Pre Pre-Production
by Bri Castellini
Plenty of screenwriters might go their whole careers without ever filming something themselves. But you, my friends, have chosen that web series way of life — indie film at its most indie. In general, making a film is broken up into three parts: pre-production (planning), production (filming), and post-production (editing). In reality, though, each of those parts is a process unto itself. So today, we’re going to talk about the pre production you do BEFORE pre-production truly begins.
Pre-pre-production is essentially where you answer the question, “can we actually pull this off?” Spoiler alert: probably.