Six to eight weeks is the usual span from the script arriving to a finished film: the treatment and the bid go back within days, the award comes in week two, pre-production takes two or three weeks, the shoot is one to three days and post is another two or three weeks. In the same period the company has probably pitched on six other scripts. Music videos run through the same desks, with tiny budgets and far more companies pitching. Only a handful of people are permanent, which is why each of them matters.
Executive producer or head of production
Producer
Production manager
Production coordinator
Director's representative, or rep
Commercials runnerEntry-level job
