Terms and definitions
1. Production : The production process refers to the stages (phases) required to complete a media product, from the idea to the final master copy. The process can apply to any type of media production including film, video, television and audio recording. The stages in each medium vary; for example, there is obviously no storyboard in an audio recording. However the same general concepts work for any medium. The three main stages of production are: Pre-production: Planning, scripting & story boarding, etc. Production: The actual shooting/recording. Post-production: Everything between production and creating the final master copy. 2. Distribution : the means of communication that reach large numbers of people, such as television, newspapers, and radio. distributors also create the marketing campaign for films producing posters, trailers, websites, organised free previews, press packs, television interviews with the "talent", sign contracts for p...