script, be that an
existing script, a book, a brief story outline.
• Development may also start with a Director
and/or Writer pitching an idea to a Producer.
• This is when the camera rolls.
• Most expensive stage of film production, due to actor,
director, and set crew salaries, as well as the costs of
certain shots, props, and on-set special effects.
• Communication between all parties is crucial during
the shoot and the production must maintain a full set
of records and strive to remain on time and
on budget.
• The period immediately after shooting ends.
• It is when we strike (dismantle) the set and clear
the location.
• Everything must be returned in good order to
suppliers and there must be a full set of records
of the shoot.
• Once the film is completed, it must be distributed.
• This is how producers make their money back and
a considerable amount of time and energy will be
invested to secure the right distribution deals for
their projects.
• The film will go into the cinema and/or be
distributed via various platforms such as Amazon
Prime, Netflix, and HBO etc.
 Costume Designer
• Producer
• Director Cinematographer
• Screenwriter
Editor
• Production Designer
• Art Director Actors

Music Supervisor
• This person is essentially the group leader
• Responsible for managing the production from start to finish.
• Develops the project from the initial idea, makes sure the script
is finalized, arranges the financing and manages the production
team that makes the film.
• Coordinates the filmmaking process to ensure that everyone
involved in the project is working on schedule and on budget.
• Responsible for overseeing the shooting and assembly of a
film.
• Director might be compared to a novel's author as a film's
primary visionary, he or she would not be able to make the
film without the help of numerous other artists and
technicians.
• A director works at the center of film production, but is
inextricably linked with dozens of other people who get the
job done together.
• A writer carefully crafts the dialogue in a film
• Shapes the sequence of events in a film to ensure that one
scene transitions to the next so that the story will unfold
logically and in an interesting way.
• Like the producer, the screenwriter's role is generally
overlooked by the movie-going public, yet is essential to the
completion of any film. If there is no script, there is no
movie.
• Translate the script into visual form.
• Creates a series of storyboards that serve as the film's first
draft.
• A storyboard is a series of sketches on panels that shows the
visual progression of the story from one scene to the next.
• Creating this sketch of the film on storyboards also ensures
the visual continuity of the film from start to finish.
• Storyboards serve as the director's visual guide throughout
the production and will be a template to follow during the
editing process
• The art director is responsible for the film's
settings: the buildings, landscapes and interiors
that provide the physical context for the
characters.
• This person is responsible for acquiring props,
decorating sets and making the setting
believable.
• Costumes convey a great deal about the film's
time period and the characters who wear them,
including their economic status, occupation and
attitude toward themselves.
• Be sure to think about how costuming can show
something about the character visually.
• The director of photography, or DP, is
responsible for capturing the script on film or
video.
• The DP must pay attention to lighting and the
camera's technical capabilities.
• When the director wants a shot to achieve
certain visual or atmospheric qualities, the DP
achieves it through his or her choice of lighting,
film stock and careful manipulation of the
camera. This craft is referred to as
cinematography.
• Shortly after shooting begins, the editor begins to
organize the footage and arranges individual shots
into one continuous sequence.
• Even in a single scene, dozens of different shots
have to be chosen and assembled from hundreds
of feet of film.
• The editor's choices about which shots to use, and
the order in which to place them, have a profound
effect on the appearance of the final film.
• Responsible for portraying the characters in a
film, actors work closely with the director and
cinematographer.
• Considering an actor's role within this larger
context also suggests that his or her job is
much more difficult than just appearing on the
set and reciting lines.
• Production techniques are the features used to
make the film interesting and unique.
• By looking at the production techniques closely
you will gain a better understanding of how the
film has been produced in order to present the
themes, characters, settings, and plot.
• It may include: music, dialogue, lighting,
graphics, colour, composition, special
effects, soundtrack, camera work
cinematography, editing, rhetorical devices,
ambient sound / silence, structure,
imagery, narration / voiceover, props,
sound effects, costume, body language,
use of voice.
 References
• http://www.studyit.org.nz/subjects/english/
english2/2/subjectcontent/productiontechni
ques/
• http://www.centerdigitaled.com/artsandhu
manities/The-Roles-of-the-Production-
Team.html
• © Production Guild of Great Britain
• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/film-
production/0/steps/12304