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Article: On location: the risks of movie production.(Movie Production)(Cover Story)
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- Risk Management
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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When it comes to risk management, Hollywood certainly lives up to its reputation: There's no business like show business. At its core, producing a film is an inherent risk where millions of dollars are put into a project that depends on the opinion of a fickle population. And when a movie's budget passes the $100 million mark, there needs to be a genuine buzz surrounding the film just to attract enough box office ticket sales to break even.
And when the complexities of the actual filmmaking process are factored in, the undertaking only becomes that much more difficult. From the cast, crew and equipment to the film's location and action sequences, there are a host ...