Introduction

Most of the hundreds of active U.S. independent producers operate unstable, often unprofitable businesses. Yet at the same time, fewer than two dozen independent production organizations operate solid, consistently profitable companies. The success of these companies is not attained by accident, but rather through the application of sound business principles and practices that drive their ever-advancing motion picture production craft.

The purpose of this book is to assist producers in attaining this unquestionably preferable operating position. Specifically, it discusses how the global motion picture industry works and focuses on the processes used by these independent production companies, that enable them to almost exclusively ...

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