Make Your Movie

Her career began as Asst to the Senior VP of Worldwide Production at Tri-Star Pictures and continued as Coordinator/Production Supervisor on projects for CBS, NBC, Disney, TNT, Showtime, Hearst Entertainment, Hallmark, 20th Century Fox, and more. Currently Chair of the Film Division of Chapman University.

First Steps (Before You Even Think of Shooting); Chapter 1 About You; Chapter 2 Who Are These People, and What Do They Do?; Chapter 3 It’s a Small World After All; Chapter 4 Relationships and Reputations; Chapter 5 Internship and Entry-Level Do’s and Don’ts; Chapter 6 This Is a Great Idea, But Is It a Movie?; Chapter 7 The Politics of Development; Chapter 8 Agents and Managers—What’s the Difference?; Chapter 9 The Money, Part 1; Production; Chapter 10 It’s a Collaborative Medium—Exactly What Does That Mean?; Chapter 11 Protecting Yourself and Your Movie; Chapter 12 What People Do, and Who They Do It With; Chapter 13 A Producer’s Life; Chapter 14 The Director, the First AD, and the UPM; Chapter 15 Decisions, Decisions; Chapter 16 Union or Non?; Chapter 17 May be We Should Go to Canada, or Someplace Else; Chapter 18 Who Is in Your Movie; Chapter 19 Prep; Chapter 20 Production; Chapter 21 A Day in the Life of a Production; It’s Just Beginning to Be a Movie Postproduction; Chapter 22 After the Smoke Clears; Chapter 23 Music; What Are You Doing Saturday Night?; Chapter 24 The Money, Part 2; Chapter 25 Will Anybody Ever See My Movie?; Chapter 26 Festivals; Chapter 27 The Glory; Chapter 28 Other Little (and Not So Little) Things That You Should Know; Chapter 29 Remember What Mom Taught You; Chapter 30 Now What?; Chapter 31 Out Takes;