Deborah Patz is een doorgewinterde filmmaker met een achtergrond in bekroonde producties sinds midden jaren '80. Voortbouwend op haar uitgebreide ervaring in productiebeheer en -coördinatie binnen de filmindustrie, heeft ze invloedrijke boeken geschreven. Deze praktische gidsen, beschikbaar in talloze landen, demystificeren het filmproductieproces. Haar werk omvat ook een titel voor jongvolwassenen die fungeert als een interactieve reis naar filmcreatie, wat haar toewijding aan het delen van branchekennis aantoont.
A comprehensive guide to film production management, providing tips to help production managers and coordinators get hired, and covering tools and supplies, hiring a crew, work-space organization, call sheets, checklists, daily production reports, insurance, bonds, financing, contracts and immigration, scripts, credits, publicity, the wrap party, and other related topics
Surviving Production, a detailed account of setting up and managing a film production company, covers the prep, the shoot, and the wrap. It provides insider tips on setting up a production office, organizing the workspace, hiring and managing staff, script formatting, setting up a computer, filing, accounting, working with stars, handling customs and foreign locations, obtaining rights and clearances, and wrapping a production. Also included are production checklists, production schedules, and dozens of production forms.
Today's digital technology allows teens to produce short films with enviable accessibility. But there is a darker side to today's technology, too: the expectation to live and share your life online, to become an instant success with your first creations. Imagine being free to experiment and play with the medi-um, with a mentor beside you helping you craft solid, professional work that never looks like a home movie. Industry pro Deborah Patz is that mentor. Much like writers pen journals they don't publish (aka "writing practice," as taught by Natalie Gold-berg), Write! Shoot! Edit! mentors teens in "first film-making" -- crafting complete, scripted movies in a safe place free from public exhibition and scrutiny, experimenting with the medium, and discovering one's own visual storytelling voice. You want to direct and edit, but your friend wants to write? Not a problem. Don't read the book in order! Just follow the path. Write! Shoot! Edit! is written in three distinct and intertwining paths, so you can experience the book as you want to: as a writer, director / DOP, or editor. Start making scripted films today so that you can be the overnight success of tomorrow!