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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| About the Website | |
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| Schedule and Budget Basics | |
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| What is Production Management? | |
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| The Schedule and Budget Relationship | |
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| Who Manages the Schedule and Budget | |
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| A Little History | |
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| Helpful Tools and Software | |
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| A Manual and Computer Approach | |
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| Basic Steps and Stages | |
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| Scheduling | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| End of Chapter One Review | |
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| Identifying Resources: The Breakdown | |
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| When Is A Breakdown Created? | |
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| Relationship of Script and Breakdown | |
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| Script Format | |
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| Metric | |
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| Rigid Guidelines | |
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| Word Processing Software | |
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| Set Up Your System: Software, Colors, Numbers | |
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| Software System | |
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| Color Systems | |
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| Number Systems | |
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| Breakdown Forms | |
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| the Process of Breaking Down a Script | |
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| Read Script Completely Through | |
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| Number Scenes | |
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| Eighths of a Page | |
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| Identify Resources | |
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| Transfer Information to Breakdown Forms | |
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| End of Chapter Two Review | |
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| Organizing Resources: The Schedule | |
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| Creating a Schedule | |
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| Your System: Workflow and Consistency | |
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| The Process: Transfer Breakdown Information into Schedule | |
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| Let's Go: Manual Version | |
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| Let's Go: Computer Version | |
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| Grouping Like Things | |
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| Sorting by Set | |
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| Cast | |
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| The Most Finite Resource | |
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| Arrange Schedule for Maximum Efficiency | |
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| One Line Schedule | |
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| Day Out of Days | |
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| Factors Impacting the Schedule | |
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| Film or Digital Format | |
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| Shooting Ratio and Experience | |
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| Unions and Guilds | |
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| Locations | |
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| Length of Shooting WeekDay | |
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| Sample Schedules | |
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| Short Doc. Film | |
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| Student Short Film | |
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| Webisode | |
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| Corporate Video | |
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| Transfer Information to Breakdown Forms | |
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| End of Chapter Two Review | |
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| Organizing Resources: The Schedule | |
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| Creating a Schedule | |
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| Your System: Workflow and Consistency | |
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| The Process: Transfer Breakdown Information into Schedule | |
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| Let's Go: Manual Version | |
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| Let's Go: Computer Version | |
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| Grouping Like Things | |
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| Sorting by Set | |
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| Cast | |
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| The Most Finite Resource | |
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| Arrange Schedule for Maximum Efficiency | |
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| One Line Schedule | |
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| Day Out of Days | |
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| Factors Impacting the Schedule | |
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| Film or Digital Format | |
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| Shooting Ratio and Experience | |
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| Unions and Guilds | |
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| Locations | |
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| Length of Shooting Week / Day | |
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| Sample Schedules | |
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| Short Doc. Film | |
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| Student Short Film | |
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| Webisode | |
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| Corporate Video | |
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| TV Commercial | |
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| Feature | |
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| End of Chapter Three Review | |
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| Pricing Resources: The Budget | |
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| Budget Components | |
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| Construction | |
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| Presentation | |
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| Calculation | |
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| Account Numbers | |
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| Backing into a Number | |
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| Price Resources | |
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| Identify and Obtain Prices | |
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| Negotiate | |
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| Lock in Your Deals | |
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| Factors Impacting the Budget | |
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| Type of Project | |
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| Locations and Incentives | |
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| Union, Guilds, and Wages | |
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| Project Length and Format | |
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| Building a Budget | |
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| Setup | |
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| Above the Line: Creative and Development Costs | |
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| Below the Line: Production | |
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| Below the Line: Post Production | |
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| Below the Line: Other Expenses | |
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| Sample Budgets | |
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| End of Chapter Four Review | |
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| Helpful Scheduling and Budgeting Tips | |
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| Gaining Experience | |
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| Evolution of the Schedule and Budget | |
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| The Team | |
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| Priorities, Prices and Deal Making | |
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| Changes During. Shooting | |
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| Safety and Insurance | |
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| Publicity and Marketing | |
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| Distribution Expenses | |
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| Hidden Expenses | |
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| End of Chapter Five Review | |
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| Managing Resources | |
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| Relationship between Script, Schedule and Budge | |
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| Production Accountant, AD and Line Producer | |
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| Optimize the Shoot | |
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| No Unnecessary Movemen | |
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| Consider the Weather | |
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| TV Commercial | |
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| Feature | |
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| End of Chapter Three Review | |
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| Pricing Resources: The Budget | |
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| Budget Components | |
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| Construction | |
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| Presentation | |
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| Calculation | |
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| Account Numbers | |
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| Days Off, Turnaround, Meal Times | |
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| Using a Second Unit | |
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| Other Factors | |
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| End of Chapter Six Review | |
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| Special Considerations | |
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| Narrative Feature Film | |
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| Strengthening the Relationship with your Team | |
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| Documentary Film | |
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| Shorts, Web Video and Webisodes | |
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| Television | |
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| Who's Driving the Bus? | |
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| The Pilot | |
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| Educational and Corporate Films | |
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| Working Without a Script | |
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| End of Chapter Seven Review | |
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| Additional Topics You Are Bound to Encounter | |
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| Scheduling | |
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| Contrast and Compare | |
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| Lock it UP | |
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| Stay Practical | |
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| Questions about Eighths | |
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| Script Inconsistency and New Versions | |
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| Honing Your Scheduling Skills | |
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| Location, Location, Location | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| Catering and Craft Service | |
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| Digital Format | |
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| Transportation | |
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| End of Chapter Eight Review | |
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| Index | |