Career Opportunities in the Film Industry

by Fred Yager and Jan Yager

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816073538
• ISBN13: 9780816073535
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The best book ever!

One of my teachers at my film school showed us this book a few years ago and i had been looking for it everywhere! When i found it, I jumped at the chance to get it and have not left it alone since I got it a few months ago! I love it! It really helps you understand the jobs in the industry and really helped me choose the direction i want to go with my Career after school! I really recommend this book!!!!!!

You don't have to live in Hollywood to work in film

You don't have to live in Hollywood to work in the film industry even though a large part of moviemaking is based in and around Los Angeles. Independent film (and even an ever increasing number of studio productions) are made "on location" around the country and around the world. Career Opportunities In The Film Industry is an essential reference for anyone considering the prospects for employment in this globe-spanning industry. Thematically organized into sixteen sections, the more than 75 jobs range from screenwriter, Stuntperson, Storyboard Artist, Production Assistant, and color timer, to auditor, gaffer, film critic, boom operator, music supervisor, caterer, and dialect coach. Informed and informative, each job descript-ion is succinct and comprehensive. Also available in a hardcover edition, Career Opportunities In The Film Industry is enhanced with the inclusion of a glossary, bibliography, various appendices, and an index.

Succinct New Film Resource Book Arrives At Last!

Living in Los Angeles and being involved with the film industry, I saw this book, glanced through it and immediately bought it. All I ever wanted to know about the different career opportunities available in the film industry are named and defined with details such as employment and advancement prospects, training needed, salaries and so on. As I had been considering changing careers within the industry, I found this book to be the exact one necessary to define what other related employment opportunities were available to me. No other such book was on the shelves! Finally a concise, succinct albeit encyclopedia-like book/guide is here to delineate all the jobs I ever wanted to consider in the highly competitive world of film. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in working in this exciting, no-two-days-alike world.

Succinct New Film Resource Book Arrives At Last!

Living in Los Angeles and being involved in the film industry, I saw this book, glanced through it and immediately bought it. All I ever wanted to know about the different career opportunites available in the film industry are named and defined with details such as employment and advancement prospects, training needed, salaries and so on. As I had been considering changing careers within the industry, I found this book to be the exact one necessary for me to define what other related employment opportunites were available to me. No other such book was on the shelves! Finally a concise, succinct albeit encyclopedia-like book/guide is here to delineate all the jobs I ever wanted to consider in the highly competitive world of film. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in working in this exciting, no-two-days-alike world.