- 192 pages
- English
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About this book
"What Linda Stradling doesn't know about production management isn't worth knowing" The Documentary Filmmakers Group
Playing a key role in helping producers to interpret and realise the directors' vision, production managers are responsible for all organisational aspects of TV and film production - from start to finish. Now this essential handbook tells you how it's done. Written by highly experienced production manager and specialist tutor, Linda Stradling, this is a complete guide to the profession. It includes details on self-organisation and the best systems to use, budgets, schedules and cost control, hiring and firing, contracts, insurance, setting up a shoot, dealing with contributors, acquiring copyright, people skills and ethics. So whether you're just starting out or want to improve your knowledge and skills, this is the book for you.
Playing a key role in helping producers to interpret and realise the directors' vision, production managers are responsible for all organisational aspects of TV and film production - from start to finish. Now this essential handbook tells you how it's done. Written by highly experienced production manager and specialist tutor, Linda Stradling, this is a complete guide to the profession. It includes details on self-organisation and the best systems to use, budgets, schedules and cost control, hiring and firing, contracts, insurance, setting up a shoot, dealing with contributors, acquiring copyright, people skills and ethics. So whether you're just starting out or want to improve your knowledge and skills, this is the book for you.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 THE ROLE OF THE PRODUCTION MANAGER IN DOCUMENTARY AND FACTUAL PROJECTS
- 2 WORKING IN DRAMA
- 3 AN INTRODUCTION TO BUDGETING A DOCUMENTARY
- 4 SCHEDULING
- 5 CASH FLOW –WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO DO IT
- 6 A GUIDE TO ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTATION
- 7 SYSTEMS AND COST CONTROL
- 8 DEALING WITH THE BROADCASTER
- 9 VAT AND THE PRODUCTION MANAGER
- 10 INSURANCE
- 11 NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS, HIRING AND FIRING
- 12 ‘RECCES’, SETTING UP SHOOTS AND FOREIGN FILMING
- 13 HEALTH & SAFETY
- 14 INTERVIEWING AND THE ETHICS OF THE DOCUMENTARY
- 15 ARCHIVE AND COPYRIGHT
- 16 COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY (CGI)
- 17 MUSIC: A BRIEF GUIDE
- 18 POST PRODUCTION AND EDITORIAL STAFF
- 19 DELIVERABLES
- 20 THE OTHER SIDE OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
- APPENDIX: help agencies, trade unions, industry jargon and other useful references
- INDEX