Book Description
The first, most crucial step in making a film is finding the funds to do it. Let Louise Levison, who wrote the innovative business plan for "The Blair Witch Project," show you how. Whether you're planning a feature, short, documentary, or large format film, this unique guide teaches you how to create a business plan that can be presented to a potential investor. In jargon-free terms, the author leads you through every step. Each chapter concentrates on a different section of the business plan, including the industry, marketing, financing, distribution. There are supplementary exercises and spreadsheets on the CD workbook so you get comfortable crunching the numbers--no math degree required!
The fifth edition contains completely revised and updated industry data, updated information on the market for short films, as well as a new chapter on nontraditional films such as documentaries.
* Includes a CD workbook with forms, spreadsheets, and hands-on exercises
* A sample business plan is included as a helpful reference
* Learn how to develop business plans for features, shorts, documentaries and more
Customer Reviews:
This book is useless.......2007-08-31
This book is useless. I am an independent producer, and I found out the hard way that no financier wants to look at a business plan. If they are in the business they want to see a script and maybe, a budget. If they are not in the business, they want to see LLC documents. See The Biz, Schuyler M. Moore, Silman-James Press, Beverly Hills, 2002.
A great place to start for the indie filmmaker.......2007-07-17
A great place to start for the indie filmmaker
I am an independent filmmaker. I also run a film festival called The Gangrene Film Festival. I have striven for years to get a feature length project off the ground. The task is daunting and scary for someone who doesn't know the business.
Filmmakers & Financing is an excellent place to start. I found this book highly useful. The book teaches in a simple, step-by-step format how to put together an excellent business plan for your film. It teaches what investors are looking for in a business plan and how you can get their ear with a professional, well-researched prospectus.
It is not enough just to be an artist and to be passionate about your craft as a filmmaker; these things won't get you financial backing. You must explore the market and analyze your future film's possible place in that market. This book teaches you how to do just that.
Hope this helps.
-Craig Nybo, co-author of Total Human: The Complete Strength Training System
Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents, Fourth Edition.......2007-03-08
A decent book into the ins & outs of film making from the production side of the house. Though not 100% comprehensive it makes an excellent addition to a production library.
Good Book.......2007-02-20
This is a really good book. It was very helpful in defining many of the sections of a business plan and is a great jumping off point.
I expected more...........2006-09-26
I bought this book to get detailed information about how to build a business plan for my start up Film Company. I was very excited when I saw the overview of this title and the fact that it now included a CD-ROM.
After going through the entire book in just a few days (I must admit it's a quick read) I found that the explanations were just slightly above basic knowledge and the CD contains only a few forms and worksheets to fill out. The best chapter (Chapter 10), which has a sample business plan, is NOT included in the CD-ROM! This was a complete disappointment since I expected to use this as digital blue print to fill in the blanks for my own business plan.
All things considered I did learn some useful principles on how to prepare and present information to potential investors and how to analyze some number (getting them boils down to research and a lot of work, which the Levison herself will admit to) but I really expected more out of the author of the business plan for the Blair Witch Project.
Book Description
The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook provides a roadmap to maximizing your profits as a disc jockey. It is jam-packed with practical tools, expert tips and cost-effective methods for increasing sales and creating loyal clients. Renowned DJ Stacy Zemon reveals specific ideas, proven techniques and creative approaches to multiplying your income and gaining the competitive edge. Written for both newcomers and experienced professionals, this comprehensive guide and essential reference manual gives you all of the know-how needed to achieve dramatic results.
Inside you will find instructive examples and step-by-step guidelines for how to: find a unique market niche; convert prospects into clients; create and implement a marketing plan; get free publicity; make strategic alliances; select the right media; generate leads and referrals; increase client satisfaction... and much, much more.
"Stacy Zemon is a knowledgeable source on being a pro mobile DJ. She is also a veteran of the industry who has contributed much to its evolution." - Jim Tremayne, DJ Times Magazine
"We endorse Stacy Zemon and her mission to provide DJs with educational resources that support their long-term goals, and help them to achieve prosperity." - American Disc Jockey Association
* Maximize your profits from DJ-ing with this plan of how to promote, market and sell your services
* Written by Stacy Zemon, the best selling author of The Mobile DJ Handbook and highly-successful DJ
* Ideal if you are a mobile, club or karaoke DJ
Customer Reviews:
Excellent book...Not just for DJ's!.......2007-08-27
Although I am not a DJ, I purchased this book to help me in marketing my photo booth rental business that I provide to special events.
The book contains real-life specific marketing advice to any business serving the special events industry like how to break in to the Bar Mitzvah Market, when to advertise for different event types, what to do after completing an event, how to deal professionally with complaints..etc
A must read to create a successful business.
Reference.......2006-11-14
This book is a great thing to have. It brings thing to your attention that you would not have thought of. It has helped me to better market myself and helped improve my business.
