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.

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.

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.

When you’re preparing your budget, the last thing you want to do is call 20 different local union offices looking for rates. Now you don’t have to: just point and click on any Union or Guild to quickly find the hourly, daily, weekly or flat rate for almost anyone in the industry, along with guarantees and Overtime provisions. Using our proprietary, searchable database will not only speed up the budgeting process, it will make your budget more accurate than ever.

When you’re preparing your budget, the last thing you want to do is call 20 different local union offices looking for rates. Now you don’t have to: just point and click on any Union or Guild to quickly find the hourly, daily, weekly or flat rate for almost anyone in the industry, along with guarantees and Overtime provisions. Using our proprietary, searchable database will not only speed up the budgeting process, it will make your budget more accurate than ever.

Haiku & senryu from the sharp wit and nasty pen of Michelle Shy. Or would that be the nasty wit and sharp pen...?

No matter at all. It's an absolutely amazing collection of the cranky & the grouchy, the snotty & the mean. If you ever wanted to tell someone to go to hell in the nicest possible way, this is your book!