All new fifth edition of the filmmaker's budgeting bible. Every film term and every budget line item. Filled with budget samples for indie features, docs, music videos, student projects and no-buck productions. Complete with current rates. Great, DETAILED information on shooting (and completing) in HD, transferring from tape to film and even marketing films. The essential handbook for the serious independent filmmaker. Written by two pioneers of do-it-yourself filmmaking, book outlines every element of production and production costs with the ultimate guide for production. This book tells you how to prepare all kinds of budgets, and gives actual samples with detailed explanations. Read More

Five minutes to present your idea, your needs, your plan. And leave with funding. How to condense a script, business plan, marketing plan and profit goals down to five minutes. Investment Sources - Profit & Non, Investments, Fellowships, Grants, Donations, State Incentives, Partnerships, Competitions, Product Placement. Learn to SEE your Film, NOT Explain It. What financiers want from you. Guidelines to Success. Read More

Detailed overview of scheduling & budgeting, the twin pillars of production. Intensive course analyzes the process, technique and complex relationship between a film's schedule & its budget. This is a filmmakers first step to understanding the relationship between the script and its budget. The two must "match" in order to have enough (but not too much) money for the production. How to cut the budget and script to match. Before there can be a production, before there's even a budget, there has to be a schedule. This course is information-dense, hands-on and packed with the details every filmmaker must know. Read More

Donna Michelle Anderson's (DMA) writing system is based on years as a story analyst for a major Hollywood production company. Taught the 1-3-5 System to UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, production companies, film festivals and professional groups nationwide, including ScreenplayLab, the Scriptwriters Network, Hollywood Black Film Festival and the Women’s Entertainment Network. Read More