ABSTRACT
This book is for anyone interested in the business of breaking into the movies. Learn who the key players are when it comes to getting a movie made and how to navigate the politics of filmmaking from start to finish, from first pitch to filling movie seats.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section |110 pages
First Steps (Before You Even Think of Shooting)
chapter |3 pages
About You
chapter |7 pages
Who Are These People, and What Do They Do?
chapter |10 pages
It's a Small World After All
chapter |11 pages
Relationships and Reputations
chapter |4 pages
Internship and Entry-Level Do's and Don'ts
chapter |13 pages
This Is a Great Idea, But Is It a Movie?
chapter |19 pages
The Politics of Development
chapter |14 pages
Agents and Managers—What's the Difference?
chapter |22 pages
The Money, Part 1
section |109 pages
Production
chapter |3 pages
It's a Collaborative Medium—Exactly What Does That Mean?
chapter |6 pages
Protecting Yourself and Your Movie
chapter |19 pages
What People Do, and Who They Do It With
chapter |8 pages
A Producer's Life
chapter |11 pages
The Director, the First AD, and the UPM
chapter |7 pages
Decisions, Decisions
chapter |11 pages
Union or Non?
chapter |9 pages
May be We Should Go to Canada, or Someplace Else
chapter |11 pages
Who Is in Your Movie
chapter |5 pages
Prep
chapter |6 pages
Production
chapter |3 pages
A Day in the Life of a Production
section |13 pages
It's Just Beginning to Be a Movie Postproduction
chapter |5 pages
After the Smoke Clears
chapter |5 pages
Music
section |54 pages
What Are You Doing Saturday Night?
