The document outlines the 12 main steps involved in the film production process: 1) developing an idea, 2) securing development financing, 3) script development, 4) packaging, 5) financing, 6) pre-production, 7) shooting, 8) post-production, 9) sales, 10) marketing, 11) exhibition, and 12) other distribution windows. It provides brief descriptions of each step, from developing the initial idea through marketing and distributing the finished film.

1. By Nathan Gossling

2. • Step 1! You need an idea of what your doing.
• Step 2! The development finance.
• Step 3! Script development, speech
• Step 4! Packaging.
• Step 5! Financing.
• Step 6! Preproduction.
• Step 7! The shoot
• Step 8! Post production
• Step 9! Sales
• Step 10! Marketing
• Step 11! Exhibition
• Step 12! Other windows

3. • Inspiration is all around us. In the newspaper,
books,plays,films-even a casual conversation

4. • The next step in the development of the
project is to turn the rough idea into a final
script ready for production. And this costs
money.

5. • With development finance secured. It is down
to the writer to deliver the product that the
producer and financiers want.

6. • with the script complete, the director and
producer decide how they want to film it, and
who they will employ to help them.

7. • Film making is an expensive business, and the
producer must secure enough funding to
make the film to the highest standard possible

8. • With the financing secured, the full cast and
crew are hired, and detailed preparation for
the shoot begins

9. • A large film production can involve hundreds
of people, and it is a constant struggles to
keep it on schedule and budget.

10. • Post production usually starts during the
shoot, as soon as the first rushes raw footage
and sound- are available

11. • While the is still in the post, the producer is
out selling. But she cant sell it directly to the
public herself she needs a distributor.

12. • As the finishing touches are being made to the
film in post, the distributors plan their strategy
and being to market it.

13. • Cinema exhibition is still the primary channel
for the films to reach the audiences, and the
box office success equals financial success.

14. • A successful run in cinemas make the film a
sought-after product can then be sold through
other more lucra tive channels.