Produced by ... is an A-to-Z guide to producing movies, whether they are large-budget studio-backed productions or low-budget independents. Logically organized to follow a film's usual timeline from conception to birth, this is a completely revised and updated edition of Lazarus's The Film Producer.
- ['DEVELOPMENT: Acquisition of materials, choosing and working with writers, working with agents, working with studios, financing outside the studio system', 'PREPRODUCTION: Roles and duties of the film crew and the producer's team, budgeting, casting, shooting schedules', 'PRODUCTION: Managing the movie and its budget, choosing and working with a director, production politics', 'POSTPRODUCTION: Postproduction process, postproduction budget and schedule, editor's cut, director's cut, resolving creative disagreements', 'MARKETING: Understanding the many facets of domestic and foreign distribution, developing and implementing marketing strategies, doing market research, previews, advertising, using the Internet.']
- ['DEVELOPMENT: Acquisition of materials, choosing and working with writers, working with agents, working with studios, financing outside the studio system', 'PREPRODUCTION: Roles and duties of the film crew and the producer's team, budgeting, casting, shooting schedules', 'PRODUCTION: Managing the movie and its budget, choosing and working with a director, production politics', 'POSTPRODUCTION: Postproduction process, postproduction budget and schedule, editor's cut, director's cut, resolving creative disagreements', 'MARKETING: Understanding the many facets of domestic and foreign distribution, developing and implementing marketing strategies, doing market research, previews, advertising, using the Internet.']
