The producer's business handbook / John J. Lee, Jr. and Rob Holt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, John J., author.

Contributor:

Holt, Rob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--United States.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Producer's Business Handbook provides a model for making a successful business of independent filmmaking. It will give you a comprehensive understanding of the business of entertainment and supply you with the information and tools you'll need to successfully engage all related aspects of global production and exploitation. The handbook also provides a global orientation to the relationships that the most successful producers have with the various participants in the motion picture industry. This includes how producers direct their relationships with domes

Contents:

Cover; The Producer's Business Handbook; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 How the Motion Picture Industry Functions; Major Participant Categories and Their Functions; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 2 U.S. Theatrical Distributors; The Major and Minor Distributors; Studio Integrity; The Three Studio Arenas; Studio Relationships with Independent Producers; Producer Relationship Comparisons; Share Analysis Review; Split Negative Pickup Relationships; Studio Acquisition of a Renegade Picture; Chapter Postscript; The Critical Effect of U.S. Studio Attachment

Chapter 3 International TerritoriesThe Global Popularity of American Motion Pictures; Producer Relationships with International Distributors; Establishing New International Distribution Relationships; Nurturing the Relationship; International Territory License Timing; License Documentation; Managing Global Relationships; International Trends; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 4 Ancillary Markets and Rights; The Effect of Theatrically Released Motion Pictures on Other Windows; Audience Sizes in Major Windows; Ancillary Audience Characteristics; Producers Rely on Ancillary Earnings

The First Ancillary Window: Video DistributionThe Second Ancillary Window: Premium Cable Television; The Third Ancillary Window: Network or Cable Television Premiere; The Fourth Ancillary Window: Free Television Syndication; Other Ancillary Rights; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 5 Entertainment Banking; The Banking Business; Basis of Lending Decisions; The Loan Approval Process; Production Financing Worksheet; Types of Loans; Gap Financing; When to Approach the Bank; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 6 Completion Guarantors; What Completion Guarantees Do

Producers' Perceived and Real Value of Completion GuarantorsCompletion Insurance Relationships; The Completion Bond Package; Completion Insurance Cost; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 7 Attorneys, Negotiations, and Entertainment Law; Attorneys and Their Firms; Producers Performing as Attorneys; Negotiating; Vital Legal Aspects Relating to the Story; Deal Memos, Letter Agreements, and Long Form Contracts; The Benefits Associated with the Producer Preparing Deal Documentation; Deal Reviews; The Attorney as Counsel; Dispute Resolutions; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 8 Talent, Agents, and Agencies

The Relationship EvolutionMeetings with Talent and Agents; Attorneys as Agents; Planning the Deal; Development Negotiation; Points Participation; Preparation of a Fair Deal; Agents as Creative Resources; Talent Reserve; The Participation of the Producer's Attorney; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 9 Development, Production, and Producing Company Structures; The Power of Company Structure; The Companies; Company Interrelationships; Development Company Financing; Securities; Forms of Companies; Chapter Postscript; Chapter 10 Development Financing; The Essential Power of Funded Development

Development Funding Sources

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611008833

9781136050503

1136050507

9781281008831

1281008834

9780080480411

0080480411

9781423763550

1423763556

OCLC:

780982393