Types of Jobs Available in the Movie Industry
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Presently a large number of actors and actresses appear at the studio and the casting director selects from them the individuals best suited to the coming production. Beginners are warned against grafting agents who on any pretense whatever charge more than the legal 5% commission. They are also warned against signing “exclusion” contracts with any agent, as this frequently compels the actor to pay double commissions.
Meanwhile the art director has built his scenery, and the picture goes “into production.” At the end of some six weeks or two months, the directors turn the completed film over to the assembling and cutting department. As a rule both the director and the scenario writer work with the assembler and cutter, and if they are wise, they insist on doing the cutting themselves, for the success of the picture depends largely upon this important
