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Getting the Money: A Step-By-Step Guide for Writing Business Plans for Film

Studio City, Calif.: Michael Wiese Productions (2009), xvi, 221 pp.

Archival Storytelling: A Filmmaker's Guide to Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visuals and Music

Amsterdam; Boston; Amsterdam et al.: Focal Press;Elsevier ScienceDirect (2009), ix, 326 pp.

Da criação ao roteiro: Teoria e prática

São Paulo: Summus Editorial, revised ed. (2009), 494 pp.

Producing with Passion: Making Films That Change the World

Studio City, Calif.: Michael Wiese Productions (2008), xviii, 266 pp.
"Documentary filmmaker Fadiman chronicles her more than 30 years of experience searching out practical approaches to get her productions funded, finished, and seen, balancing inspiration and commitment with financing, shooting, editing, and promotion." (Publisher description)

The Fundamentals of Film-Making

Lausanne: AVA Publishing (2008), 208 pp.

Hollywood für Sparfüchse: Digitales Filmen

Konstanz: UVK, 2nd revised ed. (2008), 160 pp.

Financiamiento, distribución y márketing del cine peruano

Lima: Universidad de Lima, Fondo Editorial (2008), 111 pp.

Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Videos

Carbondale; Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 4th ed. (2007), xvi, 418 pp.
"As Alan Rosenthal states in the preface to this new edition of his acclaimed resource for filmmakers, Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Videos is “a book about storytelling—how to tell great and moving stories about fascinating people, whether they be villains or heroes. ... more

Die Trickboxx: Ein Leitfaden für die Praxis

Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2007), 69 pp.
"This study aims at facilitating cost determination and levels of support for local content production in developing countries. It is based on the collection of detailed production costs for feature films for theatrical or television release, television fictions and works of animation, documentaries ... more

Digital Filmmaking 101: An Essential Guide to Producing Low-Budget Movies

Studio City: Michael Wiese Productions, 2nd ed. (2007), xvii, 290 pp.

Rights, Camera, Action! IP Rights and the Film-Making Process

Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2007), 96 pp.
"This booklet is written from the perspective of the small-size film producer and/or entrepreneur. His economic success depends on matching ideas with talent, obtaining relevant intellectual property (IP) rights and using them to attract finance from commercial film distributors" (introduction, page ... more

Vídeo da emoção à razão: Laboratório

São Paulo: Paulinas, Serviço à Pastoral da Comunicação (SEPAC) (2007), 117 pp.

Digitales Filmemachen: Schneller, besser, billiger

Frankfurt am Main: Zweitausendeins (2007), 354 pp.
"In ihrem Ratgeber „Digitales Filmemachen“ zeigen die Produzenten und Regisseure Dale Newton und John Gaspard angehenden Filmemacher/inn/en, wie sie digitalen Möglichkeiten richtig nutzen, wie man bereits beim Schreiben des Skripts darauf achtet, dass die Kosten nicht aus dem Ruder laufen, wied ... more

Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction

New York: Oxford University Press (2007), xi, 158 pp.
"Documentary Film is organized to present an overview of central issues and then to discuss different subgenres. I particularly wanted to use categories that could address concerns about objectivity, advocacy, and bias that have always swirled around documentary but with renewed vigor since the brea ... more

The Art of Video Production

Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2007), 533 pp.