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The studio system, slate financing, et cetera. Basically what the title says. I'm not well versed in finance, so if you could explain in simple terms, that'd be great. I understand how pre-sales work, aside from the part where contracts are used as collateral in a bank loan (how, exactly, does...

I understand what producers do, but I'm not sure about the role of their production companies. When, in a film's credits, it says that something is "a (insert company or person here) production", what does that mean in regards to the production of the film? For example, No Country For Old Men...

I'm not talking about building something from the ground up, I'm referring more to something like the Mike Zoss Pharmacy in No Country For Old Men. Do they actually mess with a real, working storefront?

Why, for movies are producer credits listed in clumps sometimes? For example, according to its credits, "Star Trek Into Darkness" was, according to its credits, "produced by JJ Abrams and Bryan Burk" and then in a separate credit, "produced by Damon Lindelof."

I keep hearing that the standard way to list credits for a movie is as follows: producers, writers directors. But I see a lot of movies, and opening credits aren't always listed that way. Sometimes writers are listed, then producers, and then directors, and once I saw writers, executive...

I know this sounds like a stupid question, but I always thought that the script breakdown (the list of all the elements needed for the movie, like sets, props, costumes, effects, etc.) was made by the director. But recently, I found out it was made by the producer, who sends it off directly to...

I notice that in some films, they will have someone (or a team of people) being credited with the "story" or "screen story", and then there will be another person or team credited with actually writing the screenplay. Why is that so? Is it for legal reasons?

I know what a script breakdown is (a list of everything needed for the movie), but when are they usually done (at what stage in the production process), and who usually does them?

What is the difference between a regular producer and an executive producer?

I know what is done in pre-production (storyboards, script breakdowns, shot lists, scouting), but I'd like to know about the actual process, by which I mean who does what and in what order.