CHAPTER 25
LINE PRODUCING AND LOGISTICS
Along with all the creative activity during preproduction (script development, rehearsals, and visualization) much needs deciding in relation to the practical aspects of filmmaking: the organization of time and personnel; coordinating locations, props, equipment, and costumes; dealing with film labs and other vendors; working with budgets, contracts, payroll, and insurance; and so on. Coordinating the practical dimension of film production is called line producing. It is the domain of the producing team (producer, line producer, and unit production manager), and you cannot make a movie without them.
Good line producing undergirds the production crew and protects the director from logistical ...
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