Development of a Motion Picture

Following one of our recent Communiqués discussing motion picture financing and its stages, there has been requests to explain in fuller detail the first stage of the motion picture process, specifically development.

The most important part of this stage is for the developer of the motion picture (i.e. producer) to find an idea for his/her feature film.  This plot could either come from previous publications, such as a book or historic event, or an original idea.  Thereafter a type of treatment is prepared which is a short document that outlines the story through brief dialogue and artwork.

After this, a screenwriter could be hired to write a script or the producer could decide to rather bring the story directly to a studio to overcome previous steps and have a script written in collaboration.  Upon completion, the film is then “pitched” to financers and if successful would receive what is a referred to as a “green light” to production.  Once the motion picture gets the “green light,” it moves to pre-production.

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