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The producer's business handbook / John J. Lee, Jr.
LIBRA PN1993.5.U6 L39 2000 1 v. + disc
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, John J., Jr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture industry--United States--Finance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Motion picture industry.
- Motion pictures--United States--Marketing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- Marketing.
- Finance.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Focal Press, [2000]
- System Details:
- System requirements (Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4.0): Intel Pentium (or comparable) processor or higher; minimum 32MB available RAM; SVGA 256-color mofe (or greater); MS Word and Excel to access example documents.
- System requirements (Mac OS 7.6.1 and later): PowerPC; 32MB available RAM; 20MB free disk space; SVGA 256-color mode (or greater); MS Word and Excel to access example documents.
- text file
- Summary:
- A consultant for independent producers and media clients offers filmmakers a comprehensive view of the entertainment business, providing the information and tools to engage in all aspects of development and production financing, and global distribution. The companion CD-ROM features extremely valuable spreadsheets available nowhere else. This interactive CD-ROM also provides examples and exercises using the various worksheets provided.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 How the Motion Picture Industry Functions 1
- Major Participant Categories and Their Functions 1
- Chapter 2 U.S. Theatrical Distributors 17
- The Major and Minor Distributors 17
- Studio Integrity 18
- The Three Studio Arenas 19
- Studio Relationships with Independent Producers 20
- Producer Relationship Comparisons 22
- Worksheet: Producer's Share Analysis 22
- Share Analysis Review 22
- Split Negative Pickup Relationships 27
- Studio Acquisition of a Renegade Picture 27
- The Critical Effect of U.S. Studio Attachment 29
- Chapter 3 Foreign Territories 31
- The Global Popularity of American Motion Pictures 31
- Producer Relationships with Foreign Distributors 35
- Establishing New Foreign Distribution Relationships 37
- Nurturing the Relationship 38
- Foreign Territory License Timing 39
- License Documentation 40
- Foreign Deal Memo Sample 41
- Managing Global Relationships 43
- Foreign Trends 44
- Chapter 4 Ancillary Markets and Rights 45
- The Effect of Theatrically Released Motion Pictures on Other Windows 45
- Audience Sizes in Major Windows 46
- Ancillary Audience Characteristics 47
- Producers Rely on Ancillary Earnings 50
- Video Distribution 51
- Premium Cable Television 52
- Network Television 53
- Free Television Syndication 54
- Other Ancillary Rights 55
- Chapter 5 Entertainment Banking 59
- The Banking Business 59
- Basis of Lending Decisions 60
- The Loan Approval Process 63
- Production Financing Worksheet 63
- Types of Loans 65
- Gap Financing 65
- When to Approach the Bank 65
- Chapter 6 Completion Guarantors 67
- What Completion Guarantees Do 67
- Producers' Perceived and Real Value of Completion Guarantors 68
- Completion Insurance Relationships 69
- The Completion Bond Package 69
- Completion Insurance Cost 70
- Chapter 7 Attorneys, Negotiations, and Entertaiment Law 73
- Attorneys and Their Firms 73
- Producers Performing as Attorneys 74
- Negotiating 75
- Vital Legal Aspects Relating to Story 77
- Deal Memos, Letter Agreements, and Long Form Contracts 82
- The Benefits Associated with the Producer Preparing Deal Documentation 83
- Deal Reviews 83
- The Attorney as Counsel 84
- Dispute Resolutions 85
- Literary Release Sample 86
- Chapter 8 Talent, Agents, and Agencies 89
- The Relationship Evolution 90
- Meetings with Talent and Agents 91
- Attorneys as Agents 92
- Planning the Deal 92
- Development Negotiation 92
- Points Participation 93
- Preparation of a Fair Deal 94
- Agents as Creative Resources 94
- Talent Reserve 95
- The Participation of the Producer's Attorney 95
- Chapter 9 Development, Production, and Producing Company Structures 97
- The Power of Company Structure 97
- The Companies 98
- Chart: Business Structure 98
- Development Company Financing 100
- Securities 101
- Forms of Companies 101
- Chapter 10 Development Financing 103
- The Essential Power of Funded Development 103
- Development Funding Sources 104
- The Process of Securing Development Financing 107
- Worksheet: Activity Projection 108
- Worksheet: Cash Flow Projection 111
- Chapter 11 The Team 117
- The Complete Team 117
- Corporate Structure 118
- Chart: Production Company 119
- Chart: Development Company 119
- The Production Company's Team 122
- The Development Company's Team 123
- Optimizing the Teams 123
- Discovering, Negotiating, and Compensating 123
- Chapter 12 Production Company's Operation 125
- Defining and Establishing the Production Company 126
- The Story Search 126
- Development Company Emphasis 127
- Preparing the Investment Offering 128
- Assembling the Team 128
- Producing the Investment Memorandum 129
- Raising the Development Financing 129
- Investment Partner Communications 130
- Working the Development Plan 130
- Story Selection and Initial Green Lights 133
- Predirector Picture Development 134
- Director Attachment 134
- The Producer/Director Relationship 135
- Shooting Script 136
- Lead Cast Attachment 137
- Preparing for Physical Production 137
- Maturing Marketing Materials 138
- Preparing the Production Bank Financing Facility 138
- The U.S. Studio Distribution Agreement 139
- The Presales 139
- Engaging the Completion Bond 140
- Engaging the Production Bank Loan 140
- Final Preproduction 141
- Principal Photography 142
- Post Production 142
- The Picture's U.S. Branding 142
- The Global Territories and Ancillary Markets 143
- Motion Picture Development and Production Checklist 143
- Chapter 13 The Producer's Business 145
- Multiple Picture Management 145
- Time and Budget Economies 146
- Establishing the Production Company Brand Presence 147
- Sustaining Business, Artistic, and Personal Objective Balance 148
- Managing Library Pictures 149
- Advancing Team Vitality and Allegiance 150
- Chapter 14 Reports, Data, and Producer's Principles 153
- Entertainment Industry Statistics and Reports 153
- Chart: The Most Successful Pictures Ever Released 155
- Chart: Theater Attendance and Earnings by Target Audience 161
- Information Sources 162
- Producer Success Principles 164.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0240803965
- OCLC:
- 43185952
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