Provided is a method of producing a container by deforming a heated preform. The method includes: determining at least two formed zones along the container axis in the body, said formed zones being produced using a different quantity of material, each formed zone corresponding to at least one heated zone of a body of the preform; heating the body of the preform using at least two heating elements that each heat one of the heated zones of the body of the preform; deforming the heated preform to form the container; and before the step of heating the body of the preform, adjusting a heating power of each heating element wherein the heating power of each heating element is adjusted as a function of the quantity of material in the formed zone of the body of the container corresponding to the zone heated by each heating element.