A Step-by-Step Guide for Writing Business Plans for Film.

Focuses on the film industry as a whole, which incorporates popular (mainstream) fiction films (usually) in English, non English language fiction films, documentary films and art house films. This book highlights other successful film industries, such as Korea, Nigeria and India.

Nordic National Cinemas explores the film histories and cultures of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. The authors trace the twentieth-century development of each country's domestic film production and audiences.

* The definitive account of how political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade * Based on extensive interviews and research, this is a real eye-opener on the generation of actors who found their livelihood ruined by being 'blacklisted'

The Warner Bros story is the history of Hollywood. No other studio has had more legendary films, more stars, or more influence on the course of Hollywood. Filmmakers like Martin Scorcese and Stanley Kubrick made history on the lot. This book gives greatest movie studio in history.

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Traces the history of film production in Northern Ireland from the beginnings of a local film industry in the 1920s and 1930s, when the first Northern Irish 'quota quickies' were made, through the propaganda films of the 1940s and 1950s and on to the cinema of the 'Troubles'.

Demystifies the legal and commercial implications of a film from start to finish. This book provides a survey of each of the processes and players involved, and analyses of the legal and commercial issues faced by all of the participants in a film financing transaction.

The most up-to-date account of the global film industry that is Hollywood. Extensively and substantially revised.

This is the true story of how J Parnell Thomas, chairman of the Committee (the House of Representatives version of Senator Joseph McCarthy's witchhunts) made a national name for himself by ruining the lives of hundreds of people in the movie industry. Two years later, Thomas would be jailed for embezzling government money, but in August 1953 he was riding high. 'Hollywood on Trial' relates the ...

As World War II wound down in 1945 and the cold war heated up, the skilled trades that made up the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) began a tumultuous strike at the major Hollywood studios. This book probes the motives and actions of all the players to reveal the full story of the CSU strike and the resulting lockout of 1946.

Covers the essentials of the business, from checklists and sample pre-production and post production schedules to contracts and company policies relating to insurance, talent management, and even customs and immigration details. This book contains necessary forms including SAG, DGA, and WGA forms, together with standard production forms.

True Stories From a Life in the Screen Trade.

Provides a model for making a business of independent filmmaking. This book gives you an understanding of the business of entertainment and supplies you with the information and tools you'll need to engage the related aspects of global production and exploitation.

Since the earliest days of the American film industry, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck through intimidation, threats and violence. From the 1930s, Mafia figures such as Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti have tried to infiltrate the studio lot and exert their control. This work discloses the secret history of Hollywood and the Mafia.

Focuses on the cooperation between Hong Kong and Japanese cinema from the Sino-Japanese War, which broke out in the 1930s, up until the early 1970s, to re-evaluate the significance of this event in the context of Asian film history.

In the many accounts of MGM's studio history, little is mentioned of its connections with cinema exhibition. This work presents an outline of the California studio, the later international and UK circuit's heritage better known for productions such as Ben Hur and The Wizard of Oz .

Waterman argues that the movie studios have multiplied their revenues by effectively using pay television and home video media to extract the maximum amounts that individual consumers are willing to pay to watch the same movies in different venues.