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Syllabus :- Development / Pre-production / Production / Post-production / Distribution
Development
Development is the first step. As you can see from the above points, it is one of the longest phases of a project and for good reason. This is the first phase of the film making process. The producer will usually be the most heavily involved person in this phase. During development, you are finding material either by creating an original script by working with a writer (you could also be the writer), or discovering someone else’s material and optioning it. Either way, you are obtaining ownership in the material. Too many times, moviemakers move forward with projects without giving adequate thought to why they are making the project, what they hope to accomplish and how it will actually work. The more time you invest in development, the higher the likelihood will be that you will get the end result you are looking for. A big part of this process involves working with writers to generate a script that you are happy with. This is one of the most difficult but most important skills to acquire as a producer.
Many projects never make it out of development and for very good reason. One should never produce every single concept that pops into their head. Each one merits careful consideration. Is it a fully formed idea? What are the flaws with it? How important is it to you? Will it work as a movie? You should go through this process with each concept before you even begin writing a script.
Production
In film and video, production refers to the part of the process in which footage is recorded. This is what Most people imagine when they think of a film being made — actors on sets, cameras rolling, etc.
Once your schedule is made, your crew recruited, your actors have been casted, and your locations are secured, it’s time to start production and push records. Production, also referred to as principal photography, is where the actual film making process takes place. This is where your director really takes over and does his job. As a producer, your job is to oversee, solve problems, and offer opinions, but at the end of the day, your director is calling the shots creatively during this process. The ultimate objective is to stay on schedule, get all the shots/coverage that you need, get the best performances from your actors, maintain continuity, and stay on budget.
In large feature films the beginning of the production phase marks the "point of no return", i.e. the point at which it is no longer financially viable to cancel the project. At this point it is almost always cheaper to continue until the project is finished than to deal with the financial fall-out of canceling.
Production is fairly self-explanatory and the phase most people are familiar with. It is the execution of carefully crafted plans made in pre-production and designed in development
Postproduction
This is the only part that really matters. This is where we actually get our projects in front of an audience. If you are a professional, this is where you make all of your money. If you are doing this for self-realization or to have an impact on people, this is where you are going to do it.
This is the most rewarding phase of the process but also the most difficult for many. It can be hard to put your work in front of others without knowing how they will react. It is difficult trying to get attention in a media overloaded world. It is not impossible and those that do get their works out there reap the rewards.
Please note the proportionally adjusted timeline. Production is the shortest phase of the project cycle in terms of time spent. A four week feature shoot might take years in development, several months in pre-production, many weeks in post-production and a couple of years in distribution. Also note that Production, there we will need the camera, is the third phase. Your project will be fully developed with significant momentum by the time a camera is needed.
Another item of interest regarding the timeline is that the first and fifth phases, Development and distribution, have traditionally been the business phases of the process. Most moviemakers tend to develop skills in the creative center – Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production. Amateur filmmakers without any formalized training tend to jump straight into production and then, one way or another, make it through some kind of post-production. As moviemakers progress in skill and experience and tackle more ambitious projects, they invest more and more time and energy into pre-production. This yields a significantly higher quality end product.
Professional movie makers are the ones that master development and distribution. If you cannot find an audience for your project in distribution, you will not be able to earn any money from your work. If you cannot find distribution for your project, you will not be able to fund it in development. If you cannot fund the project in development, you cannot gather the resources together to make it out of development.
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