1st Edition
Remote Producing for Film and Video The Off-Site Producer’s Guide to Film, Television, and Live Events
Acknowledgements
Images
Meet the Filmmakers
Introduction
PART 1 REMOTE PRODUCING: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Chapter 1. Development
Chapter 2. Budget and Financing
Chapter 3. Hiring and working with Above the Line personnel
Chapter 4. Pre-Production
Chapter 5. Production
Chapter 6. Tracking the Budget
Chapter 7. Putting out Fires
Chapter 8. Postproduction
Chapter 9. Wrapping Up
PART 2 RELATED COMPETENCIES
Chapter 10. Casting
Chapter 11. Organisation
Chapter 12. Co-producing: the pros and cons of production partnerships
Chapter 13. Editing and Deliverables
Chapter 14. Marketing and Distribution
PART 3 FORMS OF REMOTE COLLABORATION
Chapter 15. Episodic television
Chapter 16. News and Weather
Chapter 17. Sport
Chapter 18. Live entertainment
Chapter 19. Storytelling
Chapter 20. Head of Production
Conclusion
APPENDIX 1 CASE STUDIES
APPENDIX 2 SAMPLE DOCUMENTS
APPENDIX 3 RESOURCES
GLOSSARY OF ESSENTIAL TERMS
INDEX
Biography
Nick Mackintosh-Smith is a bestselling author, film director, producer and actor who lives in Western New York. He is a Contingency Professor at SUNY Fredonia, where he teaches film production. Originally from Bristol, England, Mackintosh-Smith has worked on over 100 movies and TV productions, including the horror movie 8 Graves (2020), fang-favourite comedy The Little Vampire (2000), and the action movie Cold Soldiers (2018).
