Description:Making a movie may be part art and part science, but it's 100 percent business. In this comprehensive and accessible guide, Kelly Charles Crabb shares the information necessary to understand the legal and financial challenges involved in getting a film from story to the silver screen and beyond. Drawing on over twenty years of experience in the entertainment industry, as both lawyer and producer, Crabb reveals his insider's knowledge on: Understanding copyright and intellectual property lawObtaining financial backingSelecting and hiring the key playersOverseeing the filmingLocking in the theatrical, home video, and TV distributionUnderstanding merchandise licensingand everything else you need to know to make a serious run at producing and exploiting a movie. Offering hands-on illustrations from actual movie contracts to show how the basic deals for each of the many stages are assembled, the author explains in plain and simple terms what the contracts contain and why. It gives the big picture and the finer points of movie making -- from concept to raking in the last dollar after the film is completed. While it may not transform you into a lawyer or an industry accountant -- and that's not what you want anyway -- it will take you through all the business and legal principles you need to know to be a successful and knowledgeable professional producer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and Financial Secrets of Getting Your Movie Made. To get started finding The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and Financial Secrets of Getting Your Movie Made, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
528
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Simon Schuster
Release
2005
ISBN
0743284623
The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and Financial Secrets of Getting Your Movie Made
Description: Making a movie may be part art and part science, but it's 100 percent business. In this comprehensive and accessible guide, Kelly Charles Crabb shares the information necessary to understand the legal and financial challenges involved in getting a film from story to the silver screen and beyond. Drawing on over twenty years of experience in the entertainment industry, as both lawyer and producer, Crabb reveals his insider's knowledge on: Understanding copyright and intellectual property lawObtaining financial backingSelecting and hiring the key playersOverseeing the filmingLocking in the theatrical, home video, and TV distributionUnderstanding merchandise licensingand everything else you need to know to make a serious run at producing and exploiting a movie. Offering hands-on illustrations from actual movie contracts to show how the basic deals for each of the many stages are assembled, the author explains in plain and simple terms what the contracts contain and why. It gives the big picture and the finer points of movie making -- from concept to raking in the last dollar after the film is completed. While it may not transform you into a lawyer or an industry accountant -- and that's not what you want anyway -- it will take you through all the business and legal principles you need to know to be a successful and knowledgeable professional producer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and Financial Secrets of Getting Your Movie Made. To get started finding The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and Financial Secrets of Getting Your Movie Made, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.