How to Use preproduction in a Sentence
preproduction
noun-
In my opinion, the movie is made during the preproduction process.
— Kelly Schwarze, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2022 -
Second of all, the new season appears to be in preproduction, so the stories may be in flux.
— Vulture, 19 Aug. 2022 -
The film, which is in preproduction, will focus on the team’s win and its journey to redemption.
— Allana Haynes, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2021 -
In the extra year of preproduction, the crew created a prequel to the film titled Break.
— Lisa Salinas, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021 -
During preproduction for the new Props album, Aldridge would email rough demos of songs for the band to absorb and help arrange.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 19 Jan. 2022 -
Already a Lilo & Stitch movie is in preproduction for a summer shoot.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023 -
The film was planned to go into preproduction by the end of the year, in anticipation of a staked-out Christmas 2023 release.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2021 -
The movie is still in preproduction, reports Rolling Stone, and no other cast details have been made public.
— Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2024 -
Lock in Your Lead A typical studio film might get 12 weeks of preproduction.
— Vulture, 10 Sep. 2023 -
Whereas the planning for last year’s event was handled in person, this time around all preproduction took place via Zoom and FaceTime.
— Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2020 -
The beauty of extended reality is that once the preproduction work is done, the camera turns on and the finished product is filmed and streamed live.
— Eric Fuller, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 -
The costumes and set came up together in preproduction.
— Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2023 -
The Last of Us is still in preproduction, EW has learned, but the photo of these specific actors mimicked a crucial moment in the first game that kicks everything off.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 July 2021 -
Already work has started on 01 and 02, the preproduction models.
— J. A. Maxtone Graham, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020 -
People come to you with wardrobe, sets, casting; preproduction is insane.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2021 -
And finally, the company pitted a preproduction model against a Tesla Model Y in a drag race a few weeks ago.
— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 May 2024 -
Paige Brown had more involvement in the preproduction side, helping to develop the story and identifying what elements of the book would work for the movie.
— Tracy Brown, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020 -
He was supposed to be doing sales and preproduction, writing and editing, in addition to acting.
— Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021 -
Gary Trousdale recalls, finding the Beast — and indeed finding the movie’s cast in general — was a major challenge that ultimately ranged to the East Coast while the movie was in preproduction.
— Jeff Bond, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Finest for a more dramatic take on reservation life and keep an eye out for her forthcoming Netflix feature, Rez Ball, which is in preproduction.
— Kali Simmons, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2021 -
During preproduction, Hung approached renowned chef Pierre Gagnaire to review that menu.
— Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023 -
Sound of Metal went through a decade of preproduction and thousands of pages of scripts before Riz Ahmed took on the role of Ruben, a heavy-metal drummer and recovering addict who loses his hearing.
— Dan Reilly, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2021 -
The costume was used during the film’s preproduction and camera tests before director Ridley Scott opted for the jet-black creature.
— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2021 -
Now in preproduction with its next series of classes, Assemble will return later this year.
— Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2022 -
During those long days of preproduction, the pair would act out as many scenes as possible to accurately make a shot list of them, and Friend says Berger still teases him about rolling around on the hotel room floor playing a soldier.
— Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Some of the preproduction has already started, including the creation of digital assets like the NFTs and Dean’s digital replica.
— Stav Dimitropoulos, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2021 -
The company had missed its initial preproduction target in 2021.
— Umar Shakir, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Fittings and tailoring became especially crucial during preproduction, as most of the wardrobe was built custom from the ground up.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2022 -
In September 2022, director Bassam Tariq left the film shortly before production was set to begin, and preproduction was then put on pause.
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Still in preproduction, Encore will be presented as a package to international buyers at the Cannes film market next month.
— Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
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