Fundraising For Low-Budget Films (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463600693)

Dr. Melissa Caudle is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of On the Lot Productions, a Louisiana-based production company. She just recently produced the independent films Dark Blue and Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads. She has created five reality shows including The Baker Girls: Sealed with a Kiss and Hoops: Life off the Court, Darren: Sharper Than Ever, The Ace Mechanic, and Post Season as well as worked on The Girls Next Door and The Little Couple. She is currently in pre-production on the sitcom Under One Roof which will be distributed by Codeblack Entertainment. Besides being a filmmaker, Dr. Caudle is an author with several books and dozens of articles in magazines around the world. She just published The Reality of Reality TV: Reality Show Business Plans (ISBN - 978-1460916988), The Reality of Reality TV Workbook, and 150 Ways to Fund a Reality Show. Her next two books, Funding for Low Budget Films, and The Reality Show Handbook will hit the press in September and October respectively. Dr. Mel's books are available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books A Millin, and at www.therealityofrealitytv.com. Her four part book series on reality TV are in high demand from reality show producers and creators and are fast becoming the "BIBLE" on reality show formatting, guidelines and creating business plans for reality shows. Dr. Mel Caudle holds a PhD in statistical research and administration and is a retired award winning high school principal who came into the television and film production arena in 1986 after she had a shooting at her high school. She is also an award winning screenwriter having placed in the quarterfinals of the prestigious International Page Scriptwriting Contest in both the television and film category with her screenplay Dragonfly Principal. She is also an award winning screenwriter having placed in the quarterfinals of the prestigious International Page Scriptwriting Contest in both the television and film category with her screenplay Dragonfly Principal. Other screenplays include: Never Stop Running, Delete, A.D.A.M. MK-ULTRA, and Secret Romances. She has also co-written other screenplays including Auditing Richard Biggs with Dennis W. Martin, Lost Disciples with Duane Gross, The Angelics with David Repogle and Dreamweaver with Michael Ragsdale. "I love every aspect of the film industry and love the collaborative process that it offers," says Caudle.