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script in final form, making all necessary additions and corrections, determining the number of sets to be used, the amount and text of the dialogue, the number of titles, the musical scores, and the general pictorial effects.
Since the introduction of sound, all Paramount actors, regardless of their experience, have had to submit to a thorough voice diagnosis, known as the "screen-voice test". This process is expensive but necessary, in order that the company's production officials may have a complete knowledge of all prominent players' voices, as well as of their camera possibilities.
Subsequent to the directorial assignment for a picture, the studio production manager appoints an associate producer to supervise the making of the picture, and the studio executive manager appoints a business manager to take charge of the business aspects of his assigned pictures. These two, together with the director, decide upon a definite production schedule and draw up detailed budgets, the total of which shall not exceed the amount allocated to that specific production.
Dialogue parts are usually assigned immediately after the cast has been selected. Rehearsals, which begin one week in advance of the date set for starting production, are held again on the sets just before the shots are taken. Rehearsals were not the customary practice before the introduction of synchronization.
In arranging the schedule, plans are made at the same time for taking both indoor and outdoor shots. This precaution is taken to insure progress of the picture against inclement weather. Schedule delays cost between $5,000 and $10,000 a day, the average cost being $8,000. The more difficult scenes are assigned to the last stages of production. To avoid waste in time, the scenes in which high-salaried actors appear are arranged in sequence.
In the production of a motion picture, pictures of each scene are made from two or more perspectives. Often different types of cameras are used in order to reduce the risks