Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"What Linda Stradling doesn't know about production management isn't worth knowing" The Documentary Filmmakers Group
Playing a key role in helping producers to interpret and realise the directors' vision, production managers are responsible for all organisational aspects of TV and film production - from start to finish. Now this essential handbook tells you how it's done. Written by highly experienced production manager and specialist tutor, Linda Stradling, this is a complete guide to the profession. It includes details on self-organisation and the best systems to use, budgets, schedules and cost control, hiring and firing, contracts, insurance, setting up a shoot, dealing with contributors, acquiring copyright, people skills and ethics. So whether you're just starting out or want to improve your knowledge and skills, this is the book for you.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. v)
• Introduction (p. vii)
• 1 The Role of the Production Manager in Documentary and Factual Projects (p. 1)
• 2 Working in Drama (p. 12)
• 3 An Introduction to Budgeting a Documentary (p. 35)
• 4 Scheduling (p. 50)
• 5 Cash Flow - What it is and How to Do it (p. 59)
• 6 A Guide to Essential Documentation (p. 62)
• 7 Systems and Cost Control (p. 67)
• 8 Dealing with the Broadcaster (p. 71)
• 9 Vat and the Production Manager (p. 75)
• 10 Insurance (p. 78)
• 11 Negotiating Contracts, Hiring and Firing (p. 85)
• 12 'Recces', Setting up Shoots and Foreign Filming (p. 92)
• 13 Health & Safety (p. 107)
• 14 Interviewing and the Ethics of the Documentary (p. 115)
• 15 Archive and Copyright (p. 121)
• 16 Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) (p. 132)
• 17 Music: A Brief Guide (p. 139)
• 18 Post Production and Editorial Staff (p. 147)
• 19 Deliverables (p. 154)
• 20 The Other Side of Production Management (p. 159)
• Appendix: help agencies, trade unions, industry jargon and other useful references (p. 165)
• Index (p. 174)