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The Independent Filmmaker's Law and Business Guide: Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent Films and Series

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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. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chicago Review Press


Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 3, 2021


Edition ‏ : ‎ Third edition


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 488 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1641604247


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 46


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,667,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #321 in Entertainment Industry #594 in Video Reference (Books) #784 in Movie Reference


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