Product Description: Presents a A-to-Z guide to producing movies, whether they are large-budget studio-backed productions or low-budget and mid-budget independents. Organised to follow a film's timeline from conception to birth, this edition includes discussions of: Development; Pre-production; Production; Post-production; and Marketing of the film...read more

Product Description: Do you have what it takes to be a producer? Do you know what it takes? In Hollywood in the nineties, the power is with the producer-either working within a studio system or as an independent.Learn the basics of:-Acquiring rights-how to negotiate an option-Involving agents-how to get them to sit up and take notice of your project-Dealing with studios-how to make an effective "pitch" to studio execs-Financing-how to determine whether studio or independent is the way to go-Putting the package together-how to get the right mix of writer, director, and star...read more

Offers advice on careers in motion picture production, including producers, technicians, agents, casting directors, focus pullers, script supervisors, stunt people, and make-up artists

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Gives practical advice about rights acquisition, agents, financing, writer selection, preproduction tasks, marketing, research, advertising and distribution