{"id":11574,"date":"2014-07-19T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T21:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=11574"},"modified":"2024-08-28T12:43:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:43:40","slug":"language-of-film-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Language of Film: Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>see also: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film-marketing\">Marketing<\/a><br \/>\nTimely News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2016\/12\/the-best-movie-posters-of-2016.html\">Best Movie Posters of 2016<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/la-en-indie-financing-20151229-story.html\"><br \/>\nWith Indy Films, \u00a0Creativity Starts With Financing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-12-27\/-star-wars-the-force-awakens-crosses-1-billion-in-sales?cmpid=google&amp;google_editors_picks=true\">Star Wars: The Force Awakens Crosses $1 Billion Sales<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/03\/06\/10-highest-grossing-scifi-films\/?xid=gn_editorspicks&amp;google_editors_picks=true\"><br \/>\n10 Highest Grossing Sci-Fi Films Of All Time<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/insidemovies.ew.com\/2014\/03\/16\/is-kickstarter-movie-financings-future\/\"><br \/>\n&#8216;Veronica Mars&#8217; and Kickstarter:<\/a>\u00a0Is this the future of movie financing?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2014\/01\/28\/frozen-tops-nemo-as-highest-grossing-original-animated-film\">Frozen Tops Nemo as Highest Grossing Original Animated\u00a0Film<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saukvalley.com\/2013\/12\/27\/poised-for-best-ever-box-office-year\/alaca33\/\">2013 Poised to Be Best Box Office Year Ever<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/01\/magazine\/how-does-the-film-industry-actually-make-money.html\">How Does The Film Industry Actually Make Money?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2341168\/Spielberg-warns-tier-pricing-structure-movies-tickets-blockbusters-rising-25-dollars-films-cost-7-dollars.html\">Director predicts change in film admission prices<\/a><br \/>\n<span id=\"role_document\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/The-Culture\/Culture-Cafe\/2012\/0314\/Hunger-Games-and-Twilight-duel-for-opening-grosses\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/The-Culture\/Culture-Cafe\/2012\/0314\/Hunger-Games-and-Twilight-duel-for-opening-grosses\">&#8216;Hunger Games&#8217; and &#8216;Twilight&#8217; duel for opening grosses<\/a><\/span><span id=\"role_document\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/movies\/news\/story\/2012-03-01\/box-office-surge-brings-hope-for-2012\/53306842\/1\">Box office is booming despite lackluster film slate<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myce.com\/news\/study-movie-studios-inflate-early-box-office-numbers-to-attract-viewers-58939\/\">Study: Movie studios inflate early box office numbers\u00a0<\/a>(February 2012)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eon.businesswire.com\/news\/eon\/20120216005565\/en\/Box-office-revenue\/Hollywood\/film-studios\">link<\/a>\u00a0to press release<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b054cbnp\">Business of Film<\/a> (BBC Podcast)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/\">Box Office Data<\/a>\u00a0(The Numbers)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boxofficemojo.com\/\">Box Office Mojo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/etc\/programs\/tb\">The Business<\/a>\u00a0(KCRW)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skillset.org\/film\/business\/index.html\">The Business: Understanding Filmmaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anomalousmaterial.com\/movies\/2010\/03\/the-cost-of-making-a-hollywood-movie\/\">The Cost of Making A Hollywood Movie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/opinion\/2016\/11\/11\/the-movie-marketing-blog-the-five-weirdest-rogue-one-star-wars-story-products-so\">The Drum: Movie Marketing Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mccombstoday.org\/the-film-business\/\">The Film Business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesmokinggun.com\/documents\/celebrity\/hollywood-numbers\">Hollywood By The Numbers\u00a0<\/a>(Smoking Gun)<\/li>\n<li>Lesson plan:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2004\/06\/03\/funding-films\/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0\">Funding Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/knol.google.com\/k\/making-it-in-film-production-1-of-7\">Making It In Film Production<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeskillset.org\/film\/business\/\">Understanding Filmmaking<\/a>: The Business<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/topic\/box-office-updates\">Weekend Box Office Updates\u00a0<\/a>(Hollywood Reporter)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/what-does-a-movie-producer-do-actually-explaining-cinema-s-most-confusing-job\/ar-BB1qY5x3?ocid=msedgdhp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=357c172231064de0a8415d52fd7a0b33&amp;ei=46\">What Does A Movie Producer Do?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/womenandhollywood\/who_goes_to_the_movies_moviegoers_stats_from_2010\">Who Goes To The Movies<\/a>\u00a0(Box Office Stats)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.howstuffworks.com\/movie-cost.htm\">Why Do Movies Cost So Much To Make?<\/a>\u00a0(HowStuffWorks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\" Minding Movies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/9780226066998.jpeg\" alt=\" Minding Movies\" width=\"137\" height=\"208\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebusinessoffilm.com\/\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img 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