The SHORT! Guide to Producing

Name: The SHORT! Guide to Producing
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780815394211
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The Practical Essentials of Producing Short Films

By Charles Merzbacher

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The SHORT! Guide to Producing by Charles Merzbacher is a concise and practical handbook for producing short films. It covers essential skills and logistics of line producing, guiding readers through each stage from fundraising and preproduction to postproduction and distribution. Topics include budgeting, casting, crew management, legal issues, location scouting, and more, enriched by real-life production insights.
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This book is ideal for aspiring filmmakers, student producers, and independent creators looking to develop practical knowledge of short film production. It serves both beginners and those seeking a refresher on managing smaller-scale productions efficiently.

Description

In this book, Charles Merzbacher offers a concise, definitive guide to the essential skills, techniques, and logistics of producing short films, focusing on the practical knowledge needed for line producing and overseeing smaller-scale productions. Drawing on insights from real-life production scenarios, veteran filmmaker and instructor Charles Merzbacher takes producers through every stage of the production process, from fundraising, preproduction, and planning to the producer’s role in postproduction and distribution.

Key topics include:

Finding a worthy project
Schedules and budgets
Managing the casting process
Recruiting and managing crew
Location scouting
Legal and safety issues
Running a production
Negotiating music rights
And much more!

An accompanying website—available at theshortseries.com—offers document templates for contracts, call sheets, budgets, and other production forms, as well as sample production documents and short video guides featuring top industry professionals.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780815394211

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 June 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 9 Tables, black and white; 8 Halftones, color; 36 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 36 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 504g

Pages: 300

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About the Author

Charles Merzbacher serves on the Film & Television faculty at Boston University. During his long career, he has overseen the production of several thousand student films and has delivered workshops and lectures at other institutions at home and abroad. As a filmmaker, Merzbacher has won several awards for his many productions. His feature film, Jane Street, premiered at the British Film Institute, and his short films have been exhibited around the world, including at the Sundance, San Francisco, Seattle and Montreal International Film Festivals.