Publisher's Synopsis
VALUE EDITION - All pages and insert examples are presented in black-and-white.
Tom Kane has had a long and distinguished career in the film and television industry. As a Producer, Production Manager and Assistant Director, his clients have included Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures, United Artists, Warner Bros., ABC Motion Pictures, Turner Network Television, CBS, NBC, ABC-TV and Hallmark Entertainment, among many others.
This book teaches the business side of film production, from scheduling and budgeting the film, to location scouting, to managing the film set, and all the steps in between. Complete with anecdotes from Tom Kane's experiences in over 30 years of filmmaking and over 40 Feature and Television Movies to his credit, Kane teaches the roles of the Film Producer, Unit Production Manager (UPM) and Assistant Director (AD) in film production.
Within just over 300 pages including Appendix, Sample Forms & Documents, and links to reference videos, you will learn to scout locations, break down a feature film script, create a production board, shooting schedule, day-out-of-days, and film budgets for both USA domestic film production and international film production.
- REEL LIFE in REAL LIFE -
Examples from actual films that Tom Kane has Produced, Production Managed, and/or Assistant Directed, including Kramer vs. Kramer (with Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep), Raging Bull (with Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro), Prizzi's Honor (with John Huston, starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner), The Flamingo Kid (with Garry Marshall, starring Matt Dillon), and The Good Son (with Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood).
Chapters Include:
- The Unit Production Manager
- The Assistant Director
- The Film Producer
- Breaking Down the Script (w/ examples)
- Production Schedules & The Production Board
- Schedule Factors & Film Production Prep
- Second Unit Shooting
- Location Scouting
- The Call Sheet, Production Report, & Production Forms
- The Budget
- Budget Notes
- Deconstructing the Shot (*media links)
Tom began his career in New York City working on numerous box office successes such as Prizzi's Honor, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, academy award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer, Night Hawks, and The Flamingo Kid, alongside distinguished directors that include John Huston, Martin Scorsese, Robert Benton, and Garry Marshall. Tom has worked with such notable actors as Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Ed Harris, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, Sylvester Stallone, and Matt Dillon.
After 16 years in New York City, Tom moved to Los Angeles to produce two television series, Fortune Dane, followed by the critically acclaimed Sledgehammer! both for ABC-Television.
From 1988 to 1990, he served as Vice President of Production for the Weintraub Entertainment Group, overseeing all production. Immediately following, he produced for TNT, Riders of the Purple Sage (Ed Harris), Last Stand at Saber River (Tom Selleck), The Day Lincoln Was Shot (Rob Morrow), and Crossfire Trail (Tom Selleck). Tom most recently served as Producer on the Hallmark Hall of Fame production Brush With Fate, which is based on the best selling novel Girl In Hyacinth Blue, and filmed in The Netherlands. The film aired on CBS and starred Glenn Close, Ellen Burstyn and Thomas Gibson. He is a long-time member of the Directors Guild of America.Since 1984.
Tom has taught film and television production to hundreds of students from all over the world. He created "The Line Producer, UPM, AD Workshop" for The International Film & Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine (www.mainemedia.edu), where he taught for 12 years Tom currently teaches his film/video production workshop throughout the U.S. and abroad.
