![]() In general a producer uses a sales agent to license a film to distributors outside the producer’s own country.Įxploitation: The process by which consumers actually experience the film. ![]() The companies that do this are called distributors. It is divided into pre-production, the official ‘prep’ period, principal photography, when the camera is rolling, and post-production when the editing and sound and visual effects (VFX) and music aspects are incorporated.ĭistribution: The process of getting the film into the hands of the theatre chains, broadcasters, video stores and video on demand (VoD) operators. Though it has its own risks and uncertainties, it is a very established ‘industrial’ process. Production: In some ways the simplest part of the chain. Someone needs to fund pre-prep, but this is a highly risky investment, because the film might collapse at the last minute. However, money needs to be spent in order to secure key cast and crew, and start to find locations, and so forth. It is called pre-pre-production and refers to a very difficult stage in the life of some films that are working under tight timeframes. Pre-pre-production (pre-prep): Note the last development stage, with a dotted line relationship to finance. Major studios are able to apply their own funds or secure long-term investment for film funding, so the finance process is not such a concern for them, but in the world of independent film, finance is the most difficult stage. A lot of effort goes into getting a film idea and script right, before the project ‘goes to market’ to be financed.įinance: In the world of independent film, in general, each film is financed on its own terms and in its own way. Here is some closer explanation of these principal stages:ĭevelopment: This is a crucially important process in its own right, which you'll learn more about next week. Terminology may vary, and stages can be broken down differently. This chart is not definitive, but it highlights the different stages in the creation and consumption of an independent feature film. ![]() Figure 6 A representation of the film value chain A functioning flow chart of a film value chain, showing Development (broken down into Pre-Pre-Production steps), Finance, Production (broken down into Pre-Production, Principal Photography, Post-Production), Distribution and Marketing, with Cinema, TV, Other listed to the side of the flow chart as Marketing ramps up and the film is released. ![]()
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