An incredible back-pocket resource that provides an absolute, total and invaluable guide to every term, device, description and tool on a film set.

If you're new to movie making or plan to make movies someday, this is the book you've been needing. 

With this book to guide you, that 200 pound bully will never kick sandbags in your face again....

No, really, it's THAT good.  Don't agree...?  Return this book for a full refund!  (THAT'S how good I think it is.)

The substance of a business plan and how to use it. A step-by-step guide to planning and writing effective business & marketing plans, then coupling them with a Private Placement Memorandum for fund raising.  

The complete class on CD/DVD includes all support materials, exactly like the live class.

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.

NOT a book for seasoned pros, but perfect for everyone who’s getting started or who still has questions about making budgets.

FILM SCHOOL: HOW TO WATCH DVDS AND LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT FILMMAKING by RICHARD D. PEPPERMAN

The smartest professors at the top film schools use DVDs to teach all aspects of filmmaking. But you don’t have to plunk down $40,000 to sit in their classroom when you have Richard Pepperman’s new book. This amazing resource cuts to the chase with more than six decades of films to watch to learn the most vital concepts in filmmaking. The book is organized by STORY, PLACE, and CHARACTER — utilizing more than 20 topics in the education of actors, cinematographers, directors, editors, production designers, and screenwriters.

Gorilla v5 provides professional Film Scheduling & Budgeting software

Designed for filmmakers of all levels, Gorilla 5 combines traditional film scheduling & budgeting in one tightly integrated software package. Every facet of production – breakdown sheets, stripboards, budgets, calendar, cast & crew, call sheets, locations, props, shot lists, storyboards and expenses - can be handled with professional ease and precision. Gorilla modules “talk to each other” so you’ll never have to type the same thing twice.

Gorilla v5 is packed with  time and money-saving features that give you power over every detail.

You have FIVE MINUTES to present your idea, your needs, your plan.  Here's how to condense your script, your business plan, your marketing plan and your profit goals down to the most important five minutes of your life.  And have enough time left over for small talk.  Yes, you can do it - if you know how.  Two Hours.

The complete class on CD/DVD includes all support materials, exactly like the live class.

REWRITE: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO STRENGTHEN STRUCTURE, CHARACTERS, AND DRAMA IN YOUR SCREENPLAY by PAUL CHITLIK
Professional screenwriters know that the rewrite is what separates the money-makers from the neophytes.

ROMANCING THE A-LIST: WRITING THE SCRIPT THE BIG STARS WANT TO MAKE by CHRISTOPHER KEANE.  A sure-fire strategy to get your script made, Romancing the A-List aims the screenwriter’s talent at the most powerful source for getting a movie made: the A-List actor.

Detailed three-hour overview of the twin pillars of production - scheduling & budgeting.  This intensive course analyzes the process, technique and complex relationship between a film's schedule & its budget.  

The complete class on CD/DVD includes all support materials, exactly like the live class.

Both Mac & Windows for any size or style of project: from commercials, music video, feature film, television, corporate video, to post production, still photography and more, Showbiz Budgeting handles the toughest budgeting problems.