Raising money in the (private) capital markets Developing and acquiring
screenplays Packaging directors and
stars The exact steps of pre, principal and post-production
Budgeting
Production Management
Sample Feature Budget
Marketing & Releasing
Arranging Distribution
New (Foreign) Markets
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The Independent Producer's Manual is for you if you want to produce and/or direct feature films or simply get an overview of what the movie business is all about.
Perhaps you're not sure how to begin or have already produced a feature and want to continue your education. Perhaps you may want to produce or finance a feature but hesitate because you don't know how to arrange distribution and marketing.
Or maybe you're not sure what your next production, or career, goal should be. The Independent Producer's Manual can help.
Do you know how to option or purchase a screenplay or literary property? Know what to say, where to go for hot properties? Perhaps you have a story idea (or
screenplay) and want to produce a feature based on it - what are your odds of developing it, packaging, selling and financing it? How do you pitch it to studio execs or investors? What do you say - and not say? The Indie gives the details.
Interested in developing screenplays that can be shot at certain budget levels or want to make the crossover from series TV, industrials, commercials or videos to features? The Indie is your guide.
How do you establish (more) important connections in the business with talent, directors, agents, studios, etc.? How do you draft feature film budgets? The Indie tells you and even details a financial philosophy that will keep you out of trouble, complete with a sample production budget.
Maybe you're knowledgeable, but not sure how to pull it all together.
Maybe you've dreamed about producing a feature that will generate hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars profit. With the new technologies available - DVDs, Internet delivery by ADSL, satellite and cable - this could happen! Get up to date on the emerging foreign markets, raising money through private placements and how the movie industry functions today.
After reading The Independent Producer's Manual, you'll know with certainty how much you want to be in the Biz. This manual is your ON-ramp to a successful film career, to safely producing feature motion pictures, to avoiding the pitfalls and to generating revenues that can amount to millions of dollars. Check out The Independent Producer's Manual today!
