Business & Planning

One-stop resource for resourcing archival material in your own films!..

A sharp, funny book about comedy screenwriting from a successful screenwriter that uses recent – as in this century – movies you've actually seen as examples. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Greg DePaul (Screenwriter, Bride Wars, Saving Silverman) has sold scripts to Miramax, Fox, Disney, New Line, Sony..

Whether you’re a producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, or other creative, you probably have a project that needs constant exposure, or a product to promote. But how do you rise above the noise?_x005F_x000D_ In Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers: Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd, Richard Botto explains h..

This new and updated 8th edition of the classic Filmmakers and Financing by Louise Levison gives you easy-to-follow steps for writing an investor-winning business plan for independent films. Complete with comprehensive explanations on how to write each of the eight sections of a business plan, a com..

How to Work the Film & TV Markets takes independent filmmakers, television and digital content creators on a virtual tour of the entertainment industry’s trade shows — the circulatory system of the entire global media landscape. This book highlights the most significant annual events around the worl..

Investing in Movies: Strategies for Investors and Producers is a useful guide for investors and producers looking for an analytical framework to assess the opportunities and pitfalls of film investments. The book traces macroeconomic trends and the globalization of the business, as well as the impac..

Loaded with practical, step-by-step advice on the art and business of reality TV producing, and featuring insights from Mark Burnett, Dick Clark, and other top producers, Reality Check takes you from idea to...reality!..

Loaded with practical, step-by-step advice on the art and business of reality TV producing, and featuring insights from Mark Burnett, Dick Clark, and other top producers, Reality Check takes you from idea to...reality!..

This new and updated edition explains the fundamentals of line producing, and includes discussions of transmedia and multi-purpose shooting, special considerations for VR, 4K and 3D shooting, new web platforms and mobile technology, crowd funding, and much more...

Screenwriting for Profit..

Offers the information you need to do to get your finished film seen by festival-goers, movie-goers, DVD-buyers and web-goers around the world. This title leads your through a primer on the history of film distribution to a discussion of the many ways then can get your film out there, either through..

Shoot to Sell is a step-by-step, do-it-yourself guide that will you how to successfully produce, market, and sell Special Interest Videos. Advances in digital camera and laptop technology and the convenience of the internet have made these videos easy and inexpensive to both, create and distribute. ..