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Producing: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
Jon Lewis
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Description for Producing: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
Paperback. Editor(s): Lewis, Jon. Series: Behind the Silver Screen. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Producers raise money and supervise development, they procure a script or book or 'pre-sold property' (like Harry Potter or Batman) & more. This book is all about what producers have actually done during Hollywood's history, delving into the careers of the exemplary figures, from Irving Thalberg to the multiple co-producers of 7 Years a Slave. This is also a great introduction to the ways in which the Hollywood industry works as a business; producers are at the money, business end and their work runs through the entire process of getting a movie onto the screen - or failing to do ... Read more
Producers raise money and supervise development, they procure a script or book or 'pre-sold property' (like Harry Potter or Batman) & more. This book is all about what producers have actually done during Hollywood's history, delving into the careers of the exemplary figures, from Irving Thalberg to the multiple co-producers of 7 Years a Slave. This is also a great introduction to the ways in which the Hollywood industry works as a business; producers are at the money, business end and their work runs through the entire process of getting a movie onto the screen - or failing to do ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Behind the Silver Screen Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784534356
SKU
V9781784534356
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About Jon Lewis
Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at Oregon State University. His books include The Road to Romance and Ruin: Teen Films and Youth Culture; The New American Cinema; Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle over Censorship Saved the Modern Film Industry, and The Godfather in bfi Film Classics.
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