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OLLIE MADDEN

Pre-prep, as it's known, pre pre-production, is a vital part of the process and does require some investment. Some of the things that you need to do in pre-prep are get a budget and schedule done. And usually, we would hire on a freelance basis a line producer to do that work. And what they do is they break down the script into individual scenes and work out in what order they could be filmed and the sensible groupings for those scenes because as you know, you don't shoot the film chronologically. You do it in the best way, logistically, it makes sense to film the scenes.

Based on that, you can work out how much the film is going to cost to make and all of the different budgetary elements that are required to produce a film on that schedule. So that you have a rough idea of how much the film is going to cost. And related to, how long it's going to take to film some of the other things that you need to do in pre-prep. Some initial casting. So you might have to pay a casting director to come on for a few weeks and help you cast one or two of the lead roles.

You might get some visuals together so that you can create some concept artwork to help illustrate the visual language for the film and how it might look and feel. These are some of the things that you have to do before you officially have funding and financing.