Choosing a production
Choose a play within your abilities, and you yourself must be convinced with the script before you can begin work.
Make sure you settle all the copyrights matters with the scriptwriter, or you will end up in deep trouble.
Form a reading committee, with department representatives from each of the sub-departments in production, like light and sound, production, costume etc. Everyone must read the script again and again, to make sure everything is understood clearly.
Priorities must be set too, like how much time, effort and money is spent on each section. You can draw a triangle like this :
Preparation
Interpretation.
Make sure each department
has a clear idea of what the script is really about. This concept is important,
and must be uniform within the entire team.
Technical Requirements
The Special Effects department
must have an idea of what they want the effects to be added on to the movie.
This is one of the most important aspect these days, and often work on
this begin way before the real acting process takes place.
Since you are reading this, we assume you are not yet an accomplished director. Hence, to attract the big bosses to let you direct a film, you need a PROSPECTUS. The four main key items in a prospectus is