Five Phases of Filmmaking

INTRODUCTION TO FICTION PRODUCTION

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Contributed By Glen Berry

IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

Five Phase Process

Time Spent in Pre-Production yields Quality

Pros know Development and Distribution.

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Before we begin actually creating our movie, we need to put entire process into context. One of the best ways to do this is look at each step and talk about what is going to happen at each step.

The movie-making process consists of five phases. They are:

Development
Pre-production
Production
Post Production
Distribution.

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DOCUMENTS

	Five Phases of Production
	A printable PDF document outlining the five phases of production and the tasks involved with each.

LESSON

Introduction
An introduction to fiction production, the objectives and focus of the course and the starting point of a project.

Five Phases of Filmmaking
A road map to the entire movie making process.

Jobs in Production
Above-the-line and below-the-line job positions and descriptions in Production.

Concept Development
A series of evaluations by the Producer to determine if the script is ready to move into the Production stage of development.