Representing Talent

Author : Violaine Roussel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022648713X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Representing Talent written by Violaine Roussel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audiences love the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but beyond the red carpet and behind the velvet curtain exists a legion of individuals who make showbiz work: agents. Whether literary, talent, or indie film, agents are behind the scenes brokering power, handling mediation, and doing the deal-making that keeps Hollywood spinning. In Representing Talent, Violaine Roussel explores the little-known but decisive work of agents, turning the spotlight on how they help produce popular culture. The book takes readers behind the scenes to observe the day-to-day activities of agents, revealing their influence on artistic careers and the prospects of Hollywood’s forthcoming projects. Agents are crucial to understanding how creative and economic power are intertwined in Hollywood today. They play a key role in the process by which artistic worth and economic value are evaluated and attributed to people and projects. Roussel’s fieldwork examines what “having relationships” really means for agents, and how they perform the relationship work that’s at the heart of their professional existence and success. Representing Talent helps us to understand the players behind the definition of entertainment itself, as well as behind its current transformations.

Author : Carl Emil Seashore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Survey of Musical Talent in the Public Schools Representing the Examination of Children of the Fifth and the Eighth Grades in the Public Schools of Des Moines, Iowa written by Carl Emil Seashore and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tom Kemper
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520944747
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden Talent written by Tom Kemper and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katharine Hepburn, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall—behind each of these stars was a hidden force: the talent agent. In this first-ever history of Hollywood agents, Tom Kemper mines agency archives to present an insider's view on their tooth-and-claw rise to power during the studio era. It's a tale of ambitious characters, savvy calculation, muckraking, financial ruin, and ultimate triumph, and establishes the agent's vital role in the Hollywood business world. Existing studies characterize agents as a product of the 1950s, but Kemper revises the record to show how agents emerged from the primordial film industry during the late 1920s and carved themselves a permanent niche. Through case studies of key figures like Myron Selznick and Charles Feldman, we see that the agent's character and social relationships functioned within a business structure—a good reputation and powerful connections were his most precious assets. With wit and precision, Kemper locates Hollywood agents at the crossroads of talent and profit, and captures their central and enduring role in the burgeoning film industry.

Author : Michael H. Lauer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Business and Legal Aspects of Representing Talent in the Entertainment Industry written by Michael H. Lauer and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : "Wolf" Elliott Tom "Wolf" Elliott
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450227228
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So You Want to Be a Talent Agent? written by "Wolf" Elliott Tom "Wolf" Elliott and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A down-to-earth, detailed guide to every aspect of establishing and running a small, local talent booking agency, written by someone who has done so successfully for over 30 years. You don't need any particular background or a fancy college degree or even much money, just a desire to own and operate one of the most fun businesses you could ever imagine. It's all here how to find the talent, how to build up a clientele, how to promote yourself, the contracts you'll need, and a fascinating insight to where you can go from here, including becoming a modeling agent, a TV producer, a writer, a record album producer, and much more.

Author : Raymond Boyle
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319943790
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Talent Industry written by Raymond Boyle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​This book explores how the digital multiplatform delivery of television is affecting the role performed by cultural intermediaries responsible for talent identification and development. Drawing on original research from key stakeholders across the television and social video sectors such as broadcasters, commissioning editors and talent agents, it investigates whether the process of digitization is offering new pathways to capture and nurture a diverse talent base within the UK television industry. It also provides an in-depth study of how the term ‘talent’ has historically been interpreted and understood within the UK television industry through the BBC and commercial PSB’s, such as ITV and Channel 4. The Talent Industry investigates how the traditional gatekeepers of talent in television are changing and examines the key role of talent agencies in managing and promoting contemporary on and off-screen talent in the digital age.

Author : Edward E. Lawler, III
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118047621
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Talent written by Edward E. Lawler, III and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The source of competitive advantage has shifted in many organizations from reliability to innovation and flexibility. But what does it take for an organization that innovates to then manage effectively? In this follow-up to Built to Change, Ed Lawler argues that it is a combination of the right structure and the right people. First, organizations must decide what structure they are: are you a high-involvement organization that has products and services that require a high level of coordination and cooperation among employees? Or do you have a more global competitor structure in which you are constantly bringing in new talent and technological expertise? Are you a mixture of both? Lawler outlines the unique human capital strategy for each approach, shows what it looks like in action, and provides the foundation and tools for creating competitive and innovative organizations.

Author : James Andrew Miller
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062441396
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Powerhouse written by James Andrew Miller and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Magisterial. ... A must read for anyone who wants to work in Hollywood or just know how Hollywood works.” — The Hollywood Reporter A New York Times bestseller, now updated with an afterword and exclusive new material From the #1 bestselling author behind acclaimed oral histories of Saturday Night Live and ESPN comes "the most hotly anticipated book [in decades]" (Variety): James Andrew Miller's irresistible insider chronicle of the modern entertainment industry, told through the epic story of Creative Artists Agency (CAA)—the ultimate power player that has represented the world's biggest stars and shaped the landscape of film, television, comedy, music, and sports. Started in 1975, when five bright and brash upstarts left creaky William Morris to form their own innovative talent agency, CAA would come to revolutionize Hollywood, representing everyone from Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, and Steven Spielberg to Jennifer Lawrence, J.J. Abrams, Will Smith, and Brad Pitt. Over the next decades its tentacles would spread aggressively into sports, advertising, and digital media. Powerhouse is the fascinating, no-holds-barred saga of that ascent. Drawing on unprecedented and exclusive access to the men and women who built and battled with CAA—including co-founders Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer and rivals like Ari Emanuel of William Morris Endeavor—as well as the stars themselves, Miller spins a unique and unforgettable tale of brilliance, ambition, betrayal, and outrageous success.

Author : Jeffrey D. Korzenik
Publisher : HarperCollins Leadership
ISBN 13 : 1400223105
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Untapped Talent written by Jeffrey D. Korzenik and published by HarperCollins Leadership. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tens of millions of people in the U.S. with criminal records are highly talented, reliable, and eager to work. Implement these second chance hiring practices to give your company a significant competitive advantage over those that do not. Researched, tested, and written by the chief investment strategist of one of the country’s leading business banks, Jeffrey Korzenik includes dozens of examples of businesses that have successfully implemented the second chance hiring practices outlined in this book. Korzenik shows those companies that have learned to go beyond the label and to evaluate the qualities of the individual applicant have tapped into an often-overlooked source of loyal and productive talent. In Untapped Talent, you will: Understand what goes into a successful second chance hire, from the support that will be needed internally to the resources that are available from outside agencies. Learn how businesses from a variety of industries have instituted successful second chance hiring programs and how this has positively impacted their culture and bottom line. Gain practical onboarding and coaching strategies that will help ensure a smooth transition and a productive, happy new employee. Acquire relevant knowledge of the criminal justice system to provide context in identifying the potential of second chance hiring. Your path to a loyal, engaged, and productive workforce starts with the clear competitive advantage you’ll gain by implementing the second-chance hiring practices within Untapped Talent.

Author : Eunsook Hong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135599017
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Talent Loss written by Eunsook Hong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preventing Talent Loss provides a comprehensive model of giftedness and talent for all educators including teachers, counselors, and administrators. By presenting a summary of theory-driven, evidence-based knowledge, Hong and Milgram offer innovative and practical solutions for meeting the challenge of coping with talent loss. This monumental book distinguishes the important difference between expert talent and creative talent. While other books focus on how to improve the process of identifying the gifted and talented, Preventing Talent Loss provides educators with the means to individualize their curriculum and instruction in regular classrooms.