Introduction to the dealmaking process -- Rights acquisitions agreements -- Feature writer employment deals -- Television writer/producer agreements -- Feature film and television director agreements -- Film producers -- Feature actor agreements -- Television actor deals -- Crew…
"The last two decades have seen a rapid increase in the production and consumption of video by both professionals and amateurs. The near ubiquity of devices with video cameras and the rise of sites like YouTube have lead to the growth and transformation of the practices of produ…
"Recent years have seen an explosive growth in the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular novels, films or television series. Places of the Imagination presents a timely and insightful analysis of this form of media tourism, exploring the question of how best to ex…
Places of the Imagination presents a timely and insightful analysis of the increasing popularity of media tourism within contemporary culture. Drawing on extensive empirical and interview material, this book examines the representation of landscapes in popular narratives that ha…
"Postproduction encompasses all steps that take place between production and final delivery. Guide to Postproduction for TV and Film is the definitive how-to book, desk reference, and complete resource guide for associate producers, postproduction supervisors, and independent fi…
Analysing key commercials over the decades that feature new technologies and film aesthetics that were subsequently adopted by feature filmmakers, the text establishes the television commercial as a vital form of film art.
"Television production is about storytelling and communicating your vision. It is not merely a matter of knowing which buttons to press, but how to influence and persuade your audience, hold their attention, develop their interest, and kindle their emotions... Offers a practical…
Production Studies, The Sequel! is an exciting exploration of the experiences of media workers in local, global, and digital communities-from prop-masters in Germany, Chinese film auteurs, producers of children's television in Qatar, Italian radio broadcasters, filmmakers in Eth…
This book focuses on the people-such as television set assemblers, talent scouts, and community regulators-who produce television but are not acknowledged as production workers within Hollywood s industrial hierarchies.
Below the Line illuminates the hidden labor of people who not only produce things that the television industry needs, such as a bit of content or a policy sound bite, but also produce themselves in the service of capital expansion. Vicki Mayer considers the work of television se…
