Pre Production
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Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements
involved in a film, play, or other performance.
In the film industry, pre-production usually only commences once a
project has been developed and is greenlit. At this stage a project
will generally be fully financed and have most of the key elements
such as principal cast, director and cinematographer in place, as
well as a screenplay which is satisfactory to all the financiers.
During pre-production, the script is broken down into individual
scenes and all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special
effects and visual effects are identified. An extremely detailed
schedule is produced and arrangements are made for the necessary
elements to be available to the film-makers at the appropriate
times. Sets are constructed, the crew are hired, financial
arrangements are put in place and a start date for the beginning of
principal photography is set. At some point in pre-production there
will be a read-through of the script which is usually attended by
all cast members with speaking parts, all heads of departments,
financiers, producers, publicists, and of course the director.
Even though the writer may still be working on it, the screenplay is
generally page-locked and scene-numbered at the beginning of
pre-production to avoid confusion. This means that even though
additions and deletions may still be made, any particular scene will
always fall on the same page and have the same scene number.