The Strategic Producer

Muchnik, Federico Arditti

ISBN 10: 1138123625 / ISBN 13: 9781138123625

Published by Routledge (edition 1), 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Strategic Producer
• Publisher: Routledge (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138123625
• ISBN 13: 9781138123625
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Today’s technologies and economic models won’t settle for a conventional approach to filmmaking. The Strategic Producer: On the Art and Craft of Making Your First Feature combines history, technology, aesthetics, data, decision-making strategies, and time-tested methods into a powerful new approach to producing. An ideal text for aspiring filmmakers, The Strategic Producer orients the reader’s mind-set towards self-empowerment by sharing essential and timeless techniques producers need to get the job done while also embracing the constantly evolving production landscape.

- Written in clear, succinct, and non-technical prose.

- Includes six sidebar in depth interviews with industry professionals providing additional perspectives.

- Clearly presented line drawings help readers quickly understand complex ideas like production timelines, story structure, and business models.

- Includes samples from key documents such as script pages, budgets, shooting schedules, and business plans for potential investors.

About the Author

Federico Muchnik has been making films for 30 years. He studied film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and worked as a producer for PBS. He has also produced content for Disneyland, ABC Television, and HBO. He played the lead role in The Golden Boat, directed by Raul Ruiz, shown at Sundance, New York, and Toronto and distributed by Strand Releasing. He co-wrote and co-edited Secret Courage, a documentary about the Jewish resistance movement during World War 2. He has made many fiction-based long form series for the educational markets and filmed numerous projects throughout North America, Europe, and Latin America. He has taught filmmaking at Boston University, Emerson College, and in New York and Los Angeles. Most recently, he produced and directed the feature length This Killing Business distributed by Filmbox Arthouse in Europe and shown at numerous festivals in the U.S. More at his production company site www.mightyvisual.com and his film blog http://filmadvisor.blogspot.com.