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Feature Film Budgeting by Ken Goldberg Feature Film Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Manual is a step-by-step guide to film budgeting in the $600k to $6.5 Million range. Be it the film student, Line Producer, 1st Assistant Director, or script writer, all will benefit from the easy-to-follow steps on how to create a film budget. This book walks the reader through how to: - find current and future salary rates for every Hollywood Guild - determine Prep and Wrap periods for all crew members - navigate the Guild contracts for easy understanding - analyze salary rates and how they were arrived at - simplify the application of fringe rates (tax percentages). Additionally, sample budgets are presented to reinforce knowledge gained in each chapter through a comprehensive breakdown. Notably, this manual covers films budgeted in the $600,000 to $6.5 Million range. This allows the reader to focus and excel at those budget levels before moving on to higher budget levels.
eBook Technology and the Making of Experimental Film Culture by John Powers
Providing a wealth of new detail about the making of canonized avant-garde classics by such luminaries as Carolee Schneemann, Jack Smith, and Stan Brakhage, as well as rediscovering works from overlooked artists such as Chick Strand, Amy Halpern, and Gunvor Nelson, Technology and the Making of Experimental Film Culture uses technology as a lens for examining the process of making: where ideas come from, how they are put into practice, and how arguments about those ideas foster cultural and artistic commitments and communities.
eBook David Lynch: Blurred Boundaries by Anne Jerslev
David Lynch: Blurred Boundaries offers a view of Lynch's total work, in which one medium or genre is no more important than the other. It discusses the ways in which Lynch has worked throughout his career with different art forms and has right from the start experimented with the blurring of boundaries between media and genres.

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Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival
BIPOC TV & Film: Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in TV & Film
Founded with the mission to break down the barriers that Indigenous, Black, and racialized creators face in the industry, we are dedicated to building an inclusive and equitable future where every voice is heard and valued.
Hot Docs
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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