The first, most crucial step in making a film is finding the funds to do it. Let Louise Levison, who wrote the innovative business plan for "The Blair Witch Project," show you how. Whether you're planning a feature, short, documentary, or large format film, this unique guide teaches you how to create a business plan that can be presented to a potential investor. In jargon-free terms, the author leads you through every step.

    Each chapter concentrates on a different section of the business plan, including the industry, marketing, financing, distribution. There are supplementary exercises and spreadsheets on the CD workbook so you get comfortable crunching the numbers--no math degree required!

    The fifth edition contains completely revised and updated industry data, updated information on the market for short films, as well as a new chapter on nontraditional films such as documentaries.

1. Executive Summary
2. The Company
3. The Films
4. The Industry
5. The Markets
6. Markets Part 2 : The Nontraditional Film
7. Distribution
8. Risk Factorys
9. Financing
10. The Financial Plan
11. Sample Business Plan for a Financial Company
12. Short Film Distribution

Author
"Louise Levison" is president and founder of Business Strategies, a ten-year old business plan/venture capital financing consulting firm.