http://zootfit.com The Producer's Role Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:57:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When it comes to the development of movies, you'll hear things like “pitch”, “synopsis”, proposals, etc. Which is which? Read below. - --- - Pitch is a verbal, short, exciting, pitch. The maximum is three minutes. - --- - Treatment is a pros description of the project. Its about a page in length. - --- ... http://zootfit.com/writing-the-proposal-13.htm There are different ways to finance your movie. The truth is the fewer the investors, the safer you are. - --- - What about documentary and non-fiction financing? Email people for donations and financing NEH (National Endowments of Humanities, a government grant) Development can go up to $80,000 – but must be in the area ... http://zootfit.com/financing-12.htm Where do you find the cash for your movie? -- There are so many ways to get financing! You can use your own money. This is the only way where you probably won't have anyone looking over your shoulder or calling the shots. You can use you family and friend's money, which ... http://zootfit.com/financing-shaking-the-money-tree-11.htm It’s a legal document that gives you the exclusive rights to a property, for a specific period of time in order to develop that property into a film or television program. Read below for details. - --- - Your idea has probably come from one of four sources: It's original and you though ... http://zootfit.com/what-are-options-10.htm When do you prepare a budget? As soon as the script is done. Before you start to look for money. The author recommends that you should assemble three budgets; the dream budget, the less-than-dream budget, and the bad-dream budget. Dream budget...will most lkely be out of reach unless you can attract a ... http://zootfit.com/the-budget-making-it-count-9.htm Development, which is the conception, writing, budgeting, and casting is the most nebulous area of movie making. Development and budgeting go hand in hand. When putting together a movie, don’t just think about what is going to be said, but who it’s going to be said to.The Seed If you establish ... http://zootfit.com/development-the-immaculate-conception-8.htm Where does a producer get their material? There are many placed that a producer may get their inspiration and material for their projects. Among some of the sources are: News Articles Religious Texts Books - If the book happens to be a best seller, then it’s probably bought by the big studios. They don't ... http://zootfit.com/producers-inspiration-7.htm Author Christine Vachon, an American independent movie producer wrote this book "Shooting to Kill", subtitled, “How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter”. I will be doing a chapter by chapter summary with reflections every now and then of this book. Feel free to comment ... http://zootfit.com/a-day-in-the-life-6.htm (The one who reaches for the stars.) The following information is via an article that was given to me in my "Film Finance, Marketing, and Distribution" class about what is a producer. - --- - From some small notion, idea or concept, producers see something great, something noble, something worthy of the months ... http://zootfit.com/what-is-a-producer-anyway-5.htm In short...they manage people outside of the filming, and get the money. You have to have the wisdom to ask for professional help. We all start that way. What muddies up the whole producer thing is this whole crediting thing. Back in the day you had “produced by…written by…directed by…” Today ... http://zootfit.com/what-does-a-producer-do-4.htm