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FILMMAKERS AND FINANCING
Filmmakers and Financing
Business Plans for Independents
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Fifth Edition

By
Louise Levison, Levison is President of Business Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in business plan packaging and venture capital financing in Sherman Oaks, California. She wrote the business plan for the runaway indie success, "The Blair Witch Project."

Description
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. Whether you're planning a feature, short, documentary, or large format film, this unique guide teaches you how to create a business plan that can be presented to a potential 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, distribution. There are supplementary exercises and spreadsheets on the CD workbook so you get comfortable crunching the numbers--no math degree required! The fifth edition contains completely revised and updated industry data, updated information on the market for short films, as well as a new chapter on nontraditional films such as documentaries.

Audience
Independent filmmakers and producers in need of financing

Contents
Executive Summary; The Company; The Films; The Industry; The Markets and Marketing; The Markets Part 2: The Nontraditional Film; Distribution; Risk Factors; Financing; The Financial Plan; Sample Business Plan; Short Film Distribution

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 272 pages, publication date: NOV-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80828-4
ISBN-10: 0-240-80828-2
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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