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Providing a detailed break-down of the skills required to establish and grow a profitable production company, this book enables content creators and filmmakers to navigate the commercial video production world and the needs of its clients.
Drawing on professional experience in the industry as well historical examples, author Tom Vaughan-Mountford illustrates the ways in which producers can avoid common pitfalls and better manage their business, projects, and clients. Making the corporate world accessible for filmmakers, this book covers all aspects of the video production process, equipping creatives with the tools-and the mindset-to offer their skills to paying clients in a reliable, repeatable, and above all profitable manner.
This book is ideal for filmmakers and content creators looking to establish a successful video production business, and features an online resource pack with example production paperwork including a call sheet, and example script re-writes.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Why Are You Doing This?, Chapter 2 Getting down to Business, Chapter 3 Working from Anywhere, Chapter 4 Assembling Your Team, Chapter 5 The Startup Shopping List, Chapter 6 Promoting Your Business, Chapter 7 Business Networking, Chapter 8 The Gig Economy, Chapter 9 Public Sector Tenders, Chapter 10 Receiving Your First Brief, Chapter 11 Production Budgets, Chapter 12 The Creative Pitch, Chapter 13 How to Write an Awesome Script, Chapter 14 Keeping Your Production Organised, Chapter 15 Coaching On-Camera Contributors, Chapter 16 Communicating with Your Clients, Chapter 17 Approval and Delivery, Chapter 18 Doing It by the Book, Chapter 19 Behaving like a Pro, Chapter 20 Managing Your Tech, Chapter 21 Managing Your Finances
About the author
Tom Vaughan-Mountford has worked in the commercial video production and television advertising industry since the 1990s. He has worked in a variety of roles on several thousand productions, spanning a diverse spectrum of business sectors. Tom is currently the senior creative of a long-established video production company in the UK.
Summary
Providing a detailed break-down of the requisite skills required to establish and grow a profitable production company, this book enables content creators and filmmakers to navigate the commercial video production world and the needs of its clients.
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‘Managing A Video Production Company is a terrific book for producers who are starting out in this business, those who are ready to level up, or those who need help getting their existing production company running more smoothly. This concise, well-written, and funny guide is a must-read.’
Arthur Vincie, independent director/producer, Three Trembling Cities and Found In Time.
‘Managing a Video Production Company is essential reading for anyone thinking of starting such a company. If you want to know what you don’t know, you should start here. This practical guide will give you the tools to understand what’s vital as you set up and run your own company.
Chris Hansen, Independent Filmmaker and Chair, Baylor University Department of Film & Digital Media
