Bibliograph

The independent filmmaker's law and business guide, financing, shooting, and distributing independent films and series, Jon M. Garon

Type

Label

The independent filmmaker's law and business guide, financing, shooting, and distributing independent films and series, Jon M. Garon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The independent filmmaker's law and business guide

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jon M. Garon

Sub title

financing, shooting, and distributing independent films and series

Summary

Today's independent and digital filmmaking demands a clear guide to the business and legal aspects of the art. What fundraising options are available to a filmmaker? When should a filmmaker establish a corporation or limited liability company? How do screenwriters protect their work? What are a director's legal obligations to the producer, cast, and crew--and what are their obligations in return? This indispensable resource addresses the legal, financial, and organizational questions that an independent or guerrilla filmmaker must face, and the problems that will doom a project if left unanswered. It demystifies issues such as founding a film company, obtaining financing, preparing a budget, securing locations, shooting, granting screen credits, and distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film. Newly updated and expanded, this third edition explores concepts such as integrating social media; crowd funding and nonprofit status funding; diversity, inclusion, and compensation equity; and distribution via streaming services. Six appendixes provide sample contracts, copyright circulars, Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, and more

Target audience

adult

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