TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harmon,Renee
TI  - The beginning filmmaker's business guide: financial, legal, marketing, and distribution basics of making movies 
SN  - 0802774091 (pbk.)
AV  - PN1995.9.M29 H37 1994
U1  - 791.43/068 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - New York
PB  - Walker
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Distribution
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Motion picture industry
KW  - Finance
KW  - Video recordings
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]) and index; 1. High Concept, Hooks, and Other Facts of Life -- 2. The Package: How to Put Together Your Offering/Prospectus -- 3. From Literary Property to Screenplay: What You Need to Know to Acquire and Create a Promotable Concept -- 4. Distribution: A Primer for Professionals -- 5. Other Distributors, Other Deals -- 6. All About Profits, Gross and Net -- 7. Contracts: Five Important Contracts Every Producer Must Negotiate Carefully -- 8. Ways and Means to Finance Your Film: Ten Sources of Money -- 9. A Special Niche: How to Market Your Home Video
N2  - This book provides an orientation in four key areas essential to the business of making films: financial, legal, marketing, and distribution. With Renee Harmon by your side, you will learn how to prepare a professional prospectus for your film, the importance of "high concept" and "hook," how to develop a theatrical release plan, and what should go into an electronic press kit; Here are facts you need to know about letters of intent, presales, completion bonds, sell-through, theatrical windows, cost-profit scenarios, pick-up deals, and saturation - plus many other issues you need to understand to succeed in the film industry. Whether you want to market a single video or launch an entire film company, this is the book to read first
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/93010977-d.html
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/beginningfilmmak00harm
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1402973M
ER  -