FIPR 234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Principal Photography, Foundation For Information Policy Research
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Development the period where a project is begun. It can include development of the story idea, the writing of a script, assembly of the key creative team and/or the building of the financial plan/players. This stage typically lasts a number of years*. Pre-production (commonly known as prep ) the period where the project/production begins to hire the crew, opens a production office and prepares to shoot the project. This stage usually lasts 3 8 weeks*. Principal photography (commonly known as principal ) the period where the project/production is filmed. The amount of time this takes depends on the size of the project. The shooting can take place on location or in a studio. A full-length feature film can take up to 3 months to shoot while a half-hour television series episode can take as little as 4 days. Principal photography typically lasts 4 10 weeks*.
