1. Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production

2. Pre-Production
● Activities that occur before the cameras start rolling (brainstorming, staffing, budgeting, site surveys, meetings, etc.).

3. Production
● All the activities that are a part of the actual shooting of the program.

4. Post-Production
● The activities that are performed after the shooting stops – primarily editing.

5. Brainstorm
● Tossing around ideas for a project and identifying the Big Idea that will become the project. This may also include everything from assigning responsibilities to how the video will be shot, and decisions on music and graphics.

6. Treatment
● Brief description of the program that includes the basic idea, and may include the program format and other technical aspects of the shoot.

7. Blocking
● Working out the movement of talent and cameras so that each will be in the proper place to get the shot the director wants.

8. Budgeting
● Predicting the costs of every aspect of a production and allocating funds to cover it.

9. Staffing
● Putting together a production team that will be responsible for producing a project. Staffing usually refers to the technical crew.

10. Script
● A written documentation of a program that includes action, dialogue, and camera cues.

11. Storyboard
● Program documentation in the form of comic book like sketches that portray how the shots of the program will look.

12. Edit Decision List (EDL)
● A list that notes which take of each scene should be used in the final program and where that take is on the raw tape, disc, or card.

13. Site Survey
● An inspection of the location where a shoot will take place in order to properly plan for the shoot (permission, terrain, electricity, sun direction, and noise are some survey concerns).