Securing the budget (now often through private equity or studio internal funds). Pre-production: Casting, location scouting, and storyboarding. Production: The physical filming of the content. Post-production: Editing, sound design, and visual effects (VFX). Marketing:

In the war against the algorithm, the only winning weapon is a beautiful, irrational human idea. Go produce the glitch.

The most successful productions now— Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film, FNAF movie, Oppenheimer in IMAX—aren’t watched. They are attended . The studio becomes a pilgrimage site. The production becomes a relic.