This text gives all the basic information needed to production manage a film or video from begining to end - from idea to delivery. The reader is taken step-by-step form the script or proposal through the various stages of pre-production, script breakdown, cross-plotting, scheduling, budgeting, preparation and the shoot; followed by the editing, post-production and finally delivery. The text covers the different kinds of management required for productions ranging from features through to documentaries. Examples, taken from actual productions, are given of the kind of documentation needed to develop, run and control a production.