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.

The Pro Edition is designed for the professional filmmaker. Everything is at your fingertips, including a full contact manager, complete scheduling and budgeting, location management, film festivals and more.

Pro Edition: * Unlimited Budget * Unlimited Shoot Days

Installation: Single-User: Can install on up to 2 computers at a time (2 installs), used by the same person (1 user).

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.

Create fast, easy, stylish professional storyboards....
Even if you can't draw!

StoryBoard Quick, the most widely used script-integrated storyboarding software of its kind, bridges the gap from script to screen and is an essential element to any film or video production. Ideal for directors and screenwriters who want to improve the quality of their final product through previsualization and storyboards.

Complete with pre-drawn graphics, StoryBoard Quick offers the fastest and easiest solution to creating amazing storyboards.

StoryO™ takes story outlining and idea organization to a whole new level.  Designed by writers for writers, StoryO allows you to outline your story in broad strokes, jot down raw notes and ideas, flesh out details and then put it all in story order when you’re ready.

Use StoryO’s built-in story outline template or create your own outline topics and questions to suit different types of writing projects.  Enter events, scenes, notes and ideas onto electronic index cards.  Add text, characters and images to index cards to add even more detail then rearrange and attach them to timelines to develop the structure of your story.

StoryO is a great tool for aspiring and professional writers, students, bloggers, journalists and technical writers.  Use StoryO for screenplays, stage plays, novels, short stories, webisodes, essays, term papers, non-fiction works, and more!

StoryO™ takes story outlining and idea organization to a whole new level.  Designed by writers for writers, StoryO allows you to outline your story in broad strokes, jot down raw notes and ideas, flesh out details and then put it all in story order when you’re ready.

Use StoryO’s built-in story outline template or create your own outline topics and questions to suit different types of writing projects.  Enter events, scenes, notes and ideas onto electronic index cards.  Add text, characters and images to index cards to add even more detail then rearrange and attach them to timelines to develop the structure of your story.

StoryO is a great tool for aspiring and professional writers, students, bloggers, journalists and technical writers.  Use StoryO for screenplays, stage plays, novels, short stories, webisodes, essays, term papers, non-fiction works, and more!

Trying to sell or rewrite a screenplay? Written by a former story analyst at a major Hollywood shingle, this streamlined guide walks you through unifying theme, character and spine to create a structurally sound script that can get past the "gatekeepers" at production companies and studios.

THE ART OF FILM FUNDING: ALTERNATIVE FINANCING CONCEPTS by CAROLE LEE DEAN.  Learn winning techniques to get a “yes” from a woman who writes checks to independent filmmakers. This book will show you the inside track to funds from corporations and individuals to produce your films.

“Finally, reality production instruction.”

Trying to sell your own reality TV show? Reality TV executive producer DMA's book is the industry bible for show creators and development executives alike. With straightforward guidance through crafting original content, attaching talent, ballparking a budget and pitching to the right partners, Show Starter, Vol. 1 is a one-of-a-kind roadmap for anyone who hopes to make a career in reality TV or simply sell an innovative new reality show.