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9780802774095

The Beginning Filmmaker's Business Guide Financial, Legal, Marketing, and Distribution Basics of Making Movies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780802774095

  • ISBN10:

    0802774091

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: Walker Books

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Summary

This book provides an orientation in four key areas essential to the business of making films: financial, legal, marketing, and distribution. With Renee Harmon by your side, you will learn how to prepare a professional prospectus for your film, the importance of "high concept" and "hook," how to develop a theatrical release plan, and what should go into an electronic press kit. Here are facts you need to know about letters of intent, presales, completion bonds, sell-through, theatrical windows, cost-profit scenarios, pick-up deals, and saturation - plus many other issues you need to understand to succeed in the film industry. Whether you want to market a single video or launch an entire film company, this is the book to read first.

Author Biography

Renee Harmon lectures and offers popular seminars on various aspects of the film industry at several colleges and universities in southern California.

Table of Contents

Preface
High Concept, Hooks, and Other Facts of Lifep. 1
The Package: How to Put Together Your Offering/Prospectusp. 16
From Literary Property to Screenplay: What You Need to Know to Acquire and Create a Promotable Conceptp. 56
Distribution: A Primer for Professionalsp. 71
Other Distributors, Other Dealsp. 95
All About Profits, Gross and Netp. 110
Contracts: Five Important Contracts Every Producer Must Negotiate Carefullyp. 115
Ways and Means to Finance Your Film: Ten Sources of Moneyp. 126
A Special Niche: How to Market Your Home Videop. 156
Appendixp. 173
Bibliographyp. 193
Indexp. 195
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