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From the sell-out UCLA Film School course on independent producing, this is the aspiring film producer's Bible Based on top producer Peter McAlevey's acclaimed eight-week UCLA course, "Succeeding As An Independent Film Producer", this book is the complete nuts and bolts guide on how to succeed as an independent producer, providing the know-how about each element of the production process, including optioning a property, budgeting, financing, casting, and marketing an independent film. Playing the part of an independent producer, the reader is taught how to take a motion picture property from the option stage to the beginning of principal photography. There are worksheets, checklists, and reading lists as well as mini-lectures from guests of the UCLA course, including Hollywood players Arnold Kopelson (Platoon, Eraser) and Lynda Obst (The Fisher King, Sleepless in Seattle, Contact). Doing for producing what Syd Field's classic Screenplay did for screenwriters, Succeeding As An IndependentFilm Producer deconstructs the process of film producing, making this the one book every aspiring producer must buy. You don't have to enroll at the UCLA Film School to get the benefit of Peter McAlevey's years of experience in the Hollywood trenches; his book tells what works and what doesn't and shows just how to get that coveted "produced by" credit.