Term for rough draft of movie?

[Michael Wisniewski]

Is there an official term for the rough draft of a movie that you put together before the real production?

[Keith Loh]

Previz?

[Charles Papert]

depends what you mean by "rough draft"...is this a down and dirty version that you shot on video? In the commercial world they call such an assembly a "ripomatic" or "videomatic".

As Keith says, "previz" is the current term that's used for features, generally digitally generated images.

[Michael Wisniewski]

Thanks for the replies.

Yes I'm thinking of the down and dirty version using the actors minus props or special f/x, to work out blocking, camera moves/angles, and editing cuts.

[Keith Loh]

I've wondered before if doing a 'ripomatic' and then releasing this in some way or another is a good way of protecting the intellectual property of a movie. Any opinions on that?