There are several stages to producing a film. Firstly before production a writer needs to have a idea and them turn this into a story. After this he needs someone to produce the film. This involves scriptwriting, this is turning the story into scripts. Casting which is choosing people to be in the movie. Actually shooting the film then editing of the film and then screening the finished product.
Distribution
A distributor must be confident in a film and its abilities to be successful, helps if you have a good producer. After having this confidence, then the distributor makes a deal based on two financial models: leasing and profit sharing. After the deal is made the distributor plans a strategy for opening the movie and can then go on to distributing the movie on VHS, DVD, cable and CD sound tracks.
Marketing
This is advertising and enables people to be aware of the upcoming film. This includes :
- trailers
- poster campaign
- slide shows at the movies
- Internet
- newspapers
- merchandising
This is getting the film out to the public, most commonly a film is first released into the cinemas, this is called a premier, films in the cinemas can be seen in 3D or 2D. A film can also be shown in other places, not only the cinemas, it can also be made into a DVD after it has been in a cinemas for a while. Movies can also be seen on the cinemas sometimes illegally.
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