Scheduling and budgeting your film : a panic-free guide / Paula Landry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landry, Paula, author.

Series:

Media manuals.

Media manual

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--Finance.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Vital production management skills save you money and time-learn basic scheduling for film and video!

Contents:

Cover; Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film: A Panic-Free Guide; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; About the Website; Chapter One Schedule and Budget Basics; QUESTION: What is Production Management?; The Schedule and Budget Relationship; Who Manages the Schedule and Budget; A Little History; Helpful Tools and Software; A Manual and Computer Approach; Basic Steps and Stages; Scheduling; Budgeting; End of Chapter One Review; Chapter TwoIdentifying Resources: The Breakdown; When Is A Breakdown Created?; Relationship of Script and Breakdown; Script Format; Metric

Rigid GuidelinesWord Processing Software; Set Up Your System: Software, Colors, Numbers; Software System; Color Systems; Number Systems; Breakdown Forms; The Process of Breaking Down a Script; Read Script Completely Through; Number Scenes; Eighths of a Page; Identify Resources; Transfer Information to Breakdown Forms; End of Chapter Two Review; Chapter ThreeOrganizing Resources: The Schedule; Creating a Schedule; Your System: Workflow and Consistency; The Process: Transfer Breakdown Information intoSchedule; Let's Go: Manual Version; Let's Go: Computer Version; Grouping Like Things

Sorting by SetCast; The Most Finite Resource; Arrange Schedule for Maximum Efficiency; One Line Schedule; Day Out of Days; Factors Impacting the Schedule; Film or Digital Format; Shooting Ratio and Experience; Unions and Guilds; Locations; Length of Shooting Week / Day; Sample Schedules; Short Doc. Film; Student Short Film; Webisode; Corporate Video; TV Commercial; Feature; End of Chapter Three Review; Chapter FourPricing Resources: The Budget; Budget Components; Construction; Presentation; Calculation; Account Numbers; Backing into a Number; Price Resources

Step 1: Identify and Obtain PricesStep 2: Negotiate; Step 3: Lock in Your Deals; Factors Impacting the Budget; Type of Project; Locations and Incentives; Union, Guilds, and Wages; Project Length and Format; Building a Budget; Setup; Above the Line: Creative and Development Costs; Below the Line: Production; Below the Line: Post Production; Below the Line: Other Expenses; Sample Budgets; End of Chapter Four Review; Chapter Five Helpful Scheduling and Budgeting Tips; Gaining Experience; Evolution of the Schedule and Budget; The Team; Priorities, Prices and Deal Making; Changes During Shooting

Safety and InsurancePublicity and Marketing; Distribution Expenses; Hidden Expenses; End of Chapter Five Review; Chapter Six Managing Resources; Relationship between Script, Schedule and Budget; Production Accountant, AD and Line Producer; Optimize the Shoot; No Unnecessary Movement; Consider the Weather; Days Off, Turnaround, Meal Times; Using a Second Unit; Other Factors; End of Chapter Six Review; Chapter SevenSpecial Considerations; Narrative Feature Film; Strengthening the Relationship with your Team; Documentary Film; Shorts, Web Video and Webisodes; Television; Who's Driving the Bus?

The Pilot

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613276056

9781136039782

1136039783

9781283276054

1283276054

9780240816654

024081665X

OCLC:

754582716