Producing for Hollywood

by Mason, Paul; Gold, Donald L.

• ISBN13: 9781581150650
• ISBN10: 1581150652
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Allworth Pr

Summary

An account of the independent production scene and its key players. Itiscusses the challenging and exciting role that producers play in bringing ailm or television pilot to the screen. Readers should learn what skills andraits they need to succeed as the mastermind behind an independentroduction, including insider tips on how to assemble and manage a talentednsemble of writers, directors, actors and crew-members. From first pitch toinal cut, it chronicles the producer's journey through developing a winningrospectus, drafting a realistic timeline and budget, raising money, thehree phases of production, and distribution and marketing. The book includesnformation for film festivals and foreign distributors, as well as sampleudgets, film partnership proposals, and other forms.

Author Biography

Paul Mason is senior vice president of production at VIACOM Productions. He produced the television series Ironside, which won the NAACP's first Image Award, and twice received Fame Magazine's Critic Award for the best television detective series. He received an Emmy nomination for best television series for MacMillan and Wife. Other television credits include Diagnosis Murder, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Matlock Don Gold is production manager for the television series Diagnosis Murder. He has written numerous television series, movies-of-the-week, miniseries, and feature films. The former producer of Miami Vice, and former president of MPSC, a motion picture service company, Gold has worked for all the major television networks including MGM/TV, MCA/Universal, Universal Studios, and Columbia Pictures on productions including CHiPs, Hawaii 5-0, Columbo, The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, MacMillan and Wife, From Here to Eternity, and others

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Prologue	xi
Life of the Independent Producer	1	(8)
Developing the Package	9	(6)
Show Me the Money	15	(18)
The Producer and the Writer	33	(12)
The Producer and the Director	45	(6)
The Producer and the Actor	51	(6)
The Producer and the Crew	57	(18)
Pre-Production	75	(16)
Production	91	(8)
Post-Production	99	(14)
Filming Outside the United States	113	(10)
Distribution and Marketing	123	(8)
The World of Television	131	(6)
Epilogue	137	(2)
Appendix A: Example of Film Partnership Proposal	139	(24)
Appendix B: Film Festivals	163	(10)
Appendix C: Foreign Distributors	173	(16)
Appendix D: Cash Flow	189	(2)
Appendix E: Sample Budget	191	(26)
Appendix F: Miscellaneous Forms and Information	217	(36)
Index	253