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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Setting Up a Production Company | |
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| Incorporation | |
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| Federal ID | |
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| Business License | |
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| Bank Account | |
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| Corporate Taxes | |
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| Accounting Software | |
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| Accountant | |
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| Attorney | |
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| Employees | |
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| Becoming a Signatory to Guilds and Unions | |
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| Bon Voyage | |
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| Pre-Production | |
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| Pre-Production for Fiction Films | |
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| Pre-Production Checklist | |
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| Pre-Production for Non-Fiction Films | |
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| Line Items Checklist | |
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| Legal | |
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| Rights Acquisition | |
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| Staff Contracts | |
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| Music Clearance | |
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| Fair Use | |
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| Feature Film Clips | |
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| Archive Film Clips and Stock Footage | |
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| The Budget | |
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| Negotiations | |
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| Negotiating with Crews | |
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| Unions | |
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| Payroll Services | |
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| Productions for Large Companies | |
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| Below-the-Line Rates | |
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| Negotiating for Equipment and Services | |
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| Production Schedule | |
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| Cash Flow Schedule | |
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| Casting | |
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| Post-Production | |
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| Booking Post-Production Facilities | |
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| Completion Bond | |
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| Insurance | |
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| Locations | |
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| Budgets from All Department Heads | |
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| Art Direction/Production and Set Design | |
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| Credit Accounts with Vendors | |
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| Production Forms | |
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| Purchase Orders | |
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| Check Requests | |
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| Tracking Costs | |
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| Contact Sheet | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Development/Marketing | |
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| High Definition | |
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| Line Items | |
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| Sample Budgets | |
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| $5 Million Feature Film Budget | |
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| Shoot: 35mm film | |
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| Post: Telecine Best Light to HDCam-SR and QT | |
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| Off-Line: Nonlinear &mdsah; Final Cut Pro | |
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| On-Line: Negative Selects to Digital Intermediate to Film-out | |
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| Rationale | |
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| Documentary-Video Budget | |
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| Shoot: Panasonic HPX-170 (P2) DVCPro-HD | |
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| Off/On-Line: Nonlinear to DigiBeta and Internet | |
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| Rationale | |
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| Digital Feature Film Budget | |
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| Shoot: Panasonic 720p VariCam DVCProHD tape | |
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| Off-Line: Nonlinear Avid MC | |
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| On-Line: Nonlinear Avid Nitris DX | |
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| Rationale | |
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| Digital "No Budget" Feature Film | |
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| Shoot: Sony EX-3 | |
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| Off-Line/On-Line: Nonlinear Final Cut Pro to DigiBeta Rationale | |
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| Tape-to-Film Transfer and Digital Cinema Projection | |
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| Industrial/Corporate Budget | |
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| Shoot: Panasonic HPX-170 (P2) and Super 16mm | |
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| Off-Line: Nonlinear Avid Media Composer | |
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| On-Line: Nonlinear Avid MC to D2 | |
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| Rationale | |
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| Music Video Budget | |
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| Shoot: 35mm Film Telecine to DigiBeta | |
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| Off-Line: Nonlinear Avid MC | |
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| On-Line: Nonlinear Discrete Logic Fire to DigiBeta | |
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| Rationale | |
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| Student Film Budget | |
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| Shoot: Super 16mm Telecine to DVCam | |
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| Off/On-Line: Nonlinear FCP to DigiBeta | |
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| Rationale | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Desperate Measures & Money-Saving Ideas | |
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| Resources | |
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| Directories | |
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| Trade Publications | |
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| Books | |
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| Miscellaneous Resources | |
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| Trade Associations | |
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| Camera Speed/Time Tables | |
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| Budgets for Grants and Donations | |
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| Quick Search | |
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| About The Author | |