TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merzbacher,Charles
TI  - The SHORT! guide to producing: the practical essentials of producing short films 
SN  - 9780815394211 
AV  - PN1995.9.P7 M44 2018
U1  - 791.430232 ME.S 2018 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Short films
KW  - Production and direction
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index;  Chapter Introduction -- Looking Before Leaping / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 1 Getting Down to Business / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 2 Preproduction / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 3 Script Breakdown / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 4 Breakdown Sheets / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 5 The Schedule / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 6 The Budget / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 7 Beyond Budgeting Basics / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 8 The Crew / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 9 The Cast / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 10 Locations / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 11 Production Paperwork / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 12 The Shoot / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 13 Music / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 14 Postproduction / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter 15 Promotion and Distribution / Charles Merzbacher -- chapter Conclusion -- The Long and the Short of It / Charles Merzbacher
N2  - In this book, Charles Merzbacher offers a concise, definitive guide to the essential skills, techniques, and logistics of producing short films, focusing on the practical knowledge needed for line producing and overseeing smaller-scale productions. Merzbacher, a longtime instructor and accomplished filmmaker, takes producers through every stage of the production processfrom preproduction and planning to the producers role in postproduction and distributionweaving together best practices with insights from real-life production scenarios. Key topics include: Finding a worthy project Schedules and budgets Managing the casting process Recruiting and managing crew Location scouting Legal and safety issues Running a production Negotiating music rights And much more!An accompanying websiteavailable at theshortseries.comoffers document templates (for contracts, call sheets, budgets and other production paperwork), fully completed paperwork to use as samples, video interviews and more
ER  -