... to shoot the scenes. Production is the actual making of the film. It involves an army of technicians, performers, production is editing, production personnel make up and wardrobe people, set designers, electricians and caterers. The main task in post - production is editing. It also involves the hiring of editors, dubbing engineers, special effect engineers and graphic artists who work on the film titles and the credits. Once the post - production has been completed, a finished film is ready to move out. The next stage of its life cycle is distribution. This process brings together the finished film and the people who want to sample it - the audience. Distribution involves the acquiring a film, negotiating the number of prints to be made and released to the exhibition, negotiating when the prints should be released, arranging transport of the prints to the cinemas, providing trailers and publicity material for the exhibitors, providing advertisement ...

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