Jon M. Garon 
The Independent Filmmaker’s Law and Business Guide : Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent and Digital Films [PDF ebook] 
Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent and Digital Films

Preparing independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organizational questions that can doom a project if unanswered, this guide demystifies issues such as developing a concept, founding a film company, obtaining financing, securing locations, casting, shooting, granting screen credits, distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film. Updated to include digital marketing and distribution strategies through You Tube or webisodes, it also anticipates the ’problems’ generated by a blockbuster hit: sound tracks, merchandizing, and licensing. Six appendices provide sample contracts, copyright forms and circulars, Writer’s Guild of America definitions for writing credits, and studio contact information.