1. Original Ideas
By Brooke
Original ideas are the most valuable commodity in
the film business. A moment to be inspired. A
chance to have a conversation with a friend. A
dream wherever the ideas come from. The best
ideas can be worth thousands. Protecting your idea
can be very crucial and film producers often take out
errors and omissions insurance which covers them if
they where sued for libel slander breach of copy right
and the like.

2. The Idea/Writer
Most number of film events are based on life events
So it can capture peoples attention.
most of them are based on true stories.
And producers are always on the look for filmable live
events!
Interesting new story’s can also be found in magazines
and newspapers Biography's.
Having an eye on a true story is a vital skill for a
filmmaker.

3. Books often inspire successful films and a
successful book can generate publicity and
deliver an audience for a film that will guarantee a
return on the investment.
This approach now so established that the rights
to best sellers are often bought up Optioned
before the book ever goes up on sale, and the
right owners of international literacy successes
are the most popular people at any industry party.
Adaptions

4. The Producers
Producers are always looking
for a good idea for a film,
something that they believe will
attract the audience. Producers see lots of
films, so they are usually
in a good position to know
which ideas to sell.
This is not exact science
as audience tastes can
change dramatically in
the years it takes to
make films gut feel is
usually all they have to
go on. The Producer will acquire
the right to a story an
adaptation or in some
cases the original script or
might just have a good
idea that they believe will
attract the audience.

5. The Director
The creative development of a film always involves a
director sooner or later often there involvement begins
very early in the development process. Sometimes a
director may have an idea for a film and will approach a
producer too take a product forward.
However it is more common for a Producer to approach
a director and bring them on board.
The Director will work with the
producer to develop the idea into
something that can be filmed.
If the director is well known this can
also helped to a good writer and can
even help the Producer find money
to develop the Script.

6. The writer
he write defines and figure out the idea the plot and the Main
characters and turns it into something tangible.
Treatment
The writer will than write a treatment a one page description
on the main story and characters of the film.
Pitch
A pitch contains all the information the
producers needs in order to sell the idea to
fanciers to commission a script
Developer
The Producer uses the treatment and pitch plus the use of
persuasion to get money to develop the script

7. Producer Companies
The Producer approaches film production companies for
development but they already have products of there own
Sales distribution broadcast
The producer can offer the future sales and broadcast
Rights to a film in return for the money to develop the script
Public Investment
The producer can also apply to a public funding
body such as the uk film council for a
development grant
Private Finance
The Producers can even pitch the film to private investors in the hope
That they will support the project
Tying down the writer
The Producer can even pitch the film to private investors
in the hope that they will support the project

8. Synopsis
First the writer produces a synopsis and he and the Producer
agree or not on the key scenes and events in the film
Step Outline
There are as many ways of writing as there are writers but
Most writes create a step outline to plan there script
Drafts
Part of the writers fee is conditional on delivery of the
first
Draft this can be the hardest part of screenwriting
Revisions
Once the writer and Producer are okay
with it
The draft is sent to the financiers all of
whom will have there own ideasFinal Draft
When everyone is okay with the script
its locked of and becomes a final draft
then the writes can get paid
Sales Treatment
The final stage of the script development
progress is the creation of a sales treatment

9. What is packaging
The Producer and director must now package the
Script into a full commercial proposition ready for financing
The Cast
One common way to try with the project more commercial is
to attach well known stars to the script
The Heads of department (hods)
Respected commercially successful people of department
carry considerable clout with knowledgeable financiers
Detailed budget and production schedule
To turn the film into a good and well known one they have to
Proper business proposition the producer must know how much
it will actually cost to make
Finance plan and recoupment schedule
Potential investors will want to know how the producer plans to
raise the money and how she plans to give it back
The complete package
The producer has packed the film into a viable commercial
proposition now it’s time to see what people think of the film

10. The Market
Financiers can be everywhere in the world to
watch the investment she needs to make the film
the producer there for must travel
Investment
Private individuals production companies and public
bodies all invest in films the producers lawyer draws up
contracts to seal the deals
Pre Sales
The Producer can raise money from pre sales
selling the rights to the film before its even realized
Banks and cap funding
There are departments of the banks that specialist in film
finance they invest in commercial projects and also offers
loans
Completion bonds
Most financiers insist that a completion bond is in place before they
agree to invest this is insurance for the production
Green light
Once all the essential funding and insurance is secured the films
Gets the green light and the producer gets drunk

