Important Copyright Law for Documentary Films
Important Copyright Law for Documentary Films Throughout the course of a documentary filmmaker’s career they are bound to face various challenges, particularly those that apply to copyright law for documentary films. Whether it’s fair use representations. Or the need to license footage or files that are to be incorporated into a documentary. These filmmakers are […]
What Does Film Copyright Cover?
What Does Film Copyright Cover? The digital age has brought forth a rise in the number and frequency of films that are created by producers all over the world, but it’s also created a more volatile market where copyright infringement occurs more frequently than ever before. Film copyrights provide unique protections for those who create […]
A Guide to Screenplay Adaptation Law & Legal Challenges in Adapting Literary Works for Film
A Guide to Screenplay Adaptation Law & Legal Challenges in Adapting Literary Works for Film Whether you’ve garnered interest in a novel, memoir, article, or some other literary works that you’d like to adapt into a screenplay for a film project. There are bound to be legal challenges involved. In fact, anytime a literary work […]
What is Included in a PPM Agreement for Film?
What is Included in a PPM Agreement for Film? Raising capital for a film production is one of the greatest challenges independent filmmakers face. Fortunately, a number of potential options exist when it comes to raising film production capital. Whether through equity investments, the selling of corporate shares. And through things like independent financing. But […]
Film Industry Contracts for Every Stage of a Film Production
Throughout any film or television production there are bound to be a variety of different legal contracts. As well as agreements that come up at each stage of the production. In fact, it’s business as usual for a filmmaker. To request various signed agreements at each important production phase. From pre-production through distribution. Film industry […]
What are Public Performance Rights for Movies?
What are Public Performance Rights for Movies? One of the greatest challenges faced by professionals in the film industry that have an interest in ultimately becoming producers or independent filmmakers is the acquisition of rights and releases for the various types of footage, files, or intellectual property that they’ll use. It’s not always that acquiring […]
What Do Movie Makers Pay to Option a Book for Film Rights?
The idea of optioning a book for film rights is something that many aspiring authors dream of for their literary works. After striving and pushing so hard to get a book published. The next best thing for the author may be to have the book made into a movie. However, many authors are surprised when […]
Risk Assessment & Your Film Health and Safety Policy
Risk Assessment & Your Film Health and Safety Policy As a filmmaker, one of your most important tasks in bringing on a cast and crew is to establish the most appropriate film health and safety policy with risk assessment measures which are in place to prevent significant hazards or potentially avoidable accidents from occurring on […]
Film Distribution & The Negative Pickup Film Contract
Film Distribution & The Negative Pickup Film Contract Film producers frequently face challenges when it comes to procuring financing. That will lead to their being able to produce and ultimately distribute a motion picture. Because there are so many challenges involved, and film production is so costly to achieve. It’s no surprise that there are […]
Understanding Filmmaker Use of Characters in the Public Domain
Understanding Filmmaker Use of Characters in the Public Domain As a filmmaker, you draw inspiration from a variety of different areas as you walk through life. Story ideas come to you from everyday occurrences. And character ideas are likely drawn. Or otherwise inspired from past use of characters or tropes that have been established from […]