
The Independent Filmmaker's Law and Business Guide
Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent Films and Series
- 488 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Independent Filmmaker's Law and Business Guide
Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent Films and Series
About this book
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. Appendixes provide sample contracts and riders, copyright circulars, Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, and more.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- About This Book
- A Chronology: From Idea to Academy Awards
- PART 1: Making a Film Company to Make a Movie
- PART 2: Filming the Movie: Preproduction and Production
- PART 3: Selling the Movie: Distribution and Marketing
- PART 4: Appendixes
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Author