In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent filmâfrom the development process to deal making, financing, setting up the production, hiring directors and actors, securing location rights, acquiring music, calculating profits, digital moving making, distribution, and marketing your movie. This all-new second edition has been completed updated.
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A marvelous primer that actually delivers what it promises. -- Geoffrey Gillmore, programming director for Sundance Film Festival<br /><br />By using the authors' techniques and suggestions, the prospects of success are clearly enhanced. -- Robert Dowling, editor of The Hollywood Reporter<br /><br />If you are in the independent film business, you must read this book. -- Cassian Elwes, William Morris Agency<br /><br />This book is an invaluable how-to-do-it guide which belongs on your bookshelf if you produce independent films. -- Jonathan Dana, producer's rep<br /><br />This is a true bible for all aspiring — and active — independent producers. --Jean Picker Firstenberg, director/CEO of American Film Institute
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Balancing the inevitable tug between art and commerce is your job, but without film commerce, your art will never come into existence, much less reach an audience. The advice here reflects custom and practice in the entertainment industry here [in the Los Angeles area]. The emphasis is on the deals that need to be made. We give you an idea of the nature of various deals, point out the critical issues, and provide parameters that deals typically fall within and how they are documented. We hope this book can raise the level of sophistication of independent producers and result in more and better independent films being financed, produced, and distributed.
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is more than a great book--it's a public service. The
authors share insights from their decades of legal and
entertainment production experience, in essence offering
thousands of dollars of free legal advice to aspiring
independent producers. Beyond offering a roadmap of business-
planning steps, the book includes templates of numerous legal
forms that an independent producer might need. Meanwhile, in
clear and artful prose, they alternate between You're-Not-God
straight talk and You-Can-Do-It encouragement. Between the
lines, there seems to be a genuine interest in helping
important stories and quality independent work to see the
light of day. I've read other books on the business side of
entertainment that were helpful, but this stands out as the
best of the lot.
authors share insights from their decades of legal and
entertainment production experience, in essence offering
thousands of dollars of free legal advice to aspiring
independent producers. Beyond offering a roadmap of business-
planning steps, the book includes templates of numerous legal
forms that an independent producer might need. Meanwhile, in
clear and artful prose, they alternate between You're-Not-God
straight talk and You-Can-Do-It encouragement. Between the
lines, there seems to be a genuine interest in helping
important stories and quality independent work to see the
light of day. I've read other books on the business side of
entertainment that were helpful, but this stands out as the
best of the lot.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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If you are or want to become an independent film producer, this book will give you all of the business/legal knowledge of filmmaking you need. Even though I have not finished the book yet, I've already found this book to be extremely valuable. Because I am planning to produce a new film next year, I even called up Mr. Tulchin directly for legal advice. He was very friendly and took the time to give me great advices and was very knowledgeable in not just U.S. based entertainment law but also international entertainment law as well. Read this book and you will find it worth more than what you paid for!!!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide is the most practical and concrete text on the Hollywood deal-making process that I have read to date. Its succinct presentation of the independent film business-legal process is welcome. Many of the real-world examples of independent producers struggling to secure the deal are thought provoking and encouraging. I believe that any independent film producer who reads and applies the information contained in the Survival Guide can only win. Film schools should seriously consider adding this publication to their list of reference texts.
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Get Started Producing Movies
The authors of this book are entertainment/film lawyers, meaning all they do is handle business deals and contracts with movies, studios, actors, scripts, financial agreements,... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Joseph Holmes
4.0 out of 5 stars
learning a lot
learning a lot about the strange quirky weird business of film as it changes before our very eyes. good reference.
Published 15 days ago by Douglaze
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very resourceful literature
A very resourceful book for those looking to start and manage their own film production company. This book has everything you want to know about the filming business and industry!!
Published 6 months ago by Dawn W. Durand
4.0 out of 5 stars
Think of this as your legal reference manual for Producing a film...
Good reference book. Lots of legal examples of contracts and processes you will need to understand in order to make an Indie film. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Hal Wallis
5.0 out of 5 stars
Realistic and Comprehensive.
I own a stack of books on motion picture production, and screenwriting, and while each and every one has something to offer, this ONE book is far and away the BEST. Read more
Published 21 months ago by A J
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not for the bootstrapping indie filmmaker
This book seems to be getting amazing reviews. I bought this book based on these reviews. I'll tell you this, I don't know who these people are who are reviewing it. Read more
Published on May 8, 2011 by indiefilm101
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A 'must' for any college-level performing arts library
The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook is a 'must' for any college-level performing arts library. Read more
Published on March 9, 2010 by Midwest Book Review
5.0 out of 5 stars
Insight to the secrets: Have a plan A to plan Z.
This book was required reading for FSU's Film Producing class. Usually the film books we are recommended to read are redundant and old news. This book is far from that. Read more
Published on April 21, 2009 by AcidicSoda
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The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide: A Business and Legal...
This is an excellent book for someone who is just starting in the business to someone who has actively been working as a Producer.
I learned so much from this book. Read more
I learned so much from this book. Read more
Published on April 6, 2009 by Lisa Raley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Should Be Used As A Textbook
I purchased this expecting some advice on legal issues, but this book is so much more. It talks you through the whole process of producing a film from start to finish, including... Read more
Published on May 15, 2008 by Threefolddado
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- Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas on page 374, page 375, and page 376
- Think About It (Amazing Brain Games) by P. Green on page 69
- Star Wars Visionaries by Warren Fu on page 384
- The Cotton Club (St Martin's Original Screenplay Series) by Francis Ford Coppola on page 1
- Birth of a Nation: D.W. Griffith, Director (Rutgers Films in Print) by Robert Lang on page 373
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