FILM & TV
Reference Books | Periodicals, Directories, etc. | Professional Organizations
FILM & TV | Reference Books
Career Opportunities in Television, Cable, Video and Multimedia
Fourth Edition, Maxine K. and Robert M. Reed. New York: Facts On File, 1999
This book outlines various careers, with job prospects, salaries, job descriptions, etc.
From low power local television stations to national networks, Career Opportunities in Television, Cable, Video, and Multimedia helps job seekers discover the position they want in these dynamic and competitive fields. Thoroughly updated throughout, the book provides detailed information on more than 100 jobs, listing salaries, skill requirements, advancement prospects, necessary training, and so much more. Positions profiled include: Program Manager, Producer, News Writer, Camera Operator, Scenic Designer, Video Marketing Manager, Media Technician, Webmaster, and Multimedia Writer.
Complete Guide to Film Scoring
Richard Davis. Berklee Press, 2000
If you've ever wondered how to write music for film or television, The Complete Guide to Film Scoring is a necessary resource. This guide will take you through the film-making process, preparing and recording a score, the history of the field, and the business side of film scoring including contracts, fees, publishing, royalties, and copyrights. Learn from the career experiences of 19 film-scoring professionals in interviews with composers such as Alan Silvestri, Elmer Bernstein, Mark Isham, and Elliot Goldenthal.
Film Score: The Art and Craft of Movie Music
Tony Thomas. Burbank: Riverbed Press, 1992
An extensive collection of interviews from 25 film composers, with biographies and filmographies for each.
Music, Money and Success: The Insider's Guide to
Making Money in the Music Industry. 5th edition.
Todd Brabec and Jeff Brabec. Schirmer Trade Books/Music Sales, 2006. 502 pages.
This new edition covers the deals, the negotiations and the money that can be made from practically every area of music for songwriters, composers and music publishers. This edition covers download and streaming royalties; ringtone, ringback and master tone cell phone royalties; video game licenses and royalties; 2006 and 2007 mechanical royalty rates; ASCAP and BMI payments and rules; artist, musician and vocalist sound recording performance royalties; new recording artist contract clauses; webcasting rates and royalties; actual film, television, videogame, mechanical and advertising synchronization licenses and much more. This comprehensive guide to the many areas where songwriters, music publishers and recording artists make money is co-authored by ASCAP Executive Vice President and Director of Membership, Todd Brabec and Chrysalis Music Vice President of Business Affairs, Jeff Brabec and includes chapters on music publishing, copyright, recording contracts, motion picture and TV contracts and royalties, advertising commercials, performing rights, foreign country royalties, Broadway and off-Broadway theatre, lawyers, managers and agents, sampling of records and songs, the Internet, joint ventures, tips on breaking into the business and "How to value your copyrights if you are buying or selling them." (See Music and Money in ASCAP's Music Meets Business and "Music, Money, Success and the Movies" in ASCAP's Film & TV for a sampling of this book.)
The Musician's Business and Legal Guide
Mark Halloran. Prentice Hall; 3rd edition (2001).
Definitive in scope and written specifically for musicians by respected legal and business experts in the music industry, this text covers nearly all of the confusing business and legal situations musicians find themselves in on the way to and through a professional career. It focuses on issues as they are actually practiced - with clause-by-clause commentaries on most all the major music industry contracts.
The Reel World: Scoring for Pictures
A practical guide to the art, technology, and business of composing for film and television.
Jeff Rona. Backbeat Books (2000)
Written by one of Hollywood's top up-and-coming composers, this how-to guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film and television. To help you get started and succeed in scoring, it focuses on the composer's key concerns: ensuring musical aesthetics, using the most effective technology and techniques, and understanding the business side of things. The Reel World features a companion website, www.reelworld-online.com, that is filled with examples, additions, updates, resources, and an online film scoring community.
FILM & TV | Periodicals, Directories, Newsletters, etc.
FILM MUSIC MAGAZINE
1146 N. Central Ave #103
Glendale, CA 91202
1-888-456-5020
www.filmmusicmag.com
Film Music Magazine is a leading monthly trade magazine for the film and television music industry, including feature articles on industry professionals, monthly technical columns on subjects including legal, performing rights, business and marketing, music editing, music supervising, and audio technology. Also available are Film Music's Film & TV music compilation CDs, which are distributed with the magazine to 10,000 industry professionals.
FILMMAKER
110 W. 57th St.
New York, NY 10019
Tel. (212) 581-8080 / Fax (212) 581-1857
5858 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tel. (213) 932-6060 / Fax (213) 932-6111
www.filmmakermagazine.com/
"The magazine of independent film, by filmmakers, on filmmakers, for filmmakers." An exhaustively detailed and thorough quarterly magazine providing up-to-the-moment information on the independent feature film community through features, columns, charts, and insider information. Company also has an excellent web site.
FILM SCORE MONTHLY
5967 Chula Vista Way, #7
Los Angeles, CA 90068
Tel: (213) 464-7919 / Fax: (213) 464-5916
http://filmscoremonthly.com
A magazine dedicated to (and essential for) film score composition and composers. Includes feature interviews, reviews, album release information, reader advertisements, and loads of inside information on upcoming films. Company also has an excellent web site, featuring a "Film Score Daily" section.
