Commissioning

Commissioning editor- A person who decides to commission any given idea, decides the budget and takes control of the project
Producer- Admin, financing, cast and crew
Director- A person who takes control of the script
Script editor- Identify problems within a script
Agents- Work for the actors and writers, they work in the industry, knows legal ramifications (cannot represent yourself) they also get the best possible deal for their clients
Writers- solo writer (free lance) writing teams, writers signed onto a specific company (could be tweaking script or changing it, not the most efficient way to write a film or TV show, writing to a formula that hasn't been set) the vast majority are free lance

Commissioning bodies

• corporations- tough to get commissioned if not established and are unproven (BBC however give up and coming writers a chance to air a show)
• independent production companies
• independent directors
• organisations- BBC writing room, the writers guild of Great Britain
• competitions- good way to get recognised if unknown

The screen writing process- once in production a script moves to shooting format