Excellent book.......2005-12-14
Once again Zemon has used her many years of experience and talent and lent us her superb advise. The book is a constant reference to me as well as other DJs lucky enough to read it. A must read for newbies as well as seasoned single- and multi-op mobiles looking to increase their marketing savvy.
This Book Helped My Business.......2005-11-24
I've been DJing for years but knew I was lacking in marketing knowledge and sales skills. I read this book, immediately put some of the ideas into practice, and saw results right away! The DJ Sales & Marketing Handbook and The Mobile DJ Handbook are my two most important reference manuals for the sucess of my mobile entertainment business.
A must read for djs.......2005-11-23
This book was full of useful information that can be used immediately, not abstract concepts but real life tips and advice. This has already made a difference in my business and I just finished reading. Will return the small invest many times over with new customers. EVERY DJ SHOULD READ THIS BOOK.
Book Description
oday, animation is more prevalent than ever in television, films, videogames, and the Internet. Karen Raugust has created a much needed, comprehensive look at the entire business. She shows in detail how a successful animation studio or entrepreneur operates, describes the process of developing an animation property from the concept stage through the finished product, and outlines business methods used to create and sell animated media. Topics covered include: -Distribution, sales, and marketing methods -Financing, budgeting, costs, and revenue opportunities -The creation of ancillary entertainment and merchandise -Animation in international markets. The Animation Business Handbook is the essential reference for anyone in or considering entering the animation industry.
Book Description
Two books in one, this is a complete insider's guide to the business of film or television production.
Customer Reviews:
Packed with informaiton.......2006-10-17
In development on a new feature film, this book has proved to be very helpful. From setting up the production checking accout, to offering a few dozen production forms, it is proving invaluable.
A great window into film production........2005-12-18
This book is written mainly from the point of view of the Production Manager (PM), and since the PM is really at the pivot point of the entire production process, this book gives us a great view into every step of that process. If you want to know what happens when they make movies, read this book.
Production Management.......2003-08-10
"If you have produced a low-budget independent movie and want to apply for a job with any Hollywood Production Company, this is the book that you MUST read before you go in for the interview. It explains the way that Hollywood Motion Picture Productions are managed." -- RMS
A Production Management Course and Textbook All in One!.......2003-05-14
Details, details, details....the things that determine the effectiveness and efficiency of a production office. Deborah Patz provides us with a concise, well written and wonderfully organized, must-have guide for anyone just entering or working in, the film production office, from PA through PM. An invaluable tool for Producers as well, packed with accurate, step-by-step details!
Book Description
Film Production Management will tell you in step-by-step detail how to produce a screenplay and get it onto the big screen. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned film professional, this book will be an indispensable resource for you on a day-to-day basis. This updated edition remains true to the practical, hands-on approach that has made previous editions so successful, and has been updated with revised forms, permits, and budgets applicable to all productions; contains important information on standards and typical processes and practices; includes the latest information available on technological advances such as digital FX; and discusses the impact of the Internet on filmmaking.
Film production professionals at all levels of experience will benefit from the information in this handbook to film production management.
*A comprehensive, practical resource to help you transform a screenplay into a film
*Includes all the forms, legal information, and budgeting information you'll need to succeed
*Updated information about marketing, technological advances, and legal issues such as permits and immigration
Download Description
This updated edition of Film Production Management remains true to the practical, hands-on approach to getting a screenplay produced in Hollywood and onto the big screen that has made previous editions so successful. This book will be indispensable for anyone working or hoping to work in a film's production department, which is responsible for transforming a screenplay into a film and oversees everything from budgeting, scheduling, and hiring to actually shooting, and editing the film. Beginning and seasoned film production professionals will benefit from the comprehensive and current information on standards and typical processes and practices; step-by-step instructions on how to carry out the crucial tasks of the production department; and sample forms and charts applicable to all productions.
Customer Reviews:
The best book out there for developing a shooting schedule........1999-02-14
I took Production Management in film school and this book blows away what we used as our textbook. It will definitely steer you to getting things done in a professional manner, whether it is managing locations or developing a shooting schedule. This is the one book you need to make sure everything runs smoothly.
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Film Budgeting: Or How Much Will It Cost to Shoot Your Movie?
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Perferated do-it-yourself workbook companion to Film Scheduling.
Customer Reviews:
I used these forms in a feature film production.......1999-02-16
I am producing a 35mm feature film (it's shot, we are editing), and found these forms very helpful - if you are new to producing, they prevent wheel-reinvention.
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The Complete Film Production Handbook, Third Edition (Book & CD-ROM)
ASIN: 0240801520 |
Book Description
Discover what makes an excellent location, how to manage the location and how to handle any problems that might come up. This book provides an in-depth, practical look at location scouting and management. Written with many years of scouting experience in mind, the author has imparted much professional 'savvy' that beginning or experienced scouts or location managers will find invaluable to finding and keeping their next scouting assignment.
Handles both the jobs of the location scout and the location manager
Step-by-step approach gives a realistic view of the process of location scouting and management
Customer Reviews:
Review of Location Scouting and Management Handbook : Television, Film and Still Photography.......2005-10-28
I also bought this book back in the '90's and lent it to an associate who never returned it!
