Film Production Management

Tells you how to produce a screenplay and get it onto the big screen. This edition contains information on standards and typical processes and practices; includes information available on technological advances such as digital FX; and also discusses the impact of the Internet on filmmaking.

Autorentext

Since 1968, Bastian Cleve has produced more than eighty full-length and short films in the United States and Germany and has won numerous awards for his work. He is Professor at the Film Production Studies Department at the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg near Stuttgart, and lectures on filmmaking throughout North America, Europe, southern Asia, and Australia. He is getting back into the business of producing theatrical motion pictures and his recent motion picture "As far as my feet will carry me" has become one of the most successful German movies worldwide.

Klappentext

This updated edition of Film Production Management remains true to the practical, hands-on approach to getting a screenplay produced in Hollywood and onto the big screen that has made previous editions so successful. This book will be indispensable for anyone working or hoping to work in a film's production department, which is responsible for transforming a screenplay into a film and oversees everything from budgeting, scheduling, and hiring to actually shooting, and editing the film.

Inhalt
Introduction; The Production Manager; The Business of Film; Preparing for Production; Special Tips for Low-budget Productions; Locations; Unions; Cast and Crew; Contracts, Agreements, and Working Permits; The Budget and Production Budget Forms; Insurance; Film Festivals and Markets; Training and Schools