The Biz

Today's film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that independent filmmakers must learn to master. The most comprehensive guide to negotiating that obstacle course is The Biz, a highly accessible overview of the industry's important business, legal, and financial aspects. Filled with industry-savvy advice, it clearly explains [€[raising financing [€[business structuring [€[securities laws [€[budgeting essentials [€[dealing with the guilds [€[loans [€[completion guarantees [€[distribution deals [€[video on demand [€[virtual reality [€[calculating net profits [€[film-industry accounting practices and contingent payments [€[copyright, publicity, and trademark laws [€[screen credits and talent demands [€[litigation problems [€[bankruptcy [€[taxation of film companies [€[film-industry business jargon ]€]and much more, including many useful sample forms and agreements. The 5th Edition adds much new material, including the most current information on video on demand and virtual reality, the thoro

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A “tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War “For those who loved the Oscar-winning film CODA, a boarding school for deaf students is the setting for a kaleidoscope of experiences.”—The Washington Post ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they’ll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who’s never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school’s golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the hearing headmistress, a CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) who is fighting to keep her school open and her marriage intact, but might not be able to do both. As a series of crises both personal and political threaten to unravel each of them, Charlie, Austin, and February find their lives inextricable from one another—and changed forever. This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.

THE STORY: Nobel Prize-winning author Abel Znorko lives as a recluse on a remote island in the Norwegian Seas. For fifteen years, his one friend and soulmate has been Helen, from whom he has been physically separated for the majority of their affai

Today's film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that independent film-makers must learn to master. the most comprehensive guide to negotiating that obstacle course is 'The Biz', a highly accessible overview of the industry's important business, legal and financial aspects. Filled with industry-savvy advice, it clearly explains: Raising financing; Business structuring securities laws; Budgeting essentials dealing with the guilds loans; Completion guarantees distribution deals calculating net profits; In-industry accounting practices and contingent payments; Copyright, publicity, and trademark laws; Screen credits and talent demands; Litigation problems; Bankruptcy; Taxation of film companies; Internet distribution of films; Film-industry business jargon ... and much more. The book also includes a dozen useful sample forms and agreements. This 4th Edition comprehensively updates all chapters.

This could be a senior executive in a bank, a department manager in a retail store, a middle manager in a government agency or a team leader in a charity. It could be a foreman on a building site or a supervisor in a call centre. "Challenge your team everyday"; This book is designed to be read on a section-a-day basis, focusing each day on one simple thing that you can do to make a big difference in motivating your team. Each of these little behaviours in themselves are not difficult and can easily be practiced. By concentrating on one such behaviour each day you will begin to build up a reputation as a great boss who motivates people and who actually does the BIZ. "Push Back The Boundaries (do something new everyday)"

Emma and Mand are both mad about the lead singer of a local band. But is Rob really worth it?

In Joel Krupa's off the wall venture of "THE BIZ, we find a man's special needs niece spending some time with her uncle. She is also of a clumsy sort, and manages to wreck just about everything she touches, so in a fit of rage, her uncle loses it and she runs off. As he calms back down and falls asleep, his niece quietly re-enters the home and returns to her guest bedroom. Soon, her uncle will discover what happened to his brother's daughter in his care. And it's honest to God awful. You know what they say about payback.

Mastering the American Accent is an easy-to-follow approach for reducing the accent of non-native speakers of English. Well-sequenced lessons in the book correspond over eight hours of audio files covering the entire text. The audio program provides clear models (both male and female) to help coach a standard American accent. The program is designed to help users speak Standard American English with clarity, confidence, and accuracy. The many exercises in the book concentrate on topics such as vowel sounds, problematic consonants such as V, W, TH, the American R and T and others. Correct lip and tongue positions for all sounds are discussed in detail. Beyond the production of sounds, the program provides detailed instruction in prosodic elements such as syllable stress, emphasis, intonation, linking words for smoother speech flow, common word contractions, and much more. Additional topics that often confuse ESL students are also discussed and explained. They include distinguishing between casual and formal speech, homophones (e.g., they're and there), recognizing words with silent letters (e.g., comb, receipt), and avoiding embarrassing pronunciation mistakes, such as mixing up "pull" and "pool." Students are familiarized with many irregular English spelling rules and exceptions, and are shown how such irregularities can contribute to pronunciation errors. A native language guide references problematic accent issues for 13 different language backgrounds. Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.