''Planning the Low-Budget Film'' is a book by
Robert Latham Brown
Robert Latham Brown (born June 20, 1947) is a film producer, line producer, Unit production manager, production manager, author, and teacher. In his 30-year film career, he has worked with Mel Brooks, George Lucas, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielber ...
describing the processes involved in scheduling and budgeting motion pictures.
Brown is a 30-year veteran of
motion picture production and he uses his experiences on many well-known films to illustrate his points. The book is a wealth of information and covers topics ranging from
breaking down a film script to creating a
budget, finding locations, dealing with the personalities, and hiring the
crew
A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved ...
. It also includes a large appendix, glossary, and index.
Scheduling
The books goes into detail describing a shooting sequence and how to recognize one. This is the unit of the script that is used in scheduling. Brown states that a shooting sequence is a piece of the script that has a single action, uses essentially the same cast throughout its length, is contiguous in time, and can be shot in one place. Borrowing on studies of ancient Greek drama, he calls these the four "unities" of a shooting sequence.
Publication history
* Chalk Hill Books, 2006, paperback ()
* Chalk Hill Books, 2013, paperback ()
2006 non-fiction books
Film production
Books about film
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