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Small screen, big picture : a writer's guide to the TV business /
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| Author |
Gervich, Chad.
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| Call Number |
791.450232 GER |
| Publisher |
New York : Three Rivers Press, |
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Subject
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Television authorship.
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Television -- Production and direction.
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Television -- Vocational guidance.
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| Title Statement |
Small screen, big picture : a writer's guide to the TV business / Chad Gervich ; foreword by Howard Gordon. |
| Additional Title |
At head of title: Mediabistro.com presents |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 430 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
From the inside out -- How the industry is structured -- The top of the food chain -- Networks, studios, and production companies -- Syndication and backend : how TV shows make money -- Inside a television network : a lesson in programming -- The new show development process : an overview -- Development season -- From pitch to pilot pickup -- Recipe for a TV show -- The pitch -- The art of the deal -- Development hell -- Pilot season -- From pilot pickup to series -- Preproduction -- Principal photography -- Postproduction -- Upfronts -- Staffing season-- and beyond -- Getting the series up and running -- Staffing season : how showrunners staff new shows -- The writers' room -- Production -- Staying on the air -- New frontiers -- Where TV is headed -- Cable -- Reality TV -- Digital media and the Internet -- Breaking in -- Your guide to infiltrating Hollywood -- Write your ass off -- Representation -- Networking -- Assistants -- Getting a job -- Other ways of breaking into Hollywood. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| ISBN |
9780307395313 (pbk.) |
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0307395316 |
| LCCN |
2008003093 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1172619 |