11. The kick off meeting
Once all the people of the department
are hired the shooting script is
circulated and preproduction begins in
earnestCasting
The Casting director with the direct and
producer begins the long process of
identifying and casting the actors
Story Boarding
Story boarding are the blueprints for the film where
every shot is planned in advance by the director
and dop
Production design
The production designer plans literally everything all
aspects of how the film will be like and hires people to of
course build each part of it
Special effects planning
Effects shots are planned in much more detail than normal
shots and can take months to design and build
The Producing unit
The 1st
ad the line producer and the production manager make up the key
logistic triangle
Of the production

12. 1st
day of principal photography
This is the key at the moment in the film production shooting
begins funding is released and the producer breathes a huge sign
of relief
Camera
The camera department is responsible for getting all the footage
that the director and editor need to tell story
Lighting and sounding
Once the lighting and sound set up and hair and make
up
Have been checked the shot can begin
Acting
In the midst of all this commotion the actors must create
something emotional to get the audiences eye
Special Physical effects
Every special effect is carefully constructed and
must be filmed with minimum risk of injury to cast
and crew Chain of Command
Film productions are run with military precisions
if
They fall behind schedule the financiers and
insurers may step in

13. Rough Out
As the processed footage comes
threw the editor assembles it into
scenes and creates a narrative
sequence for the film
Post production and sound
Once the photo is locked the sound
department works on the audio track
laying creating and editing every sound
Digital effects and titles
Digital effects are used by specialist
effects compositors and titles and credits
are used in a composting suite
Grade and color
The final part of the photo edit is
to adjust the color and establish
the fine aesthetic of the film
Final Mix
After the photo is locked the
rough sound mix goes to a
dubbing theatre where the sound
mixed sets for the final level
Final Cut
After the final cut the film reaches full
lock it is now finished and ready for
duplication but who gets the final cut

14. Selling the product
To help her sell the film to distributors the
producer secures the services of a sales
agent a specialist in the film making
The trailer
To help sell the film a trailer is made to
show people how good it is so they can go
see it
Sales toolkit
The producer and the sales agent
collect everything they will need to sell
the film to disturbers
Taking the film to the market
The market is saturated with films so the
producer must go to great lengths to attract
Screening
A high profile screening at one of the to
film festivals can be great for generating
heat around a film
Shot deals
The Producer now has a hot product and can negotiate good deals
with distributors around the world

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The Marketing team
To help her sell the film to distributors the producer secures the services
of a sale agent a specialist in film sales
The Audience
Knowing the audience is essential and the marketing team runs
test screenings to see how the film is received
Advertising
The potential audience for the film is targeted with posters cinema trailers
and other marketing materials
Shot press and media coverage
Television radio newspapers and magazines can help you create
positive word of mouth about a film
The internet and new marketing models
The birth of digital media and the internet has flooded the world with
information but also made marketing possible
Selling the film to exhibitors
In order to get the film to audiences the distributors must negotiate
a deal with the cinemas to screen it

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The Premiere
A high profile star studded premiere is used to launch the film
to the public with an explosion of media coverage
Uk Cinemas
The uk has more than 3,500 cinema screens although not all are
british owned or show british films
Prints and logistics
Distributors supply the exhibitors with prints of the film the more screens
the film is on the more prints are needed
Revenues
The exhibitors take their share of the box office receipts
after which the distributors recoup their marketing costs
Recoupment
Once the distributors have been paid the
financiers can recover their investments as laid out in the
recoupment schedule

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Hospitality
Hospitality sales for hotel channels sand inflight entertainment can
bring millions in additional revenue
Dvd and video
Uk Audiences spend more on dvd’s than on cinema tickets so
success on dvd can compensate for box office failure
Broadcast
Television is the final source of revenue rights are sold separately
for pay tv showings and terrestrial broadcast
The game of the film
rights for computer games and other product licenses can be extremely
lucrative sources of additional revenue
Profit
Once the film had made a profit the producer and key
creative profile can reap their rewards or so the theory
goes
The End
The final income from a film is never known distribution continues
in perpetuity and it may even be released in the future