- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 Getting Ready to Produce
- Chapter 2 Timeline for Séance
- Timeline for the Film, Séance
- September/October 2005: Optioned Screenplay
- November/December 2005: Business Plan and PPM
- January 2006: Opened an LLC
- January/February/March: Funding the Film
- March: Finalized Details
- April: Soft Prep – Four Weeks
- April: Casting
- May 1: Preproduction Begins – Three Weeks
- May 21: Principal Photography – Two Weeks
- June 5–September 29: Postproduction
- October: Prepared for Market
- November 1–8: Attended the American Film Market
- November 9–December 15: Delivery
- Timeline for the Film, Séance
- Chapter 3 The Script: Option and Development
- Chapter 4 Creating Your Business Plan
- K.I.S.S.
- Table of Contents
- Quotation
- Investor Proposal
- Why $7,500? Here are Four Good Reasons
- Extra Bonus
- Risk
- Project Objective
- The Marketplace
- Film Comparisons
- Company Summary and Team
- Synopsis
- Revenue Scenario
- Newspaper Articles
- Section 181
- Mission Statement
- Your One-Sheet Poster
- PPM/Operating Agreement/Subscription Agreement
- Chapter 5 Setting Up Your LLC and Opening Your Bank Account
- Opening Your LLC: You Can Do It!
- Where Do I Open My LLC?
- Wait Until You’re Ready
- Step # 1: Clear The Name
- Step # 2: Articles of Organization
- Step # 3: Getting Your EIN Number
- Certificates and Seal
- Opening Your Bank Account
- Wait Until You’re Ready to Open Your Account
- Open two Accounts
- What Type of Checkbook Should You Order?
- Making Deposits: Details
- Get Your Visa or Mastercard Now
- The Checks and Visa Are in Your Name Only!
- Check Request Form
- Payroll Company or Not?
- Chapter 6 Sales Presentation and Finding Investors
- Preparation
- Outline
- Booking the Venue
- Getting the Word Out
- Logistics
- Setting up the Room
- Your Assistants Represent Your Company
- It’s Showtime: Welcome Everyone
- Purpose of the Evening
- Outline for the Evening
- It’s Your Time to Shine: Have Fun!
- Introduce Yourself
- Your Company Introduction
- Launching Windchill Films: Why this Film? Why This Budget?
- The Director’s Vision
- Introduce Your Team
- Your Offering
- What’s in It for Me, The Investor?
- Question and Answer Session
- Wrap-Up
- Mock Sales Presentation
- A Promise Is Not a Check
- Additional Perks
- Tips to Getting Investors
- Be Prepared
- Be Innovative
- Let’s Get Visual
- Chapter 7 Soft Prep
- Chapter 8 The Casting Process
- Chapter 9 Preproduction
- Producer versus Line Producer
- A Look at the Producer’s Job
- The Making-of Producer and Stills Photographer
- Your Editor
- Your Director of Photography
- Your Director
- Table Read With Your Keys
- Cast Table Read and Wardrobe Fitting
- Product Placement
- Update Investors
- Keep the Actors and their Agents Informed
- Chapter 10 Principal Photography
- Now the Fun begins
- Know How to Read Your Call Sheets, Day Out of Days, and Shooting Schedule
- Shooting Schedule
- Dailies
- Video Village
- Know Your Script
- Your Editor
- Staying on Time: Your 1st AD
- Writing Checks
- Stills and Press Release
- Treats
- Putting out Fires
- Planning Your Wrap Party
- Going the Extra Mile
- Children and Animals
- Investors
- Interviews for Postproduction Positions
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter 11 Wrap-Up and Postproduction
- Wrap Party
- Line Producer’s Wrap-Up
- Editor’s Assembly
- Copyright Transfer
- Film Website
- Hiring for Postproduction Positions
- Director’s Cut
- Audience Testing
- Pick-Up Day
- Lock Picture
- Sales Agents and First Round of Festivals
- Music Score, Sound Designing, Color Correction, Spotting, and ADR
- Additional Songs
- Front-Roll Credits (Main Titles)
- End-Roll Credits
- Making Of
- Investors
- Chapter 12 Delivery and Sales Agents
- Put The Horse Before The Cart
- Mistakes can be Expensive
- The Cost of Delivery
- Items to Watch For
- Sales Agent Or Not?
- The Tables are Turning
- Problems With the Old Model
- Buy-Outs
- Changes are Happening
- Your Deal with a Sales Agent: Do Your Research!
- Expenses
- Commission
- Get a Copy of Each Territory Deal
- Keep the Number of Years Low and Get Back-End Deals
- Money Goes Into Your Bank Account
- Have Them Check With You if the Amount Is Below the Estimate
- Which Territory Sold?
- Do They Have an E&O Umbrella?
- Get a Box Of Dvds
- If They are Doing Your Domestic Sale, be at That Meeting
- Exit Clause
- Chapter 13 Distribution Alternatives and Film Exposure: Guest Interviews
- Chapter 14 You’ve Delivered … Now What?
- Appendix 1 Filmmakers Website Resource Guide
- Appendix 2 Books: Some of My Favorites
- Glossary
- Index
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