Movie Memos

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If you know what you need, save time and money with Movie Memos -- reprints from books and manuals which are available at Movie Pubs in their entirety. Just check off which ones you need and hit the ORDER button below. Minimum order $100

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The Movie Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Long Range Production Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Products of a Feature Film Company . . . . . . . . $1
Violent Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Faith & Certainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Three Types of Executives . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Basic Program for a 1-Day Shoot . . . . . . . . . . $5
Rough Sequence of Manning a 1-Day Shoot . . . . . . $3
Basic Program for a 2-3 Day Shoot . . . . . . . . . $10
Rough Sequence of Manning a 2-3 Day Shoot . . . . . . $3
Basic Program for a 6-Day Shoot . . . . . . . . . . $20
Rough Sequence of Manning a 6-Day Shoot . . . . . . $6
Basic Program For Establishing a Film Co. . . . $40
Unbundling Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Basic Program for Producting a Feature Film . . . . $40
Rough Sequence of Manning a Feature . . . . . . . .$10
Legal Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Negotiating Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Forgotten Agreements/Time Log . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Company Organizing Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Permanent & Part Time Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
1- Day Production Circle Board. . . . . . . . . . $1
2-3 Day Production Circle Board . . . . . . . . . $1
6-Day Production Circle Board . . . . . . . . . . $1
18-Day Feature Circle Board . . . . . . . . . . . $2
22-Day Low Budget Feature Circle Board . . . . . $2
28-48 Day Feature Circle Board . . . . . . . . . $2
Above Line Circle Board . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Studio Organizational Chart . . . . . . . . . . . $15
Company Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Custodianships Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Single Feature Production . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Continuous Feature Production . . . . . . . . . . $2
Continuous/Simultaneous Feature Production. . . . $2
Industry Oganizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Communication Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Office Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
The Message Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Routing Messages & Documents . . . . . . . . . . . $3
How to Stay on Top of Paperwork . . . . . . . . . . $3
Paper Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Letter Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Getting Photo Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Cycle Sheets, Use of (Cycle Sheet) . . . . . . . . $3
Sample CYCLE SHEET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Cycle Sheets in Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Backup Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Office Rental Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Tips For Getting Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Suggestion Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Basic Staff Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Rudiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Establishing New Connections . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Hiring Legal Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4
Legal Services Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Accounting Services Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Short Form Accountant Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Sample Personnel Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Personnel Call Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Executive/Staff Application . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Personnel Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Secretarial Services Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Agent Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Writer Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4
Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7
Talent Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Hat Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Preparing Hat Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Rejection Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Angry People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Personnel Filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Resumes VS Real Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Career Orientation Survey for Filmmakers . . . . . Free
Training & Apprenticeships . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Syllabus of Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . $2
Speculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Financial Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
The Pro Rata System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Talent/Staff/Crew Rate Factors . . . . . . . . . . $2
Budget Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Treasury Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Chart of Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Data Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Financing Patter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
The Elements & Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Developing and Selling a Package . . . . . . . . . $4
Development Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4
Studio "Look" Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4
Clear Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Option Sales Patter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Script Guidelines for a Half Hour Show . . . . . . $5
Script Guidelines for a Low Budget Feature . . . . $8
Packaging Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Sample Letter of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Production Guidelines for a Half Hour Show . . . . $5
Production Guidelines for a Feature Film . . . . . $8
Screenplay Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3
Project Tickler Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Submission Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Research & Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Producer Services Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Transportation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Property Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Wardrobe Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Analyzing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Low Budget Feature Terminals List . . . . . . . . . $1
Time Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Time Frame Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
On Cinematography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Assistant Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Production Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Practice Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Script Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Sample Script Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Elements of an Action Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Cameraman's Checksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Completion Program w/ Full Sound Track . . . . . . $5
Completion Program w/ Simplified Sound Track . . . $4
Bumping 3/4" Video to 1-inch Video . . . . . . . . $3
Pre-Take Patter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Establishing Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Basic Releasing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Licensing Rights Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
What Studios Want . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Raising Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7
Frequently Misconstrued Terms . . . . . . . . . $10
Participation Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Financial Uptightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Why Invest in a Movie? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Financing & Income Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Video Cassette Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Loan Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Establishing a Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5

SAMPLE MOVIE AGREEMNETS:

Production Agreement

w/ Post Production Agreement,

Net Profits Defined and Main & End Titles . . . . . . $5
Joint Venture Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Producer Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Employment Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Talent/Staff/Crew I/T Agreement . . . . . . . . . . $5
Talent/Staff/Crew Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Location Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Script Excerpt Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Treatment Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Screenplay Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Treatment/Screenplay Agreement . . . . . . . . . . $10
Treatment/Screenplay Agreement

w/deferred script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Writer Employment Agreement

(Treatment/Screenplay). . . . . . . . $10
Writer Employment Agreement

(Screenplay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Short Form Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Option Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15
Full Option Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15
Full Option Agreement convertible to Non-Exc . . . $15
Music Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Music Score Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Art Purchase Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Non-Circumvention Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Non-Disclosure Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Short Form Non-Disclosure Agreement . . . . . . . . $2
Development Funding Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Development Money Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Private Placement Memorandum (Reg D). . . . . . . . $99
Subscription Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25
Short Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5

MOVIE JOB DESCRIPTIONS

Hats in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Basic Staff Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Exec VP Operations & Deputy President . . . . $10
President of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Corporate Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
General Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Director of Business Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . $5
VP Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Director of Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Mixmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Director of Data Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Executive Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Director of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Receptionist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Statmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
VP Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Hatting Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Director of Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Ethics Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
VP Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Tax Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Director of Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Key Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Portfolio Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
VP Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Development Executives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Director of Creative Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Story Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Head Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
PitchMaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Veepee of the Universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
True Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Chief Fanatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Geniass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
VP Production Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Production Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Location Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Location Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Key Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Director of Technical Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Senior First Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . $5
Hats in Brief, Producer's Unit . . . . . . . . . . $10
VP Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Packaging Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Line Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Unit Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
First Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Second Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Casting Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Actor/Actress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2
Script Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
PitchMaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Property Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Assistant Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Wardrobe Mistress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Key Makeup Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Hair Stylist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Director of Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Director of Photography (film Style Video) . . . . $5
Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Camera Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Camera Operator (Film syle video). . . . . . . . . $5
First Assistant Cameraman . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
First Assistant Cameraman (Film style video) . . . . $5
Second Assistant Cameraman . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Second Assistant Cameraman (Film style video) . . $5
Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Production Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Video Recordist (Film style video) . . . . . . . . $5
Boomman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Best Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Still Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Floor Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Titles Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Assistant to the Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Senior VP Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10
Director of Market Research . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Sales Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5
Creative Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3
Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1
Director of Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . $5

SAMPLE BUDGETS

Super Low:
$250,000 18-Day super 16mm Shoot . . . . $25
$282,625 18-Day, 35mm Production . . . . . $15

Low:
$452,788 23-Day, 35mm Production . . . . $20
$750,554 23-Day, 35mm Production . . . . . $20

Medium:
$1,297,203 35-Day, 35mm Production . . . . . $25
$5,575,772 45-Day, 35mm Production . . . . . $25

High:
$12,289,792 50-Day, 35mm Production . . . . $30
$37,158,829 60-Day, 35mm Production . . . . $50

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Card Holder Name

Street Address

City, State, Zip

Email Address

Phone

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