Now available as a physical paperback book from Amazon, The Film Production Workshop: Reel-World Advice You Can Use 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 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.