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Filmmakers and Financing Business Plans for Independents

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ISBN-10: 0240820991

ISBN-13: 9780240820996

Edition: 7th 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Louise Levison

List price: $33.95
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The first, most crucial step in making a film is finding the funds to do it. Let Louise Levison, who wrote the innovative business plan for "The Blair Witch Project," show you how. This unique guide teaches you not only how to create a business plan, but also how to avoid common business plan mistakes, so that you can attract and secure an investor. In jargon-free terms, the author leads you through every step. Each chapter concentrates on a different section of the business plan, including the industry, marketing, financing, and distribution. Large format films, new media and shorts are also discussed. The included companion web site features supplementary exercises and spreadsheets so…    
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Book details

List price: $33.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 1/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Levison is President of Business Strategies (www.moviemoney.com), a consulting firm in Sherman Oaks, California, specializing in business plan packaging and venture capital financing. Ms. Levison is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Entertainment Studies of the Extension Program at UCLA and is publisher and editor of The Film Entrepreneur newsletter. She regularly conducts workshops on financing for organizations and at film festivals. Levison holds an M.B.A. in finance.

Executive Summary
The Company
The Films
The Industry
The Markets and Marketing
The Markets
The Nontraditional Film
Distribution
Risk Factors
Financing
The Financial Plan
Sample Business Plan
Short Film Distribution