Description
Gain a comprehensive understanding of the business of entertainment and learn to successfully engage in all aspects of global production with the revised and updated 4th edition of The Producer's Business Handbook. Learn how to cultivate relationships with key industry players including domestic and foreign studios, agencies, attorneys, talent, completion guarantors, banks, and private investors.
This edition has been updated to include the latest opportunities presented by changing technology and their impact on the producer's ability to brand, monetize, finance and globally release content. Also included is new information on audience, earning, distribution and funding opportunities created by the explosive growth of VR, AR, 360 and gaming, as well as the rapid conversion to OTT.
Additional features include:
- Completely updated production financing worksheets - an essential tool for producers;
- Expanded information for low-budget independent producers, internationally-based producers, producers using government funding, and film school students alike;
- Coverage of China's changing entertainment landscape, including their entertainment consumption, their commitment to produce content for the big global territories, and more;
- New, full-color illustrations and graphics that provide a visual representation of complex topics.
Author: John J. Lee Jr, Anne Marie Gillen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/30/2017
Pages: 412
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781138050938
ISBN10: 1138050938
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | General
- Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications
About the Author
John J. Lee, Jr. successfully led the vision, launch and expansion of several entertainment and media entities and provided business, funding and distribution services for scores of major studio-released motion pictures, television network series and specials, with combined production costs of over $470 million and global rights earnings exceeding $4 billion.
Anne Marie Gillen is an independent producer who has developed, financed, and produced films ranging from studio fare, like Fried Green Tomatoes, to passion projects to low-budget indies. As an executive, she served as COO for actor Morgan Freeman's company, Revelations Entertainment. Gillen Group's consulting division offers business planning, script analysis, worldwide distribution consultation, and cash flow projections.
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