ABS-CBN Foundation

HOW HIRAYAMANAWARI IS PRODUCED: SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES BEHIND ITS MAKING

PRE-PRODUCTION
- Selection and focusing of values (determined with DECS help)
- Distribution of assignments to writers
- Writers conceptualize and draft storyline
- Presentation to the Creative Committee (membership: Child Psychologist, representative from DECS, Executive Producer, Operations Manager, Director, Headwriter, Education Consultant, Research Department representative)
- If storyline is approved, first draft of script is written. If not, storyline is revised according to comments of Creative Committee.
- Presentation of script to Creative Committee (script is revised until approved)
- Proceed to Production for taping
PRODUCTION PROPER
- Pre-production meeting: discussion and finalization of the following:
  1. Set design
  2. Costume design and execution/sourcing
  3. Talents
  4. Props
  5. Director
- Location hunting
- Taping proper
POST PRODUCTION
- Editing
- Shooting of (additional) video inserts
- Computer graphics
- Scoring
- Preview of Creative Committee (revisions are made if necessary)
- Preview by Program Evaluation Committee (membership: Producer, all Executive Producers, Directors, Operations Manager, Research Department representative, Logistics Department)
  (revisions are made if necessary based on comments of Program Evaluation Committee)
- Publicity, promotions and actual airing
- The best episodes are anthologized in VHS tape format for national circulation