1. The Idea Development Finance Script Development
1. Sources of inspiration 1. Pitching the project 1. Synopsis
2. Producer 2. Production companies 2. Step outline
3. Director 3. Sales, distribution, broadcast 3. Drafts
4. Writer 4. Public investment 4. Revisions
5. Treatment 5. Private finance 5. Final draft
6. Pitch 6. Tying down the writer 6. Sales treatment
Packaging Financing Pre-production
1. Package the script
1. The market 1. The kick-off meeting
2. The cast
3. The heads of department 2. Investment 2. Casting
4. Detailed budget and production 3. Pre-sales 3. Storyboarding
schedule 4. Banks and gap funding 4. Production design
5. Finance plan and recoupment 5. Completion bonds 5. Special effects planning
schedule 6. Green light 6. The production unit
6. The ‘complete’ package
The Shoot Post Production Sales
1. First day of principal 1. Rough cut 1. Selling the product
photography 2. Post production sound 2. The trailer
2. Camera 3. Digital effects and titles 3. Sales toolkit
3. Lighting and sound 4. Grade and colour 4. Taking the film to market
4. Acting 5. Final mix 5. Screenings
5. Special physical effects 6. Final cut 6. Deals
6. Chain of command
Marketing Exhibition Other Windows
1. The marketing team 1. The premiere 1. Hospitality
2. The audience 2. UK cinemas 2. DVD and video
3. Advertising 3. Prints and logistics 3. Broadcast
4. Press and media coverage 4. Box office performance 4. The game of the film
5. The internet and new 5. Revenues 5. Profit
marketing models 6. Recoupment 6. The end?
6. Selling the film to exhibitors