The house builds
Business Film Books
Business asks for particular handling. Drakenscroll builds business film books and audio books with that handling written into the plan before a line is recorded.
A business manuscript is argument, evidence and diagrams that must survive the ear. A film book takes the whole work — not an excerpt, not a trailer — and performs it to picture and score, so the story arrives with everything the page had to imply. What that means for business in practice is on-screen figures where the page had a chart.
The rate does not change by genre: twelve percent of the word count for a film book, seven percent for an audio book, one percent per two voices, one percent per five sound effects, fifteen hundred for score selection, cutting and licensing. What changes is the plan — the cast, the pacing, the sound bed and the restraint.
If the work is a series, the house keeps a series bible so a voice, a name and a pronunciation hold across every volume. If the work suits it, a third vessel exists: the Novel-Game, where the reader walks the book a gate at a time.
What authors ask
Can you make a film book from a business manuscript?
Yes. Business is regular work for this house. The plan accounts for on-screen figures where the page had a chart, agreed with you before recording starts.
How much does a business film book cost?
Twelve percent of the word count, plus chosen voices, effects and score. Genre never changes the rate. Price your own manuscript at the Forge and the figure is yours in the open.
Does the film book come with an audio edition?
A matching audio book edition rides with every film book at thirty-three percent of the film book production. An audio book on its own is seven percent of the word count.