The idea -

• People become inspired for new film idea.
• Producer decides to make idea reality
• director visualises script
• Writer defines main characters and plot
• Writer makes descrpition of film and main characters
• Producer does a pitch to sell film to finances

Development finance -

• Producer uses pitch to persuade for funding for a script
• Producer then goes to film production companies
• Producers offer percentage of money made, in return for money for a script
• Producers applies for public funding body for development grant
• Might pitch the film to private investors to try and get more funding possibilites

Script Development -

• Produce sypnosis, then decide on key events and scenes in the film
• Create step by step outline on how to produce their script
• First draft is made
• Once draft is done and happy with, sent to finances for them to tweek it
• Once everyone is happy with final draft, becomes final piece and the writer is then paid
• Creation of sales treatment

Packaging -

• Producer and director package script
• Start attatching well-known actors for script
• Heads of deparment consider finances
• Decide on how much it will cost to make
• Investors interest in how they will make the money for the film, and how it is paid back
• Finally finished, sent off to see what other outsider people think about it

Financing -

• Producer travels to make the film
• Proucer lawyer makes contracts to finalise the deals
• Makes money before film is made (Pre-sales)
• Certain banks offer loans to make the film
• Insurance for production, completion bond
• Once essential funding is comfirmed, film can start to be produced

Pre-Production -

• Department heads are hired, pre-production begins
• Casting director, director and producer do a long process of finding the right actors
• Storyboards are created for blueprints of film
• Production designer plans how film will look, hires people to design and build each part
• Effect shots are planned in more detail, as they take longer to make
• The line producer and production manager make up key triangle of production

The shoot -

• Shooting begins, funding released
• Camera department get all footage for director and editor to make the story
• Lighting and sound set up, hair and make-up complete, shot begins
• Actors begin to act in a way to attract audience attention
• Special effects filmed carefully, with minimal trying risk to injury
• Producers have time limit, if fall behind schedule insurance and financers may step in

Post-prodouction -

• Footage goes to editor, narrative sequence is created
• Sound department work on audio tracking
• Digital effects, credits and opening titles are added by Special effects
• Final stage to adjust colour of the film and shots
• Rough sound mix is sent to dubbing theatre to create final sounds
• Film is finished and ready for duplication

Sales -

• Producer secures sales with sales agent
• Trailer is made to show main market aspects of film
• Producers get everything together in order to sell to distributors
• Producers goes to great extents in order to try and compete with other film producers marketing films
• High-profile screening of the film is shown
• Negotiates with international distributors

Marketing -

• Producer hires sales agent
• Market team run test screens to lure in audience
• Audience is targeted. E.g. posters, trailers, TV
• TV, radio and newspapers promote film by word of mouth
• Internet also displays information about movie
• Distributer makes deal with cinemas to screen the film

Exhibition -

• Premier to launch film with high media coverage
• A lot of cinemas for it to be displayed in
• Prints of film are made for Ehibitors
• Exhibitors take box office receipts, distrobuters gain marketing costs back
• Once paid, Finance can recover their investment 

Other windows -

• Sells to in-flight entertainment, and hotel channels
• Goes on DVD for box office failure
• TV is used for pay-TV showings on the film
• Create games of the film
• Profit is made. Producer and key people get rewarded
• Income is constantly made for film e.g. film being re-released