Succeeding as a documentary filmmaker : a guide to the professional world /

While many film programs prepare students for the realities of Hollywood, comparatively little guidance is provided for the aspiring documentary filmmaker. Alan Rosenthal fills this void with Succeeding as a Documentary Filmmaker: A Guide to the Professional World. Unlike traditional manuals on docu...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Rosenthal, Alan, 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Overview: the route to success
  • Making the most of film school
  • First steps in the real world
  • Vital survival knowledge
  • Working for others : finding a job
  • Becoming an independent filmmaker
  • Writing your winning proposal
  • More on proposals : treatments and problems
  • Budgeting for survival and profit
  • Financing your film
  • Production contracts and other agreements
  • Making money
  • Notes from the front.