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The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry, 4th Ed.

Today’s film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that all independent filmmakers must learn to master. The most comprehensive guide to negotiating that obstacle course is The Biz, a highly accessible overview of the industry’s important business, legal and financial aspect. Filled with industry-savoy advice, it clearly explains: The 4th Edition comprehensively updates all chapters. Raising …

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Clearance & Copyright, 4th Edition: Everything You Need to Know for Film and Television

Clearance and Copyright is the industry-standard guide to almost every conceivable rights issue that filmmakers, videomakers, television producers, and Internet content creators might encounter. From the initial acquisition of material through the rights issues that arise during preproduction, production, postproduction, and release, this legalese-free guide–now extensively revised, updated, and expanded–will help you protect yourself and your work from disastrous legal actions. Among this edition’s …

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Dealmaking in the Film & Television Industry: From Negotiations to Final Contracts, 3rd Ed.

“Dealmaking” – the popular, award-winning ‘self-defence’ book for everyone working in the film and television industry – is now updated to include the latest legal rulings and entertainment technology developments. Addressing a general, non-attorney readership, it is a fascinating, highly accessible guide to current entertainment law’s peculiarities, ‘creative’ practices, and practical applications. Armed with this book, filmmakers can …

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The Screenwriter’s Bible, 6th Edition: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Expanded & Updated)

The 20th anniversary edition of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 200,000 copies in its twenty-year life. Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover five books in one!A Screenwriting …

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In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition

In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch’s vivid, multifaceted, thought — provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question — Why do cuts work? — Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he …

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