Pre-Production Summary

As I learned more about pre-production, I realized how many processes there are to preparing for a proper shoot. All of these multiple stages are crucial to finishing a project, and skipping any of them will lead your project into the ground. They are a few question I still have however, such as what stage is the hardest? Before I go into production, I want to know which part will take the longest. Another question I have is the process of blocking. I'm still somewhat confused on how the whole process is laid out. Is it similar to rehearsal? The biggest thing I learned from the presentation is how many writing processes there are. For the longest time, I believed that they only created a script, storyboard, and then shot the film. I only recently learned about processes such as loglines and treatments. The whole Pre-production process is important because it plans out the whole movie before anything is shot. Without this stage, the whole project will fall apart.