The person I loaned it to knew very little of location scouting and location management and since I never got the book back I can only assume they found it very useful...
Perhaps this novice level of reader was the target audience; the book does give some of the basic 'mechanics' and duties expected of a location professional but does not go into the many intracies of diplomacy and, as an example, being able to purvey to a lay property owner in a succinct way what you are doing, what production will be doing, what is expected of them and what is in it for them.
One does a lot of real-time thinking on one's feet when there is a show in production, perhaps there is no way to convey in print the 'best way' to do any single location service?
Location services are an arcane and to many, obscure arm of the production process. As a professional, one of the most frequent questions I am asked (even by many production professionals) upon introduction is "what exactly do you guys do?"
Additionally, this book was written, as I recall, from the viewpoint of a suburban location scout, urban scouting in a large city such as New York, especially in Manhattan, has its own unique set of challenges which were not really addressed.
At the time this book was written independent film making was at a different level of development as an industry and being a large part of the total volume of film making nowadays I think some of its unique challenges are due some page space which I dont recall being given their due in the book.
Most of my location scouting nowadays is done digitally and presentations are done online. This book was written at a time when digital imaging was still in an infancy stage for the status quo and does not address many aspects of scouting in a digital world.
I would repeat that I think book is a valuable tool for the novice but on a more advanced level I would have to say that this tome may be due for some updates and expansion on its theme.
Book Description
This guidebook is intended to help both the novice and the experienced producer to create and fine-tune their budgets. Based on the top budgeting software packages, Movie Magic and EP Budgeting, this book takes the reader through each line item in the budgeting software and describes the background for that item, how it fits into the overall production, and any issues or pitfalls that may arise from it. This book is a useful reference for independent filmmakers who depend on accurate, easy-to-understand budgeting methods to seek funding for their projects.
Learn how to create a film or TV budget, line by line
Includes a tutorial on Movie Magic and EP Budgeting
Customer Reviews:
A superb guide to figuring out costs .......2004-09-09
Written by film, video, and television production manager and producer Robert J. Koster, The Budget Book For Film And Television is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to create and fine-tune film and television budgets. Based upon the widely popular budgeting software packages "Movie Magic" and "EP Budgeting", The Budget Book For Film And Television uses screenshots and explicit instructions, as well as general warnings and discussions of sudden expenses, pitfalls, easy-to-miss items that can make or break a budget, and much more. A superb guide to figuring out costs for a large-scale production in a methodical, accurate manner.
A filmmaker's essential.......2004-04-02
This is a great book written by a UPM with decades of experience. It goes line by line through film/video budgets and teaches you how to accurately budget your own film. It also includes a useful Movie Magic budgeting tutorial. This book is definitely worth it and will spare you a lot of grief!
Book Description
Packed with step by step information, hints and tips, this book provides all the basic information needed to production manage a film or video from beginning to end - from idea to delivery.
Production Management for Film and Video gives all the basic information needed to production manage a film or video from beginning to end - from idea to delivery.
Aspiring young film producers, programme makers and students of film or video production will find this an essential source of information, as indeed will anybody wishing to improve their knowledge and skills in the field. One is guided from the script or proposal, right through the various stages of production management to include:
· script breakdown
· crossplotting
· scheduling
· budgeting
· preparation
· the shoot
· editing and post-production
· delivery
Now in its third edition, Production Management for Film and Video has been further revised to include:
· information on health and safety requirements
· the need to be aware of computer generated imagery
· the effect this kind of programme making has on schedules and budgets.
Different kinds of management for different productions are also covered - from features through to documentaries - and advice is offered on how to run a production more effectively. Examples, taken from actual productions, demonstrate the kind of documentation needed to develop, run and control a production. Emphasis is placed on the basic principles of good management that apply to all the different kinds of film that can be produced.
Richard Gates is a freelance producer/production manager and has been involved in over 40 productions of different kinds. He also lectures extensively on production and production management techniques.
Budgeting sections revised
Post production (editing) methods updated
A new, more reader-friendly layout
Book Description
Hugh A. Taylor is one of the most important thinkers in the English-speaking world of archives. A retired civil servant and archival educator, he was named to the prestigious Order of Canada, his nation's highest civilian award. The fifteen essays in this volume are presented in chronological order so that readers may appreciate the broadening evolution and rich interconnections in Taylor's thought as these occurred over more than three decades. These essays link archives to social life and contemporary ideas. Also included are two original essays by editors Terry Cook and Gordon Dodds.
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- Filmmakers and Financing, Fifth Edition: Business Plans for Independents
- Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity (O'Reilly Digital Studio)
- From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books (Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man, The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals)
- Grandparents & Grandchildren: Shared Memories
- Great Books of the Western World (Great books of the Western world)(60 Volumes)
- Grindhouse: The Sleaze-filled Saga of an Exploitation Double Feature
- Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image & The World: A Retrospective
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood's Darkest and Best Kept Secrets
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