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When a young screenwriter goes online to check out the promotional website for a new poker movie called Rounders, he's shocked to discover how similar it is to a screenplay he wrote a few years earlier and submitted to a number of studios. When he later sees the Miramax-produced film in theaters, he is astonished by the number of overlapping elements, the protagonist playing Texas Hold 'em to pay his way through college while deceiving the girlfriend...
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¿Cómo aparece retratada la justicia en el cine y la televisión que vemos? ¿Qué aparece en la pantalla como la realidad" de tribunales, jueces, fiscales y abogados? Para abordar estas preguntas se propuso a los autores de este libro que escogieran una película, un director o un tema, para examinar aquello que la producción cinematográfica o televisiva nos dicen acerca de la justicia que tenemos.
Dieciocho autores, residentes en siete países,...
3) Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Talent Agreements for Film, TV, and Digital Media (Third Edition)
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The legal resources of studios and networks are legendary, often intimidating independent producers, writers, actors, directors, agents, and others as they try to navigate through the maze of legal details. This invaluable reference presents the interests of talent as well as the point of view of creative executives, producers, entertainment attorneys, agents and managers, and major guilds-making clear the role that each plays in the dealmaking process....
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CHEAP PROTECTION: COPYRIGHT HANDBOOK FOR FILMS is a MUST-HAVE practical and reference book for any filmmaker, producer, director, actor, film student or film teacher to protect the rights, including copyright, in and to a motion picture.
Follow the step-by-step guides and tables to be able to register for a free online account with the U.S. Copyright Office, and to register your films for copyright. Includes major bonus material, including sample...
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How to Create a Successful Photography Business is a comprehensive how-to manual, jam-packed with the secrets to creating a photography business that can generate a stable income. With the most up-to-date, comprehensive information on the photography business, the book addresses the taboo conflict of artist vs. moneymaker and attempts to demystify fantasy from reality.
Etienne encourages photographers to define the subjects they would like...
Etienne encourages photographers to define the subjects they would like...
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Many people discover too late that they need some essential legal documents to deal with common health and end of life issues. Failing to prepare these documents ahead of time can create major legal headaches that often require expensive trips to court to resolve. Written by expert attorneys, "5@55" is a slim, easy-to-read guide to the five most important legal documents you should have by age 55: Healthcare Advance Directive, Living Will, Power of...
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This authoritative guide will help both fledgling and established writers to negotiate the best deal, protect their work, and get fair compensation for it. One of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood provides easy-to-understand, expert advice on all the legal issues involved in the business of screenwriting. He gives an enlightening explanation of the screenwriter's position in the industry and then provides a thorough discussion of...
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This MUST-HAVE film-financing book provides 50 ways for filmmakers, producers, directors, actors, film students and film instructors to utilize in raising money to finance a film, lower the budget and bring the project to fruition.
Bonus information include, a checklist of all 50 ways to finance a film, over 175 film resources, information on preparing a chain of title, details on options and acquisitions of literary material for a film, sources of...
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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, photographic composition has been taught mostly by applying the principles from the field of graphic design. But the factor that distinguishes the work of master photographers is their ability to see and describe scenes visually. This book follows contemporary educational methods used to teach fine arts such as drawing and painting, concentrating on teaching the perception of critical visual elements and...
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Countering the misperceptions about Broadway performers leading glamorous lives, the words of more than 150 Broadway stars provide unprecedented insight into their struggle for stardom. With an introduction by Jason Alexander and candid interviews with today's most celebrated Broadway stars, this book offers stories to entertain and astonish theater lovers, as well as serve as a sobering reality check for those considering careers on the stage. This...
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Technical Theater for Nontechnical People helps actors, directors, stage managers, producers, and event planners understand every aspect of technical theater-from scenery, lighting, and sound to props, costumes, and stage management. In this thoroughly revised new edition, the popular guide firmly embraces the digital age with new content about digital audio, intelligent lighting, LED lighting, video projection, and show control systems, all explained...
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From Gerald Ford's preemptive pardon of Richard Nixon and Donald Trump's claims that as president he could pardon himself to the posthumous royal pardon of Alan Turing, the power of the pardon has a powerful hold on the political and cultural imagination. In Theaters of Pardoning, Bernadette Meyler traces the roots of contemporary understandings of pardoning to tragicomic "theaters of pardoning" in the drama and politics of seventeenth-century England....
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This comprehensive guide will teach you about the exciting new tools available to independent content creators. Gain invaluable knowledge about getting your project on streaming platforms like Netflix and iTunes, how to write, format, prepare and register a script, even where to find amazing resources that the major studios use for a fraction of the cost. And much more!
Written by Tut Thomas, an award-winning writer and director, "The Last Guide to...
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Written by a leading design consultant and carefully updated with the latest information on the industry, this is the essential guide to earning a living, marketing skills, furthering a design career, and operating a business. With more than thirty years of backstage and behind-the-scenes experience in theater, film, television, concerts, and special events, James Moody shares his success secrets for the benefit of design students and working designers....
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Renowned for its unique visual style, Homicide: Life on the Street fundamentally changed the police procedural genre. The show broke records, featured memorable characters, and launched careers-most notably that of David Simon, whose own nonfiction book, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, inspired the series, and who went on to create both The Wire and Treme. Homicide was an anomaly in the 1990s for its honest and open portrayals and discussions...
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In the tradition of Hamilton and Angels in America, a powerful, politically charged, dystopian drama that couldn't be more timely. Written in a "white-hot fury" on the eve of the 2016 election, the stunning new play by Pulitzer Prize– and Tony Award–winning dramatist Robert Schenkkan is creating a nationwide sensation. Bypassing the usual development path for plays, it has been signed up to open in five theaters across America in a National New...
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Getting a good home video is hit-or-miss. Plenty of times, they're dark and fuzzy and Aunt Myrna is washed out and Junior . . . do his eyes always look like that? This unique, accessible guide for living room and classroom provides step-by-step instructions with ten "assignments," plus ideas and information on everything from basic concepts to planning, shooting, and editing, Making Real-Life Videos frees the talents of anyone who has ever wanted...
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CHEAP PROTECTION: COPYRIGHT HANDBOOK FOR SCREENPLAYS is a MUST-HAVE practical and reference book for any veteran or budding writer and screenwriter, filmmaker, producer, director, actor, film student or film teacher to protect the rights, including copyright, in and to screenplays.
Follow the step-by-step guides and tables to be able to register for a free online account with the U.S. Copyright Office, and to register your screenplays for copyright....
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In this accessible and entertaining book, expert Nancy E. Wolff explains copyright, trademark, contracts, and privacy. Real-world examples of cases, laws, and news items torn from today's headlines illustrate the most urgent legal situations faced by photographers: requirements, limits, and enforcement of copyright and trademark; fair use and public domain; first amendment considerations; the law of privacy and publicity; and many more issues. Detailed...
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Negotiating is a crucial skill for anyone running a business, but they don't teach this art in photography school. The Photographer's Guide to Negotiating gives specific tips for negotiating assignment deals, digital and electronic rights, stock photography sales, contracts, purchases, and more. Interviews with an art buyer, a photographer, and a photographer's rep give photographers extra insight-and maybe even the upper hand in many negotiations....
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