Book description
Understanding the Business of Entertainment: The Legal and Business Essentials All Filmmakers Should Know is an indispensable guide to the business aspects of the entertainment industry, providing the legal expertise you need to break in and to succeed. Written in a clear and engaging tone, this book covers the essential topics in a thorough but reader-friendly manner and includes plenty of real-world examples that bring business and legal concepts to life. Whether you want to direct, produce, write, edit, photograph or act in movies, this book covers how to find work in your chosen field and examines the key provisions in employment agreements for creative personnel. If you want to make films independently, you’ll find advice on where to look for financing, what kinds of deals might be made in the course of production, and important information on insurance, releases, and licenses.
Other topics covered include:
- Hollywood’s growth and the current conglomerates that own most of the media
- How specific entertainment companies operate, including facts about particular studios and employee tasks.
- How studios develop projects, manage production, seek out independent films, and engage in marketing and distribution
- The kinds of revenues studios earn and how they account for these revenues
- How television networks and new media-delivery companies like Netflix operate and where the digital revolution might take those who will one day work in the film and TV business
As an award- winning screenwriter and entertainment attorney, Gregory Bernstein give us an inside look at the business of entertainment. He proves that knowing what is behind filmmaking is just as important as the film itself.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
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SECTION 1 Law and Entertainment
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Chapter 1 Copyright Law
- Introduction
- In the Beginning
- What Works Qualify for Copyright Protection?
- What Can’t Be Copyrighted?
- When Does Copyright Ownership Begin, and What Do You Have to Do to Secure Copyright Ownership?
- What Specific Rights Do Copyright Owners Receive?
- Joint Works
- Work for Hire
- How Long Does Copyright Last?
- Copyright Infringement
- Fair Use
- Chapter 2 Music Copyright
- Chapter 3 Copyright and Piracy
- Chapter 4 International Copyright
- Chapter 5 First Amendment Law
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Chapter 1 Copyright Law
- SECTION 2 Entertainment Companies: Growth and Power
- SECTION 3 What Studios Do
- SECTION 4 Money and Contracts
- SECTION 5 Voices
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Understanding the Business of Entertainment
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2015
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781317680505
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