Jargon translation guide -- Money matters -- Entities -- Private offerings -- The budget -- Guilds -- Loans and security interests -- Completion guarantees -- Distribution agreement -- Split-rights deals -- Four ways to calculate net profits (depending on who's asking) -- GAAP accounting principles for film companies -- Contingent payments to talent and licensors -- Law of ideas -- Copyright -- Right of publicity -- Trademark -- Credits -- Talent -- Litigation -- Bankruptcy -- Video on demand -- Taxation.