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Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, play, or other performance
Performance

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people behave in a particular way for another group of people ....
.

he film industry
Film industry

The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. production company, Movie studio, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, Distribution ; and actors, film directors and other film crew....
, pre-production usually only commences once a project has been developed and is greenlit
Greenlight

To greenlight a project is to give permission or a go ahead to move forward with a project. In the context of the Film industry and Television programs#Development businesses, to greenlight something is to formally approve its Film production finance, thereby allowing the project to move forward from the development to pre-production and pri...
. At this stage a project will generally be fully financed and have most of the key elements such as principal cast, director and cinematographer in place, as well as a screenplay
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
 which is satisfactory to all the financiers.






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Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, play, or other performance
Performance

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people behave in a particular way for another group of people ....
.

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In the film industry
Film industry

The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. production company, Movie studio, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, Distribution ; and actors, film directors and other film crew....
, pre-production usually only commences once a project has been developed and is greenlit
Greenlight

To greenlight a project is to give permission or a go ahead to move forward with a project. In the context of the Film industry and Television programs#Development businesses, to greenlight something is to formally approve its Film production finance, thereby allowing the project to move forward from the development to pre-production and pri...
. At this stage a project will generally be fully financed and have most of the key elements such as principal cast, director and cinematographer in place, as well as a screenplay
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
 which is satisfactory to all the financiers. It can also mean the actors of the movie are about to shoot the movie.

During pre-production, the script
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
 is broken down into individual scenes and all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects are identified. An extremely detailed schedule is produced and arrangements are made for the necessary elements to be available to the film-makers at the appropriate times. Sets are constructed, the crew are hired, financial arrangements are put in place and a start date
Start date

The start date of a film refers to the first day of principal photography.A film project which has been greenlight does not typically enter pre-production until it has been assigned a start date, and for this reason a film with a start date is generally regarded as more likely to proceed to production than one which has merely been greenlig...
 for the beginning of principal photography
Principal photography

Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is actually shot, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....
 is set. At some point in pre-production there will be a read-through
Read-through

The read-through, or "table-read" or "table-work" is a stage of film production and theatre production when an organized reading around a table of the screenplay or script by the actors with speaking parts is conducted....
 of the script which is usually attended by all cast members with speaking parts, all heads of departments, financiers, producers, publicists, and of course the director.

Even though the writer may still be working on it, the screenplay
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
 is generally page-locked and scene-numbered at the beginning of pre-production to avoid confusion. This means that even though additions and deletions may still be made, any particular scene will always fall on the same page and have the same scene number.

See also

  • Film budgeting
    Film budgeting

    Budgeting is an important aspect of film production.During script development, filmmakers produce a rough budget to convince film producers and film studios to give them a greenlight for production....
  • Principal photography
    Principal photography

    Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is actually shot, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....
  • Production board
    Production board

    A traditional production board or production strip board is a filmmaking term for a cardboard or wooden chart holding colour-coded Production strip of paper, each containing information about a scene in the Screenplay....
  • Production strip
    Production strip

    A traditional production board is a cardboard or wooden chart holding colour-coded strips of paper, each containing information about a scene in the Screenplay....
  • Screenplay
    Screenplay

    A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
     (script)
  • Screenwriting
    Screenwriting

    Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing Screenplay for film, television or video games.Writing for film is potentially one of the most high-profile and best-paying careers available to a writer and, as such, is also perhaps the most sought after....
  • Shooting schedule
    Shooting schedule

    A shooting schedule is a project plan of each day's shooting for a film production. It is normally created and managed by the assistant director, who reports to the production manager managing the production schedule....
  • Storyboard
    Storyboard

    Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of illustrations or s displayed in sequence for the purpose of previsualizing a motion graphic or interactive media sequence, including website interactivity....
  • List of film-related topics
    List of film topics

    This is a list of film-related topics.#National cinemas | #Film-related topics | Lists... | #Film genres and plots | #Cast and crew | #Film details | #Film success | #Awards and festivals | #Film links | #Geography | #Other | #See also...