Filmmakers' Yearbook 2008: Practical Advice and Essential Contacts for Filmmakers (Filmmakers' Yearbook)

Filmmakers' Yearbook 2008: Practical Advice and Essential Contacts for Filmmakers (Filmmakers' Yearbook)

by TriciaTuttle (Author), Briony Hanson (Author)

Synopsis

Foreword by Sir Richard Eyre A reservoir of information Anthony Minghella The essential new 'black book' to the film industry shootingpeople.org Compiled by industry experts, this essential guide offers well researched, in-depth contact information and practical advice from leading filmmakers to help you get your film made and successfully released. This greatly expanded edition includes new articles: 'Writing Character', 'Pitching a Project','Developing Documentary Projects', 'Writing Narrative for Games', 'Analysing Your Box Office Potential', 'Drama and Documentary Commissioning for UK Television'. More contacts for alternative distribution are listed in this edition as well as the TV commissioners for factual tv and drama. Contributors include: Sandra Hebron (Director, London Film Festival), Robert Jones (Producer, 'The Usual Suspects', Former Head of the Premier Fund for the Film Council), Charles McDonald (M&R Publicity), Lucy Scher (Script Factory), Mark Batey (Chairman of the Film Distributors Association) and Larry Sider (National Film & TV School), Chris Collins (Producer, My Summer of Love), Paul Fraser (Director Arctic Monkeys video) Eileen Queen (Head of Drama IWC), Claire Parker, (Head of Development, Kudos Film and TV) Stephen Kijak (documentary filmmaker), Cate Latchford (Films Producer, Electronic Arts Games).

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 29 Oct 2007

ISBN 10: 0713684704
ISBN 13: 9780713684704
Book Overview: Combines practical advice from leading filmmakers, with key contacts Covers funding, production, crew and hire, publicity, markets, distribution, and exhibition New Foreword by Sir Richard Eyre

Media Reviews
'...a reservoir of information...this book will serve you well' Anthony Minghella 'a new black book to the film industry' ShootingPeople.org 'Anyone working in film, or wanting to, needs the Filmmakers' Yearbook 2008. It contains a wealth of contact information, plus practical advice from leading filmmakers to help you get your movie made and successfully released.' The Stage (Dec 2007)
Author Bio
Tricia Tuttle is a freelance editor, author, producer and researcher for film. She is also a former events organiser for London Film Festival and The Script Factory. Briony Hanson is Co-Director of the Script Factory.