Step By Step: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 

By Ellen Wolff

Ever since the success of Transformers for Paramount Pictures and director Michael Bay in 2007, expectations for the sequel have been high...

Input 

By Cynthia Wisehart

In a bull market, people consider rights and royalties management a luxury. But in a bear market, people become aware of every penny of uncollected revenue...

First Person: Creative Group Goes Truly Tapeless 

By Joe Franze, director of business development, Creative Group

For Creative Group, going tapeless was primarily a client-driven process...

Fade to Black: Kathryn Bigelow 

By Michael Goldman

Kathryn Bigelow’s new film is a gritty Iraq war drama called The Hurt Locker...

Skillset 

In this six-day workshop, which meets Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., students will learn how to produce, direct, and edit a documentary...

Working Smarter 

By Dan Ochiva

Whether you work for someone else or run your own business, you don’t need to be reminded how difficult things are. What’s more useful is discovering new ways to save money or to grow your business...

The Distribution Beat 

By Eric Melin

Traditional distribution models for independent filmmakers today are in a state of flux that has never been seen before. During this recession, DVD sales are in rapid decline...

Dream Job: Distance Medicine 

By Kristinha M. Anding

John Riehl found the perfect way to marry his interests in global health care and technology. As the president and chief operations officer of Paterson, N.J.-based Medical Missions for Children (MMC)...

Recession Strategies: Overseas View 

By Michael Goldman

The city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is about as far from Hollywood as you could imagine, and yet, in recent years, boutique animation and visual-effects facilities popped up in the region to service the booming advertising and real-estate industries...

Technicolor’s Recession Strategy 

By Michael Goldman

Long before the recession, Thomson was well on its way to restructuring its famed Hollywood subsidiary, Technicolor...