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PRE-PRODUCTION
The Role of the Producer During the Pre-production Phase
As a producer, if you have reached this phase in the process, you should be patting yourself on the back. It is a huge achievement to get a project greenlit, meaning that all the funds are in place and you have the go-ahead from the buyer to produce the show. You have made it through some of the toughest hurdles and now the fun begins with pre-production.
Pre-production is the phase in which the elements that lay down the foundation for the production are assembled. This configuration can differ greatly from project to project due to wide variation in pipelines and software capabilities. Whether a production goes smoothly depends on how the producer procures the key ...
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