Production

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Pre-production

In pre-production, every step of actually creating the film is carefully designed and planned.

At this stage the film is storyboarded and visualized with the help of storyboard artistsand concept artists. Storyboards are an effective way to communicate the composition of shots to both actors and crew.

A production budget is drawn upto plan expenditures for the film. For major productions, insurance is procured to protectagainst accidents.

Location managers start hunting for locations.

The director and producer hold auditions and cast actors for the main and supporting roles. However, especially for major productions, the process of selecting actors for sometimes hundreds of parts may often require specialized staff. A Casting Director or "CD" is in charge of most of the daily work. He is sometimes assisted by a Casting Associate. Productions with large numbers of extras may have their own Extras Casting Director.

When the film reaches the shooting stage the shooting script is developed into a cross plot.It is a very elaborate schedule of each day's work which shows the dates for shooting each scene, its location, cast, equipment needed, etc. More crew will be recruited at this stage, such as the property master, script supervisor,assistant directors, stills photographer,picture editor,and sound editors. These are just the most common roles in filmmaking; the production officewill be free to create any unique blend of roles to suit the various responsibilities during the production of a film.

The settings and details for every scene in the film are provided by the art director and his team: production designers, construction manager, and a number of craftsmen (carpenters, grips, etc.) The type, size and shape of each set is discussed by the art director with the producer and other directors. The lighting of the set, the position f the camera, shots for each scene and the sequence of shots are determined and supervised by the director of photography. The costume department is responsible for the wardrobe of the cast, while make-up and hairdressing experts attend to the appearance of the actors and prepare them for shooting.

The film is shot in a studio and on location. Location shooting is the practice of filming in an actual setting rather than on a sound stage or back lot. Before filming on location it is generally wise to conduct a recce. Most films do a bit of both location shooting and studio shoots, although low budget films usually do more location shooting than bigger budgetfilms because the cost of shooting at someplace that already exists is much cheaper than creating that place from scratch.