| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 442 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Making a film company to make a movie. Preparing to make a film ; The film company ; Duties of the film company ; The property of the film company : the film concept ; Contracts ; Financing the film project ; Budgeting ; The investors' package -- Filming the movie : preproduction and production. Assembling the production team ; The key members of the independent film company ; Equipment and locations ; Shooting the film ; Special considerations for documentaries and films based on true life stories ; Music ; Postproduction ; Special considerations for the no-budget production -- Selling the movie: distribution and marketing. Theatrical distribution ; Nontheatrical commercial distribution ; Self-distribution and self promotion. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Preparing independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organizational questions that can doom a project if unanswered, this guide demystifies issues such as developing a concept, founding a film company, obtaining financing, securing locations, casting, shooting, granting screen credits, distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film. Updated to include digital marketing and distribution strategies through YouTube or webisodes, it also anticipates the problems generated by a blockbuster hit: sound tracks, merchandizing, and licensing. Six appendices provide sample contracts, copyright forms and circulars, Writer's Guild of America definitions for writing credits, and studio contact information. |
| Subject |
Motion picture industry -- United States -- Finance.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- Distribution.
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Motion picture industry -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Motion pictures -- Distribution -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Motion picture industry -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Independent filmmakers.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
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Independent filmmakers. (OCoLC)fst00968926
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Motion picture industry -- Finance. (OCoLC)fst01027159
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Motion picture industry -- Finance -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01027161
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Motion picture industry -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01027172
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Motion pictures -- Distribution.
(OCoLC)fst01027315
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Motion pictures -- Distribution -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01027317
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garon, Jon M. Independent filmmaker's law and business guide. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, 2009 (DLC) 2009006434 |
| ISBN |
9781569763957 (electronic bk.) |
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156976395X (electronic bk.) |
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9781569763971 (electronic bk.) |
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1569763976 (electronic bk.) |
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