Filmmakers and financing : business plans for independents / Louise Levison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levison, Louise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--Finance.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

7th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Focal Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The first, most crucial step in making a film is finding the funds to do it. Let Louise Levison, who wrote the innovative business plan for ""The Blair Witch Project,"" show you how. This unique guide teaches you not only how to create a business plan, but also how to avoid common business plan mistakes, so that you can attract and secure an investor. In jargon-free terms, the author leads you through every step. Each chapter concentrates on a different section of the business plan, including the industry, marketing, financing, and distribution. Large format films, new media and shorts are

Contents:

The executive summary: a short version of everything

The company: who, what, when, where and why

The film: the investor needs to know the whole story

The industry: the facts and nothing but

The markets: the spin

Distribution: theatrical and the changing landscape

Distribution: nontheatrical and the Wild West

Risk factors: truth in advertising

The financial plan: how it works

The financials: forecasting without fear

Sample business plan

Breaking the rules: documentary, animation and large format

Other people's money: them that has the gold makes some of the rules.

Notes:

"Revised, updated, and expanded."

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781138126770

1138126772

9781283972994

1283972999

9780240821375

0240821378

9781136052101

1136052100

OCLC:

827208871