Research Catalog

Title

Working in Hollywood / Alexandra Brouwer, Thomas Lee Wright.

Author

Brouwer, Alexandra

Publication

New York : Crown Publishers, ©1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

Wright, Thomas Lee, 1953-

Description

xii, 546 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Now appearing for the first time ever: Working in Hollywood, the definitive book that reveals how major studio movies are made, from the first glimmer of an idea to the final cut, to sales and marketing. Here is moviemaking told in the words of the people who do it: the deal makers, directors, artists, craftspeople, technicians, and executives. Who selects what movies get made? Who engineers the deals in today's high-powered Hollywood--and who pays? Who casts, designs, constructs, organizes, and edits movies today, and how does the day-to-day process work? What's a foley artist or a color timer? Who creates the visual effects, the sound, the publicity? Who sells a movie, and how is it marketed and distributed? The hands-on experts in Working in Hollywood answer these and thousands of other questions. Working in Hollywood goes beyond movie credits to tell the true-life stories of how movies are made. Tracing the filmmaking process from conception to shooting, cutting, and final release of the film, the book's contributors vividly describe their trade while sharing anecdotes about their daily lives in a tough, demanding, and ever-changing business."--Jacket.

Subject

• Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles
• Motion pictures > Production and direction
• Economic history
• Motion picture industry
• Filmschaffender
• Erlebnisbericht
• Filmindustrie
• Filmproductie
• Filmregie
• Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Economic conditions
• California > Los Angeles
• California > Los Angeles > Hollywood
• Los Angeles- Hollywood

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

THE HELMSMEN. Head of production / Mike Medavoy ; Producer / Kathleen Kennedy ; Screenwriter / Alvin Sargent ; Director / Taylor Hackford -- THE DEAL. Agent / Jeremy Zimmer ; Business affairs executive / Wm. Christopher Gorog ; Entertainment attorney / Tom Hansen -- THE GUARDIANS. Story editor / Dan Bronson ; Titles registrar / Dan Furie ; Script supervisor / Meta Wilde -- THE MONEY. Production manager / C.O. "Doc" Erickson ; Auditor / Sandra Rabins -- THE TALENT. Casting director / Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins ; Dialect coach / Robert Easton ; Stunt coordinator / Kerry Rossall ; Choreographer / Jeffrey Hornaday ; Studio teacher / Adria Later ; Animal trainer / Clint Rowe -- THE LOOK. Production designer / Polly Platt ; Set designer / David Klassen ; Set decorator / Marvin March ; Property master / Emily Ferry ; Lead man / swing gang / Paul Meyerberg ; Costume designer / Rosanna Norton ; Key costumer / Jim Tyson ; Makeup artist / Ben Nye Jr. ; Hair stylist / Lynda Gurasich -- THE ARTISTS. Production illustrator / Ed Verreaux ; Matte painter / Albert Whitlock -- THE MOVERS. Production coordinator / Lisa Cook ; Construction coordinator / George Stokes ; First assistant director / David Sosna ; Second assistant director / Victoria Rhodes ; Transportation coordinator / Dan Marrow ; Location manager / Ron Quigley ; Caterer / Steve Michaelson ; Wrangler / Rudy Ugland -- THE CAMERA. Key grip / Tom Ramsey ; Gaffer / Steve Mathis ; Director of photography / Laszlo Kovacs ; Camera operator / Walt Lloyd -- THE PRINT. Film editor / Freeman and Carmel Davies ; Negative cutter / Diane Jackson ; Color timer / Aubrey Head ; Titles and optical effects coordinator / Richard Gernand ; Studio projectionist / Sal Olivas --THE MAGICIANS. Visual effects producer / Richard Edlund ; Visual effects researcher / Jonathan Erland ; Special makeup designer / Chris Walas ; Model and miniature builder / Greg Jein ; Creature design / Carlo Rambaldi -- THE SOUND. Production sound mixer / Jim Webb ; Boom operator / Forrest Williams ; Supervising sound editor / Cecelia Hall ; Rerecording mixer / Robert "Buzz" Knudson ; Composer / Bill Conti ; Music editor / Richard Stone ; Scoring mixer / Dan Wallin -- THE FURY. Unit publicist / Stanley Brossette ; Still photographer / Ralph Nelson -- THE SALESMEN. Acquisitions executive / Henry Seggerman ; Distribution executive / Leo Greenfield ; Marketing executive / Sidney Ganis ; Theater owner / Henry Plitt.

ISBN

• 0517574012
• 9780517574010

LCCN

89022092

OCLC

• ocm20167794
• 20167794
• SCSB-1896992

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library