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Filmmakers and Financing, 9th Edition
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Filmmakers and Financing, 9th Edition

by Louise Levison
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced
308 pages
7h 38m
English
Routledge
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2 The CompanyWho, What, When, Where, and Why?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003166368-3

To open a business is easy; to keep it open is difficult.

—CHINESE PROVERB

STARTING IS EASY

To start a business, all you need to do is choose a name and have a phone; ergo, you are in business. To be successful, though, a business involves much more. A company, according to the American College Dictionary, is “a number of people united for a joint action … a band, party, or troop of people.” The lone screenwriter is an island of self-absorption; the filmmaker is king—long live the king! When they become the producer of even one film, though, they are running a business.

Running a business embodies a totally different set of skills. It is a special kind of collaboration ...

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