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Producers task outline
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What we will need to go to the next step. The Fact
Sheet.
Making a
movie or TV show takes the efforts and assistance of a lot of people. The
interesting thing is that most are involved in one or two phases of the
process and don't know everything it took for the filmmaker to get the ball
down the field and to the goal line.
It's like being on a subway train with nearly 20 stops on its route. In
subway terms, the producer is the guy who got on at the first stop and rode
the train all the way thru each station and will get off at the last stop.
1. Acquiring or writing the Screenplay
2. Optioning/Purchasing/Developing the Script
3. Creating a Budget and Schedule
4. Looking for Money
5. Getting Financing Deal and Forming an LLC, LLP or Corporation
6. Pre-Production
7. Getting Locations
8. Casting
9. Production
10. Post production / Editing
11. Re-shoots / Final Picture Edit
12. Music
13. Post Sound / Foley
14. Supervise film print or video master of the Movie
15. Art work for covers and posters and advertisements or preparing it
for the distributor
16. Applying/Attending Festivals and/or setting up distributor Screenings
17. The Distribution Deals - US and Foreign.
18. Providing Delivery Items to Distributors - contracts, film elements,
sound, chain of title, etc..
19. Distribution & Marketing
20. Payouts to investors, partners and in many case, deferred pay
Having these basic needs outlined and seeing these steps could help you the
deals with producers or filmmakers to protect the investors.
To get a movie completed, especially on a tight budget, please make sure the
producer and/or filmmaker is on board from beginning to end. There's too
much to do and somebody has to do it. As a producer or a director taking on
the film, you clearly need to be committed to the whole ride of you film or
show and won't get off the train before reaching the end.
The reason why many films, TV shows die: After the bulk of the money has
been paid out during production and post production, the movies are
abandoned by the producers. Who suffers the most? The investors.
If you need help in preparing a full film package, we have associates
that can fully developed a package in short time. See
Breakdown
Budgeting and Business Plan Packaging
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