Preparing For Takeoff

Illustrations

FIGURES

1.1   Arthur Vincie on day 550 of Found In Time

1.2   The film life cycle

2.1   Your script, like this building, is not quite ready to be shown

3.1   Keeping track of money

3.2   The “Found In Time LLC” resale certificate

4.1   It really does take a village

4.2   The hierarchy of a film shoot

5.1   Your film as a brand

5.2   Different audience segments

5.3   The standard “grid” of a website

6.1   Two pages from Found In Time, after I’d subjected them to some analysis

6.2   A layered look at scenes

7.1   Some concept art photos from Found In Time

7.2   Astoria in Queens

7.3   Concept art from the film

8.1   Preparing for casting

9.1   A typical breakdown sheet, filled out

9.2   Breakdown sheet

9.3   A first draft of a schedule ...