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The Business of Film, 3rd Edition
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The Business of Film, 3rd Edition

by Stephen Greenwald, Paula Landry
October 2022
Intermediate to advanced
398 pages
13h 6m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 3 Movie Development

DOI: 10.4324/9781003217480-3

Development is the process of assembling the essential building blocks of a film: a story idea, a script, a director, one or two main cast members (preferably stars), and a budget. The foundation upon which any movie is built is an idea or a story, and studio development personnel, independent producers, directors, actors, and other professionals involved in filmmaking, such as entertainment lawyers and agents, are always seeking ideas and material with the potential to become a movie.

There were 338 new feature films released theatrically in 20201 in the United States, down by nearly a third from 2019, arguably the last “normal” year for the industry, particularly theaters. Roughly one ...

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