Green-light

For other uses, see Green Light.
Traffic lights display green to indicate "go ahead".

To green-light is to give permission or a go ahead to move forward with a project.[1] The term is a reference to the green traffic signal, indicating "go ahead". In the context of the film and television industries, to green-light something is to formally approve its production finance and to commit to this financing, thereby allowing the project to move forward from the development phase to pre-production and principal photography.

The power to green-light a project is generally reserved to those in a project or financial management role within an organization. The process of taking a project from pitch to green-light formed the basis of a successful reality TV show titled Project Greenlight.[2]

At the Big Six major film studios in the United States and the mini-majors, green-light power is generally exercised by committees of the studios' high-level executives.[3] However, the studio president, chairman, or chief executive is usually the person who makes the final judgment call.[3] For the largest film budgets involving several hundred million U.S. dollars, the chief executive officer or chief operating officer of the studio's parent conglomerate may hold final green-light authority.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Green light (dictionary definition)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Project Greenlight". HBO. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 Lang, Brent; Lucas Shaw (19 November 2013). "Who Has Greenlight Power in Hollywood? A Studio-by-Studio Guide". The Wrap (The Wrap News Inc.). Retrieved 29 March 2015.


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