Once the conception phase is completed and a joint project is fixed, the actual production begins. The production phase for image, product, trade fair and advertising films is divided into pre-production and shooting. The pre-production covers all organisational steps that precede the shooting. The director and cameraman develop a storyboard or a shotlist from the existing concept. The storyboard contains a chronological and visual draft of each scene together with a short description of the respective content sequence.
\nFor complex moving image productions such as feature films or other dialogue-heavy projects, it is worthwhile working out a detailed script which, in combination with the storyboard, forms a blueprint of the finished film. In some cases, animatics are also created, in which all scenes are filmed in a simplified form or roughly animated. Parallel to this, the production of the scene images and the design of the costumes optionally takes place. Meanwhile, the location scout takes over the search for suitable locations. As a rule, the producer is responsible for the creation of a shooting schedule, the casting of the actors and the composition of the film crew. In general, the director and producer are mainly responsible for the completion of the pre-production of the Production Service Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n