- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Development and Pre-Production
- 1 Film Development and the Producers
- The Producer’s Job
- The Executive Producer
- Line Producer
- Working with First-Time Directors
- Associate Producer
- Assistant to the Producer
- Producing in the Field
- Producing Live Events
- Producing Documentary
- Producing Mobile Content
- Producing Animation
- The Psychology of Producing
- Film Development
- Acquiring the Script
- Working with Writers
- Developing the Package
- Acquisitions, Contract, and Deals
- Summary
- References
- 2 Script Breakdown and Scheduling
- Scheduling a Film: Step-by-Step
- The Script Breakdown
- What Are the Elements?
- Other Categories
- A Note on Continuity
- Breaking the Script into “Eighths”
- The Breakdown Sheet
- The Strip or Production Board
- Creating a Schedule
- Scheduling Parameters
- Putting the Schedule Together
- Schedules to Print
- Updating Your Schedule
- There’s an App for That!
- Summary
- 3 The Budget
- Budgeting Software
- Budget Structure
- Starting to Write a Budget
- Padding the Budget
- The Contingency
- Fringe Benefits
- Union versus Nonunion
- Local versus Distant
- Budget Disbursement and Tracking
- Managing the Budget
- Good Budgeting versus Bad Budgeting
- Budget Line Items
- Tax Incentives
- There’s an App for That!
- Summary
- References
- 4 The Production Team and Staff
- Unit Production Manager
- Production Office Coordinator
- Local Production Coordinator
- Assistant Production Office Coordinator
- Travel/Movement
- Office Production Assistants
- Receptionist
- Head Accountant
- First Assistant Accountant, Second Assistant Accountant, and Accounting Apprentice
- Technical Advisor
- Script Supervisor
- Product Placement
- There’s an App for That!
- Summary
- 5 The Production Office
- 1 Film Development and the Producers
- Part II Production
- 6 The Director’s Team and 2nd Unit
- Director
- First Assistant Director
- The 1st AD–Director Relationship
- Production Meetings
- 2nd Assistant Director
- Walkie-Talkie Etiquette
- 2nd 2nd Assistant Director and/or DGA Trainee
- Set Production Assistants
- Director’s Assistant
- Choreographer
- Dialogue Coach/Dialect Coach
- Storyboard Artist
- Set Operations
- Closed Set
- Set Protocol
- AD Paperwork
- 2nd Unit
- There’s an App for That!
- Summary
- 7 Casting, Actors, Extras, and Stunt People
- Casting Department
- Casting Director
- Local Casting Director
- Extras Casting
- The Background Coordinator
- Casting Assistants
- How to Run a Casting Session
- Screen Tests
- Rehearsals and Training
- Fittings
- Working with Minors
- Working with Animals
- The Taft–Hartley
- Categories of Actors
- Day Players versus Weekly Players
- Stunts
- Stunt Coordinator
- Stunt Person
- How a Stunt Could Work: A Car Roll
- Working with the Screen Actors Guild
- Summary
- References
- 8 The Art Department
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Set Decorator
- Lead Man and Swing Gang
- Art Department Coordinator
- Set Designer
- Set Dresser
- Props
- Assistant Props
- Illustrator
- Draftsperson
- Art Department Production Assistants
- Assistant to Production Designer and Art Director
- Construction Coordinator
- Construction Foreman
- Construction Laborers
- Standby Painter
- Standby Greensperson
- Operations
- There’s an App for That!
- Summary
- 9 The Camera Department
- Director of Photography
- The Digital Imaging Technician (DIT)
- The Data Wrangler
- Camera Operator
- 1st Assistant Cameraperson
- 2nd Assistant Cameraperson
- Clapper and Loader
- Camera Production Assistant
- Video Village
- Steadicam Operator
- Special Operators
- The Camera Package
- Operations
- Stock
- Dailies
- Behind-the-Scenes for DVD
- Tests
- There’s an App for That!
- Summary
- References
- 10 Grip and Electric
- 11 The Sound Department
- 12 Special Effects and Visual Effects
- 13 The Wardrobe Department
- 14 Makeup and Hair
- 15 Locations
- 16 The Transportation Department
- 6 The Director’s Team and 2nd Unit
- Part III Post-Production and Beyond
- 17 Editing Picture and Sound
- 18 Music
- 19 Safety on Set
- 20 Legal Issues
- 21 Miscellaneous
- 22 Marketing and Distribution
- Marketing Starts in Production
- The Unit Publicist
- The Still Photographer
- Press Day
- Publicity Kicks In
- Testing
- The Marketing Plan
- Marketing inside the Industry
- Distribution
- The Distribution Process
- Film Revenue Stream
- The Distribution Contract
- Distribution Rights
- Bargaining
- Sub-Distribution Agreements
- Packaging
- Delivery
- Territory
- Revenue Considerations
- Summary
- Glossary
- Index
The Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production
The People and the Process
Third Edition
Lorene M. Wales
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