Pre-production Process..

Pre Production
• Determine Your Budget
• Define Your Audience
• Clarify Your Message
• Research
• Write a story
• Look for current photos and
videos of the location
• Make a Shot List
• Get Permissions
• Determine Your Equipment
Needs.

Determine Your Budget
• Pre production costs
• Catering
• Equipment
• Props/Costumes
• Crew
• Makeup & Styling
• Location
• Logistics
• Cast
• Meetings
• Production
• Distribution
• Post Production.

Define Your Audience
• Platform
• Genre
• Preferences
• View duration
• Characteristics

Clarify Your Message
• Decide on the plot
• Research on the Topic
• Look for complications
• Look for similar concepts

BUILD a CONCEPT..idea Feast..

Research
• Look for Similar content
• Youtube
• Get inspired
• Vimeo
• Draw your Inspiration
• Film Freeway
• Talk to people
• Weekly shorts
• Look for Previous Success

Writing
• 1 Liner
• 1 Pager
• 5 Pager
• Script & Screen Play
• Shot Division
• Story Boarding.

Script
The Legal
IMPPA – Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association
http://www.imppa.info/
Save Your Script: Just send a
mail to someone you trust!

HIRE THE KEY CREW POSITIONS
• Executive Producer
• Producer
• Director
• Line Producer
• Ist AD
• Director of Photography (DP)
• Gaffer/ Electricians
• Camera Operator
• Ist AC (Focus Puller)
• Key Grip/ Grips
• Production Designer
• Sound Technician.

DISTRIBUTION
• Private Screenings
• Film Festivals
• Youtube | Facebook | Vimeo
• Cinema Release
• OTT Release.

Hit the Festivals
Money VS Recognition
• Exposure to other filmmakers
• Film Markets
• Collaborations
• Showcase
• Grants.

THE PITCH
• Start with a 1 Liner
• Present the 1 pager or Synnopsis
• Recite the 5 Pager (1st Meeting)
• Present the Budget
• Script Reading Session (2nd Meeting)
• Lock budget and sign contract.

Blogger-Akash Shinde😍 (Assistant Director)

Student of Journalism and Mass communication.