The Movie Business Book, Third EditionJason E. Squire Drawing from a variety of experts in an industry that has seen major technological advances since the second edition, The Movie Business Book, Third Edition, offers the most comprehensive, authoritative overview of this fascinating, global business. A must-read for industry newcomers, film students and movie buffs, this new edition features key movers and shakers, such as Tom Rothman, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment; Michael Grillo, head of Feature Film Production at DreamWorks SKG; Sydney Pollack; Mel Brooks; and many others. A definitive sourcebook, it covers nuts-and-bolts details about financing, revenue streams, marketing, DVDs, globalization, the Internet and new technologies. All of this -- and more -- is detailed in this new edition of the classic Movie Business Book. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Producer | 14 |
The Director | 25 |
The Collision of Art and Money | 39 |
The Independent Filmmaker | 49 |
The Screenwriter | 60 |
The Literary Agent | 72 |
The Story Editor | 83 |
Production Management | 232 |
Production Paperwork | 250 |
Movies for Television | 271 |
MARKETING | 282 |
Market Research | 300 |
Film Festivals and Markets | 315 |
THE REVENUE STREAMS | 332 |
THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION | 362 |
Exploiting BookPublishing Rights | 91 |
Movies Money and Madness | 100 |
Elements of Feature Financing | 117 |
VentureCapital Strategy and the FilmDallas Model | 128 |
Analyzing Movie Companies | 138 |
A Chairmans View | 148 |
New Rules of the Game | 160 |
The Film Company as FinancierDistributor | 167 |
The Independent Spirit | 174 |
Business Affairs | 194 |
The Completion Guarantee | 207 |
The Talent Agent | 222 |
Independent Distribution | 375 |
The Exhibition Business | 386 |
The Independent Exhibitor | 401 |
Home Video Business | 408 |
The Video Retailer | 418 |
MadeforVideo Movies | 437 |
Consumer Products | 446 |
The Global Markets | 458 |
Overseas Tax Incentives and Government Subsidies | 483 |
Past Present and Future | 498 |
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