[Annotatie]: A guide to the entertainment industry provides for readers trying to break into the business as well as those who have already achieved success and profiles a variety of careers, including agents, stunt artists, and camera operators. Original. 20,000 first printing.[Inhoudsopgave]: CONTENTS Preface Introduction -- What It Takes to Work in the Movie and TV Business Section One WHAT YOU'LL NEED BEFORE YOU START Chapter 1 Be Prepared Training and Experience Talent Courage Patience Common Sense A Good Work Ethic A Little Help from Your Friends Required Reading before You Come to Town Section Two THE PLAYERS Chapter 2 The People Above The Line Above the Line vs. Below the Line Producers Optioning a Screenplay Selling Projects to a Studio Script Breakdowns Directors Actors John's Acting Resume Writers Chapter 3 The People Below The Line Casting Directors Production Assistant First and Second Assistant Director and Second Unit Director Director of Photography Camera Operator, First and Second Assistant Cameramen Gaffer and Best Boy Key Grip Production Sound Mixer Production Designer Set Decorator and Property Master Lead Person and Swing Gang Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Wardrobe Stunt Coordinator Script Supervisor ProductionAccountant Stand-ins and Extras Matte Painter Production Illustrator Visual Effects People A Note about Animation Film Editors Post-Production Sound Composers, Orchestrators, and Musicians Technical Advisers and Researchers Studio Employees A Few Words about Reality Shows Chapter 4 The People Who Do Business Agents Agents vs. Managers Managers Business Managers Lawyers Studio Executives Section Three GETTING STARTED Chapter 5 First Steps Getting Settled Financial Considerations Read the Trades Letting Them Know You're in Town Do I Have Tape or Film of My Work? What about Student Films? Stand-Up Comedy Industrials and Educational Films The Porn Industry Sex and Money Scams Avoiding Scams Special Considerations for Actors Pathways for Directors Pathways for Producers Pathways for Agents Pathways for Lawyers Pathways for Technical People Chapter 6 Getting Trained Acting Teachers and Coaches Apprenticeships and Internships Film Schools Extension Courses and Seminars Chapter 7 The People Who Represent You Agents Getting the Agent to Work for You Managers Power of Attorney Attorneys Three Good Reasons to Meet with an Attorney Chapter 8 The People Who Promote You Photographers Publicists and Press Agents When Should You Add a Publicist to Your Team? Personal Trainers Chapter 9 Unions What Unions Are Involved in the Entertainment Industry? Associations What Do the Unions Have to Do with My Early Career? Getting Your Union Card, That Elusive Catch-22 The Union Card Shuffle Working Non-Union Financial Core Section Four YOUR FIRST REAL JOB What Is a Real Job? Chapter 10 Contractual Issues The Difference Between Movie and Television Contracts Basic Motion Picture Deals TV Deals Compensation for Your First Real Job Payment Scale for Actors Why Actors Love Commercials Scale for Directors and Writers Scale for Below-the-Line People Non-Union Compensation Residuals Credit Is There Anything Else I Can Get This Time Around? Chapter 11 When Will I Work Again? What Happens Between the First and the Next Real Job Surviving the Hard Times Section Five YOUR FIRST BIG BREAK Chapter 12 What Are the Breaks? Chapter 13 Exploiting the Break Who Should Make My Deal and Negotiate My Contract? Should I Change My Agent or Manager? Major Deal Points for the First Big Break Compensation Credit A Credit Primer Shared Writing Credit Multiple Picture and Episode Deals Why A Seven-Year Rule? Most Favored Nations Multiple Pictures with Preemptions Hiatus Should I Incorporate? Why Do They Call It a Loanout? Chapter 14 Avoid Being Exploited Location Fever Don't Get Caught Paying Double The Ego Problem What Price Fame? """"Please Take Off Your Clothes"""" Sexual Harassment The Production-in-Progress Scam Sex, Race, Sexual Orientation, and Age Discrimination Affirmative Action Section Six PROTECTING AND SELLING YOUR CREATIVE WORKS Chapter 15 The Value of Creative Ideas Who Needs to Protect Their Creative Work? Don't I Own All the Work I Create? The Basic Protections Copyright Protection Registration What If You Think Your Work Was Stolen? A Few Rules of Thumb about Life-Story Rights Contract Work for Hire Writers Guild Registration Your Agents and Representatives Selling Your Rights and Getting Them Back Should You Give Someone a Free Option? Section Seven WHEN YOU'VE BECOME A WORKING PROFESSIONAL Chapter 16 Top-Level Contract Issues Do I Really Need to Know All This Stuff? Chapter 17 Now That You've Got the Power to Negotiate Why do Deals Fall Through? Money Issues Profit Participation History of Movie Profit Participation The Hierarchy of Participation Deals Net Profits Summary of How Profits are Calculated Deferments (Accrued before Actual Breakeven) Breakeven Merchandising Tips for Negotiating Your Profit Participation Credit/Name and Likeness Sample Credit Provisions Perquisites Approval Power Real Power Chapter 18 So WhatIs in That Boilerplate? Rights and Moral Rights A (Very) Short Primer on Moral Rights Screen and Advertising Credit Representation Transportation and Living Expenses Suspensions, Strikes, and Other Force Majeure Events Tips on Suspensions Morals Clauses and Other Restrictions Other Gobbledygook Chapter 19 Breaking the Contract Choosing to Break the Contract Getting Fired Section Eight THE RULES OF THE GAME Chapter 20 Motion Picture Production Studio Pictures Negative Costs Negative Pickups Completion Bonds Article 20 Independent Productions Want Someone to Finance Your Film? Marketing and Exhibition Blind Bidding Chapter 21 Television Production That Highway in the Sky Broadcast Television Cable Television Syndication Financial Syndication Rules Who Produces Television? Chapter 22 The Marketplace Festivals and Markets NATPE/NAB Affiliate Meetings Epilogue -- Final Thoughts Appendix -- Suggested Reading List
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