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Make Your Movie : What You Need to Know About the Business and Politics of Filmmaking.
This book is for anyone interested in the business of breaking into the movies. Learn who the key players are when it comes to getting a movie made and how to navigate the politics of the€filmmaking from start to finish from first pitch to€filling€movie seats. €Understanding how a movie makes money...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Make Your Movie: What You Need to Know About the Business and Politics of Filmmaking; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Section I: First Steps (Before You Even Think of Shooting); Chapter 1: About You; Chapter 2: Who Are These People, and What Do They Do?; It's Easier to Say No; The Players; How It Was; How It Is Now; What Does This All Mean for You?; Chapter 3: It's a Small World After All; If It's About Who You Know and You Don't Know Anybody, What Do You Do?; Why Contacts Are Such a Big Deal; How to Begin Networking (Meeting People); Where Should You Live?
- Film SchoolsInternships; Film Organizations; Helping Out on Other People's Films; More Volunteering; Temping; Finding a Mentor; Learn the Names; The Etiquette of the Meeting; Chapter 4: Relationships and Reputations; Your Reputation and Credibility; Attitude; Cautionary Tale: You're at the Bottom of the Food Chain Until You Aren't; Cautionary Tale #2: Just Because It's in Your Head, It Doesn't Have to Come Out Your Mouth; Chapter 5: Internship and Entry-Level Do's and Don'ts; Chapter 6: This Is a Great Idea, But Is It a Movie?; The Story is Everything; Whose Story Is It?
- What Do Your Characters Want?Three-Act Structure; The Wind Up and The Pitch; Do You Own It?; You Can't Own an Idea; How Do You Protect Your Idea?; Why Ownership Is Important; I Just Read Something Great . . .; Writing with a Partner; How to Find a Writer; How to Persuade the Writer to Work with You; Chapter 7: The Politics of Development; Development Hell; Working with Your Writer; I'll Get Back to You (Getting the Script Read); Before You Send Out the Script; What Happens During Development; The Top Ten Reasons Scripts Are Rejected; Took Too Long to Get Going.
- Didn't Care About the CharactersWriter Didn't Know the World; The Tangents or Subplots Were More Interesting Than the Main Action; Nothing New, Seen It Before; Writer Didn't Know What the Script Was Really About; Loss of Energy in the Second Act; The Stakes Are Not High Enough; Didn't Know How to End It; Why Would Anyone Want to See This Movie?; Chapter 8: Agents and Managers-What's the Difference?; Do You Need an Agent?; Do You Want to Be an Agent?; Managers; Packaging; Who Do You Need on Your Team?; Chapter 9: The Money, Part 1; Where Does the Money Come From?; Finding Angels'.́
- How to Ask for MoneyProduct Placement Money; Completion Bonds; Finding Money and Working with an Attorney-Who Can You Trust?; Section II: Production: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch; Chapter 10: It's a Collaborative Medium-Exactly What Does That Mean?; How Stories Change; Creative Control and Final Cut; Chapter 11: Protecting Yourself and Your Movie; Setting Up a Production Company; Payroll Companies; Why Go Through All This?; Production Insurance; Chapter 12: What People Do, and Who They Do It With; Above and Below the Line; The Team; The Director; The Producer; The Line Producer and UPM.