The Biz, 5th Edition

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:

• Raising financing

• Business structuring

• Securities laws

• Budgeting essentials

• Dealing with the guilds

• Loans

• Completion guarantees

• Distribution deals

• Video on demand

• Calculating net profits

• Film-industry accounting practices and contingent payments

• Copyright, publicity, and trademark laws

• Screen credits and talent demands

• Litigation problems

• Bankruptcy

• Taxation of film companies

. . . and much more, including many useful sample forms and agreements.