2. How is a film financed and made?
• The producer (e.g. the studio or Production Company) must secure
funding before the production of the film, before filming starts.
• Government Grants
• Grants are provided by government schemes designed to encourage
creativity and new talent.
• The UK film council offers subsidises to filmmakers in the UK
meeting certain criteria.
• Pre- Sales
• Pre-sales involves the producers selling the right to distribute the
film before it is made-this is the most common method.
• In order to secure their investment, distributor will expect certain
elements that are likely to guarantee success
• These may include ‘Marquee’ names or some kind of change to a
film to make it more commercially tenable.
3. How a film is made
• A script treatment- ten or more pages
concerning storylines, characters and locations
is drawn up.
• A generic profile of film- to help investors to
place film in marketplace ([potential audience)
• Proposed budget is made.
• Key Personnel- Stars, director etc
• Potential spin offs- merchandising and tie ins.
4. Production
• After this production takes place this includes;
• Finding a camera crew and equipment.
• Sound crew and sound equipment
• Lighting crew and equipment
• Production design- art direction and dressers
• Actors- Method and typical day
• Cosyumes/Props- Make-up and hair
• Special FX- green screens and special effects
5. What intuitions are
involved?
• Movie studios
• Production companies- The production company
may be directly responsible for fundraising for the
production. It handles budgeting, scheduling,
scripting, the organization of staff, the production
and marketing.
• Film Departments- Casting, Props, costume
designers , stuntmen and sound personnel
• Editing departments- CGI, sound and special effects
and editing labs.
6. Post Production
• Post- prodcuction is where everything is pieced
together by the editor. The editors job is to
enhance the work, cut out mistakes and put the
whole film together.
• It also deal with the promotion of the film. The
film needs to be advertised so that people will go
and watch the movie
7. Distribution
• The last stage, distribution. This stage is how
film makers get their films in cinema.
• What a film maker has to do is to got to a film
distributor to publish their films. The
distributors analyse the films to check if the
public would enjoy the film and if its worth the
money.
