Synopsis

Film Production Management will tell you in step-by-step detail how to produce a screenplay and get it onto the big screen. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned film professional, this book will be an indispensable resource for you on a day-to-day basis. This updated edition remains true to the practical, hands-on approach that has made previous editions so successful, and has been updated with revised forms, permits, and budgets applicable to all productions; contains important information on standards and typical processes and practices; includes the latest information available on technological advances such as digital FX; and discusses the impact of the Internet on filmmaking.

Film production professionals at all levels of experience will benefit from the information in this handbook to film production management.

• A comprehensive, practical resource to help you transform a screenplay into a film
• Includes all the forms, legal information, and budgeting information you'll need to succeed
• Updated information about marketing, technological advances, and legal issues such as permits and immigration

Booknews

From his experience as the producer of some 80 films in the US and Germany, Clev<'e> (production, Filmakademie Baden-Wurttenberg) shares the standards and practices of the business of completed screenplay production. Provides updated (since the 1994 edition) information on contracts, budgets, markets, and resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Biography

Since 1968, Bastian Clevé has produced more than eighty full-length and short films in the United States and Germany and has won numerous awards for his work. He is Professor at the Film Production Studies Department at the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg near Stuttgart, and lectures on filmmaking throughout North America, Europe, southern Asia, and Australia. He is getting back into the business of producing theatrical motion pictures and his recent motion picture "As far as my feet will carry me" has become one of the most successful German movies worldwide.