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

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 (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Rosenthal, Alan, 1936-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2011.
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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.