by Louise Levison (1998)
Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents will teach you how to create a complete film company business plan to present to potential investors. With its easy-to-follow format and step-by-step approach, this unique, comprehensive guide bridges the gap between the worlds of film and business. Each chapter concentrates on a specific section of the business plan, such as the project outline, industry overview, marketing, distribution, financial planning, and more. There is also a complete sample business plan to refer to as you write your own. Ms. Levison tells you what potential investors want to know and what you need to do before approaching investors, including defining your goals and objectives; describing your proposed films; outlining their markets and distribution systems; developing simple, complete financial projections; and applying the plan to the management of your company. Even if you have no previous financial experience, Filmmakers and Financing will give you the tools necessary to write a direct, dynamic business plan that will attract investors to your projects.
Philip R. Cable
"Designed for would-be filmmakers, this book explains how to make a good low-budget movie. Written in practical, understandable terms, the book covers everything from commercially viable genres to the most efficient film and video formats, along with tips on hiring stars, pursuing investors, distributing and marketing a film, and keeping track of expenses"--Provided by publisher.
William Mims
"Advanced Film and Video Production is a practical approach to the art of filmmaking from beginning to final release print or video master. The text begins with simple productions designed to teach you the basics while establishing professional production standards and moving on to more complicated projects. From writing your first script to final edited master, the topics include camera techniques, working with actors, professional lighting, recording and mixing sound, editing, professional directing, blocking a scene with actors and crew, conducting yourself in a professional film environment. Areas discussed include Producing commercials in a local market, making a music video, documentaries, professional script writing of dramatic stories, handling clients, promotional videos, advanced editing techniques including cutting on the beat and the rhythm of editing. The 330 page textbook of 30 chapters is suited for both senior high school and college level curriculum, with a teacher's or college instructor's study guide available upon request. Each chapter ends with class assignments designed to give each student a hands on experience. This textbook is now available for anyone to purchase so that if you do not have the benefit of attending a college or high school course, you now can follow this text to teach yourself the art of filmmaking. Because the author worked on countless 'Hollywood' productions with some of the biggest names in the business, it is stressed throughout the next the importance of conducing one's self as a professional so that when you work on a 'real' Hollywood movie you will be ready to do your job and be considered a peer"--Google Books website.
Ira Konigsberg
This new edition covers all the spectacular technical advances in filmmaking of the past ten years, particularly those involving special effects and the electronic revolution. Many of the new and revised entries on such topics as computer animation, virtual reality, Industrial Light and Magic, nonlinear editing, and HDTV are based on the author's on-site inspections of the latest technological tools of the trade and questioning of experts in the field. Another recent development in film is, as Konigsberg remarks, "how much the world of business and the marketplace influence virtually everything in the industry." With style, facts, and figures, he has added up-to-date information on all the corporate players of the movie world and produced small essays on such key concepts as distribution, exhibition, home video, cable television, test booking, and box office. Specific films are cited to illustrate points made throughout the text. This is a dictionary for film students, film buffs, and anyone in the industry, particularly those who actually make the movies. The entries on the practical aspects of filmmaking (camera angles, lighting, film stock, sound, etc.) are myriad - the most plentiful in the book - and presented in clear, highly readable prose. Entries on the art of film as well as the profiles of American and European studios are mini-essays on the history of moviemaking. No other dictionary of film is as inclusive and comprehensive as this. Its encyclopedic scope and down-to-earth accuracy mark it as a true classic.
Philip D. Harvey
Although the precise mechanisms and pathways of schizophrenia remain something of a mystery, there is little dispute that cognitive deficits present as some of the clearest and most debilitating symptoms of the disease. This book describes the characteristics of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, functional implications, the course of impairments, the genetic and biological contributions and reviews management options, including neuropsychological, psychological and pharmacological techniques. Chapters are written by leading experts in the field, in an accessible and highly informative style, ensuring the content is clinically relevant. State-of-the-art information about new developments in the treatment of related features of the illness, such as disability, is provided. The wide ranging focus of this volume will appeal to clinicians and academic researchers working with patients impaired by severe mental illness.