Understanding the Business of Entertainment: The Legal and Business Essentials All Filmmakers Should Know (American Film Market Presents)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (847 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138775797 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Other topics covered include: Hollywood’s growth and the current conglomerates that own most of the media How specific entertainment companies operate, including facts about particular studios and employee tasks. Whether you want to direct, produce, write, edit, photograph or act in movies, this book covers how to find work in your chosen field and examines the key provisions in employment agreements for creative personnel. If you want to make films independently, you’ll find advice on where to look for financing, what kinds of deals might be made in the course of production, and important information on insurance, releases, and licenses. Written in a clear and engaging tone, this book covers the essential topics in a thorough but reader-friendly manner and includes plenty of real-world examples that bring business and legal concepts to life. Understanding the Business of Entertainment: The Legal and Business Essentials All Filmmakers Should Know is an indispensable guide to the business aspects of the entertainment industry, providing the legal expertise you need to break in and to succeed. How studios develop projects, manage production, seek out independent films, and engage in marketing and distribution The kinds of revenues studios earn and how they account for these revenues How television networks and new media-delivery companies like Netflix operate and where the digital
Upon returning to Los Angeles, he served as the assistant executive director of the Writers Guild of America, West from 2004 until 2006. In 2003, Bernstein took a sabbatical from writing and entered the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a master’s degree in public administration. . After graduating from the UCLA Law School in 1980, Bernstein practice
Amazon Customer said I have it as a good legal reference in my office. The author does a superb job of communicating the legal complexities of the music and film industries. If you are in one of those industries but are not legally or technically minded, this book is for you. If you want to learn the inner workings between the legal and business side of the entertainment industry, look no further. This book would be an immense value to those getting started in the entertainment business. I have it as a good legal refere. "Look No Further!" according to Amena Kamel. Look no further. This is the go to book if you are in any way at all interested in the film industry. The author manages to not only weave you through the ins and outs of how nearly all aspects of the industry operates but also makes you feel as if you are part of it already. Personally, I’ve had enough with reads that make you feel inadequate, like an outsider reading about the most complicated subject ever. Gregory Bernstein’s book here. it is a remarkably easy and informative read Cliff Gardner Given the rather complicated nature of the topics covered in this book, it is a remarkably easy and informative read, and even at times humorous, which I really appreciated. If you want to learn about copyright, or how the media conglomerates operate, or how studios go about developing, distributing movies and revenues, this is a terrific book. The author has experienced the entertainment business from many different perspectives: as a lawyer working
In 2003, Bernstein took a sabbatical from writing and entered the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a master’s degree in public administration. After graduating from the UCLA Law School in 1980, Bernstein practiced entertainment law for two years at O’Melveny & Myers, an international law firm.He then worked for six years as vice-president of business affairs at Columbia and Tri-Star Pictures, negotiating more than a hundred acting, directing, producing, writing, rights, financing and distribution agreements.Following