2. The five key stages to producing
a film.
The ‘Package’ is ten or
more pages concerning
storyline, characters and
locations
Development Pre-Production Production Distrubtion
•Finance •Crew contracts? •Costumes and This consists of
•Script •Finalising script make-up launching a film
development •Scheduling •Actors method onto the market
•The Package •Casting •Cinematography place.
•Producer? •Storyboarding •Production Design
•Director? •Equipment? •Special fx
•Location scouting
3. Major studios vs Independent?
Major studios cater to a mass audience unlike
independent who provide for more niche
audiences. Independent studios also have a
much smaller but and the funding is usually
spread from a few sources. If a independent
studio becomes successful it might be taken
over by major studios.
6. Paramount
• Paramount Pictures Corporation is a film
and television production/distribution
company founded in 1912 and currently
owned by media conglomerate Viacom. It is
the third oldest existing film studio in the
world. it is the last major film studio still
headquartered in the Hollywood district of
Los Angeles. Paramount is consistently
ranked as one of the largest movie studios.
8. LIONSGATE:
Is a North American entertainment company. The company
was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 3,
1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica,
California. As of 2012, it is the most commercially
successful independent film and television distribution
company in North America and the sixth most profitable
movie studio.
