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.
