All You Need to Know About the Movie and TV Business

Preface = 5 Introduction-What It Takes to Work in the Movie and TV Business = 21 Section One WHAT YOU'LL NEED BEFORE YOU START = 25 Chapter 1 BE PREPARED = 27 　Training and Experience = 27 　Talent = 28 　Courage = 29 　Patience = 30 　Common Sense = 30 　A Good Work Ethic = 30 　A Little Help from Your Friends = 31 Section Two THE PLAYERS = 33 Chapter 2 THE PEOPLE ABOVE THE LINE = 35 　Above the Line vs. Below the Line = 36 　Producers = 37 　Director = 45 　Actors = 47 　Writers = 53 Chapter 3 THE PEOPLE BELOW THE LINE = 57 　Casting Directors = 58 　Production Assistant = 60 　First and Second Assistant Director and Second Unit Director = 61 　Director of Photography = 61 　Camera Operator, First and Second Assistant Cameramen = 62 　Gaffer and Best Boy = 63 　Key Grip = 63 　Production Sound Mixer = 64 　Production Designer = 65 　Set Decorator and Property Master = 65 　Lead Person and Swing Gang = 66 　Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist = 66 　Wardrobe = 66 　Stunt Coordinator = 67 　Script Supervisor = 67 　Production Accountant = 68 　Stand-ins and Extras = 68 　Matte Painter = 69 　Production Illustrator = 69 　Visual Effects People = 69 　Film Editors = 71 　Post-Production Sound = 73 　Composers, Orchestrators, and Musicians = 75 　Technical Advisers and Researchers = 76 　Studio Employees = 76 Chapter 4 THE PEOPLE WHO DO BUSINESS = 79 　Agents = 79 　Managers = 83 　Lawyers = 85 　Studio Executives = 87 Section Three GETTING STARTED = 93 Chapter 5 FIRST STEPS = 95 　Getting Settled = 95 　Financial Considerations = 96 　Letting Them Know You're in Town = 99 　Do I Have Tape or Film of My Work? = 99 　What about Student Films? = 101 　Stand-Up Comedy = 102 　Industrials and Educational Films = 102 　The Porn Industry = 103 　Sex and Money Scams = 104 　Special Considerations for Actors = 107 　Pathways for Directors = 116 　Pathways for Producers = 117 　Pathways for Agents = 118 　Pathways for Lawyers = 118 　Pathways for Technical People = 118 Chapter 6 GETTING TRAINED = 120 　Acting Teachers and Coaches = 120 　Apprenticeships and Interships = 121 　Film Schools = 122 　Extension Courses and Seminars = 123 Chapter 7 THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT YOU = 124 　Agents = 125 　Managers = 131 　Attorneys = 137 Chapter 8 THE PEOPLE WHO PROMOTE YOU = 140 　Photographers = 140 　Publicists and Press Agents = 141 　Pesonal Trainers = 143 Chapter 9 UNIONS = 144 　What Unions Are Involved in the Entertainment Industry? = 144 　Associations = 147 　What Do the Unions Have to Do with My Early Career? = 148 　Getting Your Union Card, That Elusive Catch-22 = 149 　Working Non-Union = 151 Section Four YOUR FIRST REAL JOB = 155 　What Is a Real Job? = 155 Chapter 10 CONTRACTUAL ISSUES = 157 　The Difference Between Movie and Television Contracts = 157 　Basic Motion Picture Deals = 158 　TV Deals = 163 　Compensation for Your First Real Job = 165 　Scale for Actors = 166 　Scale for Directors and Writers = 169 　Scale for Below-the-Line People = 171 　Non-Union Compensation = 173 　Residuals = 173 　Credit = 173 　Is There Anything Else I Can Get This Time Around? = 174 Section Five YOUR FIRST BIG BREAK = 179 Chapter 12 WHAT ARE THE BREAKS? = 181 Chapter 13 EXPLOITING THE BREAK = 183 　Who Should Make My Deal and Negotiate My Contract? = 183 　Should I Change My Agent or Manager? = 184 　Major Deal Points for the First Big Break = 186 　Compensation = 186 　Credit = 188 　Multiple Picture and Episode Deals = 191 　Hiatus = 199 　Should I Incorporate? = 200 Chapter 14 AVOID BEING EXPLOITED = 202 　Location Fever = 202 　Don't Get Caught Paing Double = 203 　The Ego Problem = 203 　What Price Fame? = 204 　"Please Take Off Your Clothes" = 205 　The Production-in-Progress Scam = 208 　Sex, Race, Sexual Orientation, and Age Discrimination = 209 　Affirmative Action = 211 Section Six PROTECTING AND SELLING YOUR CREATIVE WORKS = 213 Chapter 15 THE VALUE OF CREATIVE IDEAS = 215 　Who Needs to Protect Their Creative Work? = 215 　The Basic Protections = 216 　Copyright Protection = 217 　Contract = 225 　Writers Guild Registration = 227 　Your Agents and Representatives = 227 　Selling Your Rights and Getting Them Back = 228 Section Seven WHEN YOU'VE BECOME A WORKING PROFESSIONAL = 235 Chapter 16 TOP-LEVEL CONTRACT ISSUES = 237 Chapter 17 NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE POWER TO NEGOTIATE = 240 　Money Issues = 241 　Profit Participation = 244 　Net Profits = 249 　Deferments(Accrued before Actual Breakeven) = 255 　Breakeven = 256 　Merchandising = 260 　Credit/Name and Likeness = 262 　Perquisites = 267 　Approval Power = 271 　Real Power = 277 Chapter 18 SO WHAT IS IN THAT BOILERPLATE? = 281 　Rights and Moral Rights = 283 　Screen and Advertising Credit = 285 　Representation = 286 　Transportation and Living Expenses = 287 　Suspensions, Strikes, and Other Force Majeure Events = 288 　Morals Clauses and Other Restrictions = 291 　Other Gobbledygook = 293 Chapter 19 BREAKING THE CONTRACT = 296 　Choosing to Break the Contract = 296 　Getting Fired = 297 Section Eight THE RULES OF THE GAME = 299 Chapter 20 MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION = 301 　Studio Pictures = 301 　Negative Pickups = 305 　Article 20 = 308 　Independent Productions = 310 　Marketing and Exhibition = 312 Chapter 21 TELEVISION PRODUCTION = 316 　Broadcast Television = 317 　Cable Television = 319 　Syndication = 320 　Who Produces Television? = 321 Epilogue-Final Thoughts = 326 Appendix-Suggensted Reading List = 329

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