A post on pre production

A post on pre production...

The four phases of production are:

• Development
• Pre production
• Production
• Post production

Development ends when the script is locked by the producer, however the director is able to unlock the script in pre production if they feel that it needs changing in any way.


Who the phases include:

Development includes a producer, a screen writer, and a script editor (who checks that the script makes sense).

Pre production includes the producer, investors, the director, graphic artists, a location manager, a line producer (who handles the human resources), an artistic director, lighting designers, a gaffer (who works with the lighting designers), casting directors, and a director of photography. {Production consists of the staff shown in pre production plus actors and extras}

Post production includes the director, editors, a graphics designer, sound designer, data wrangler (who gets the data from the cameras onto the editing software) and a colour corrector.

A colour corrector is needed due to different colour temperatures. There is more red and yellow in artificial light, and more blue on light. Colour correction and colour grading is used in post production.

The workflow is the route from the camera to the final stage. You should never work with an untested work flow.