![]() You don’t buy or commit to anything until this is in place. ![]() You only hire people once this is in place. Legal and Accounting work must be complete prior to commencing a project.How the different categories under ‘Administration are arranged: Catering starts from the moment the office is set up to the delivery of the film.The Unit Production Manager is hired before you commence pre-production, and it takes a few weeks to do this.The final budget is a constantly changing document, and will continue to change during production and beyond until the film is delivered to the producer/client/studio.This is the budget that gets the ‘green light’. The initial budget is drawn up after the screenplay is confirmed.Your production schedule goes hand in hand with many other factors, and isn’t completely pinned down until the end of pre-production.You set up your office before you begin, and it should only take a few days.How the different categories under ‘Management’ are arranged: For this reason, it is only deemed ‘complete’ at the end of pre-production, and takes months. The Shooting Script is a document that undergoes changes continuously, based on many factors beyond a filmmaker’s control.Previz or storyboarding only takes a few weeks.A lot of research goes into the screenplay as well. Scene breakdowns (and other breakdowns) is a pre-production activity, and usually takes a couple of weeks.Screenplay should be complete before you begin, and it might take years.How the different categories under ‘Writing’ are arranged: You must always be hunting for faster and better ways to do things. With respect to the unpredictabilities of the filmmaking business, I will rephrase that as ‘Your mileage MUST vary’. As an important side note: I’m sure you’ve heard of the phrase ‘YMMV’, which stands for ‘Your mileage may vary’. I’m going to be using the same classification schemes I’ve outlined in the different stages of Pre-production. All you need to do then is find out how much time each task takes. If you study the chart you’ll notice how I’ve grouped the major time-zones (for lack of a better word) and sub-divided them into time-periods. I honestly believe they deserve top billing, but let’s save that for another day. It is for their critical roles that they get first billing during the end-credits. The two individuals who are burdened with the responsibility of budgeting and scheduling (one can’t live without the other) are: To begin organizing your pre-production schedule, the most important skill you need to have is the ‘knowledge’ of how long tasks actually take. Even if you’re hiring a freelancer for a contractual period, it is highly unlikely the period will last for less than a day.įor this reason, we group our time-periods as follows:įor most tasks associated with filmmaking, one tries to reduce the number of days it takes. If you hire someone for a task, you pay a day-rate and ensure you get the best out of them. The principle reason being how the payment terms are defined in our industry. For the sake of organization, tasks that only take a few hours still need a day. It could be a few minutes, hours, days and so on. ![]() It sounds over-simplified and redundant, but as you’ll soon see, it is a powerful yet simple technique to organize your pre-production schedule. To start thinking about an activity, it is simple to think in terms of: A complete visual representation of the filmmaking process from beginning to end. Exclusive Bonus: Download your FREE Blueprint: How to make a movie. ![]()
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