The Content Production Business

Legal, Economic and Creative Basics for Producers

Steve Levitan

• Publisher: Focal Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032460161
• eBook ISBN: 9781000982732
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

This book goes beyond the technical steps in the process of making film, TV, and media material, examining what it means to be an ongoing supplier of content to the marketplace and how to become one. Steve Levitan brings insights and experience from his lifelong career producing in the content industry, where he has also acted as a professional advisor to content makers, distributors and providers, whilst setting up his own production company.

Producing as a Business offers strategic, tactical, financial, legal and marketing insights for the successful establishment of content creation enterprises. Readers will gain insight into how to avoid starting from square one with each project, while also learning how to maintain a meaningful level of ownership and build a revenue stream that can sustain a core operation, helping establish them as a "player" in the industry. This text is aimed at the international production industry, with real examples referred to throughout.

Film, television, and media production students who are looking to understandthe business of producing, as well as first-time producers who are already familiar with the basics of the production process, will benefit from an examination of the building blocks that form lasting production companies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsement Page
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. – Storytelling and Technology
• Chapter 2. – The Basics – What You Need to Know
• Chapter 3. – Starting Up
• Chapter 4. – Basics of Business Plans and Operating Plans
• Chapter 5. – Business Development
• Chapter 6. – Monetizing Rights, Managing Revenue Streams
• Chapter 7. – Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Chapter 8. – Mistakes to Avoid
• Chapter 9. – Conclusion
• Glossary
• Exhibit Examples of Exploitation Rights to Audio-Visual Content
• Exhibit Key Creative Point System for Canadian Content Status
• Exhibit Treaty Coproduction Agreements – Basic Terms
• Exhibit List of Media conferences, Festivals and Trade Shows
• Distribution Agreement Deal Memo
• Option to Purchase Rights Deal Memo
• Exhibit Broadcast Commitment Deal Memo
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Index