HOLLYWOOD BLU-BOOK
5055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tel: (213) 525-2000 / Fax: (213) 525-2387
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Published by The Hollywood Reporter, this is a virtual "yellow pages" for the entertainment industry. Includes an A to Z listing of individuals and organizations in film, television, music and related services.
HOLLYWOOD CREATIVE DIRECTORY
3000 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 2525
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tel: (310) 315-4815 / Fax: (310) 315-4816
www.hcdonline.com
This directory provides contact information and brief credit histories for major studios and film and television production companies.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
5055 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 30036
(213) 525-2000
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Covers news regarding U.S. and international developments in the entertainment industry. Often prints special supplements on events or topics of special interest including periodic features on film and television music. The Tuesday edition features a list of film and television projects currently in production.
MOTION PICTURE, TV AND THEATRE DIRECTORY (Semi-annual)
www.mpeny.com/yellowbook.html
Herbert R. Pilzer. New York: Motion Picture Enterprises Publications, Inc.
This directory has a comprehensive index of production services and offers information about a wide variety of resources.
THE SCORE
Society of Composers and Lyricists
400 South Beverly Drive, Suite 214
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 281-2812
www.thescl.com/site/scl/section.php?id=4505
Quarterly newsletter of the Society of Composers and Lyricists includes articles by and interviews with music industry professionals, as well as a calendar of upcoming industry events.
VARIETY (Weekly)
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
(800) 552-3632. (subscriptions)/(310) 978-6901 (fax)
www.variety.com
In its weekly edition, this oversized slick magazine contains information for professionals in all avenues of entertainment. Films currently in production are listed by the studio with information on leading performers, the personnel involved in the production, and the distribution information for each film. Major news topics covered are Film, Television, Europe, Media, International, Live, and Finance. There are reviews of films, television, videos, plays (both Broadway and regional) and books.
The advertising ranges from promotional to real estate, from employment to auditions. Variety has charts on: weekly box office earnings by top grossing pictures; Nielsen ratings; Europe's Top 10 "Big Pics"; the international box office; and special charts reflecting seasonal revenues, etc.
VARIETY (Daily)
5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 120
Los Angeles, CA 90030
Tel: (213) 857-6600 / Fax: (213) 857-0742
Variety 's daily edition is a prominent national trade publication that emphasizes films and television productions. Its Friday edition features film and television projects currently in production.
FILM & TV | Professional Organizations
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES (AMPAS)
8949 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 247-3000
www.oscars.org
AMPAS presents the Academy Awards and other film industry programs, seminars, and publications.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
Suite 600, Paramount Building
1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
(212) 869-1330; toll free (800) 762-3444
www.afm.org
The AFM is a trade union that represents professional U.S. and Canadian musicians in collective bargaining and contract negotiations in all aspects of the entertainment industry. It also publishes The International Musician.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS (AFTRA)
260 Madison Ave. 7th Fl.
New York, NY 10016
(212) 532-0800
www.aftra.org
AFTRA is a trade union which represents performing artists in radio and television in collective bargaining and contract negotiations.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MUSIC ARRANGERS AND COMPOSERS
c/o The Proper Image
P.O. Box 17840
Encino, CA 91416
(818) 994-4661 Fax (818) 994-6181
www.asmac.org
ASMAC represents the artistic and professional interests of arrangers, composers and orchestrators; presents workshops and clinics for members and students; produces the Take One newsletter six times a year, and presents several annual awards.
FILM MUSIC NETWORK
Los Angeles Chapter:
1146 N. Central Ave #103
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 771-7778 New York Chapter:
244 Fifth Ave., Suite 2882
New York, NY 10001
(212) 592-3600 www.filmmusic.net
The Film Music Network's Los Angeles and New York chapters host monthly networking events for the express purpose of helping professionals to learn more about the industry, make contacts, and expand their businesses. Each month the events include guest speakers who discuss industry issues and subjects -- questions and participation from attendees are welcome. L.A. events are held the first Monday of each month; New York events are the second Monday. Call for location and membership information.
THE FILM MUSIC SOCIETY
1516 South Bundy Drive, Suite 305
Los Angeles, CA 90025
www.filmmusicsociety.org
Sparked into action when a major film studio discarded over 40 years of priceless original music recordings and artifacts, the Film Music Society (formerly The Society for the Preservation of Film Music) is dedicated to educating, recognizing, preserving and documenting film music, and acting as an information center on film music and its composers. The Society publishes a quarterly journal, The Cue Sheet, which reports news of the Society's activities, publishes a variety of film music articles, book reviews and new resources.
INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT (IFP)
104 W. 29th St., 12th floor
New York, NY 10001
Tel: (212) 465-8200
www.ifp.org
IFP is a non-profit membership organization which provides information services including panels, seminars and conferences; "Independents Night" (a monthly showcase of features, shorts, documentaries and works-in-progress held in New York); and the Independent Feature Film Market (a festival held annually in the fall). The organization also has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Miami. IFP's excellent web site provides a wealth of information and contacts.
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MPAA)
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
(818) 995-6600
www.mpaa.org
The MPAA is a trade organization for the motion picture industry; responsible for film ratings and other issues of industry policy.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES (NATAS)
110 W. 57th Street, Suite 1020
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 586-8424 / Fax: (212) 266-8129
www.emmyonline.org
NATAS presents the Emmy Awards and other programs and seminars for the television industry.
SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS AND LYRICISTS
400 South Beverly Drive, Suite 214
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 281-2812
www.filmscore.org
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