TY - BOOK AU - Levison,Louise TI - Filmmakers and financing: business plans for independents T2 - American Film Market presents SN - 9781138947450 AV - PN 1995.9 .P7 L433 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, London PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Motion pictures KW - Production and direction KW - Motion picture industry KW - Finance N1 - Includes index; Introduction : Controlling your destiny -- The executive summary: a short version of everything -- The company: who, what, when, and why -- The film: the investor needs to know the whole story -- The industry: the facts and nothing but -- The markets: the spin -- Distribution: theatrical and managing the changing landscape -- Distribution: nontheatrical and the wild west -- Risk factors: truth in advertising -- The financial plan: how it works -- The financials: forecasting without fear -- Sample business plan for a fictional company -- Breaking the rules: documentary, animation, and large format -- Other people's money: them that has the gold makes some of the rules -- Raising money: did someone say it would be easy? ER -