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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826928203321
• Autore: Garon Jon M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, IL, : Chicago Review Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1-56976-395-X
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Disciplina: 384/.830973; 791.430233
• Soggetti: Motion picture industry - United States - Finance; Motion pictures - United States - Distribution; Motion picture industry - Finance - Law and legislation - United States; Motion pictures - Distribution - Law and legislation - United States; Motion picture industry - Law and legislation - United States; Independent filmmakers
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; About This Book; A Chronology: From Idea to Academy Awards; PART 1 MAKING A FILM COMPANY TO MAKE A MOVIE; 1. Preparing to Make a Film; 2. The Film Company; 3. Duties of the Film Company; 4. The Property of the Film Company: The Film Concept; 5. Contracts; 6. Financing the Film Project; 7. Budgeting; 8. The Investors' Package; PART 2 FILMING THE MOVIE: PREPRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION; 9. Assembling the Production Team; 10. The Key Members of the Independent Film Company; 11. Equipment and Locations; 12. Shooting the Film 13. Special Considerations for Documentaries and Films Based on True Life Stories; 14. Music; 15. Postproduction; 16. Special Considerations for the No-Budget Production; PART 3 Selling the Movie: Distribution and Marketing; 17. Theatrical Distribution; 18. Nontheatrical Commercial Distribution; 19. Self-Distribution and Self-Promotion; PART 4 Appendixes; A. Form at for the ; Feature Screenplay; B. Library of Congress Copyright Circulars; C. Sample Agreements; D. WGA Writing Credit Definitions; E. Best Practice Guide for Fair Use in Documentaries; F. Resource Listings; Selected Bibliography End notes; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Preparing independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organizational questions that can doom a project if unanswered, this guide demystifies issues such as developing a concept, founding a film company, obtaining financing, securing locations, casting, shooting, granting screen credits, distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film. Updated to include digital marketing and distribution strategies through YouTube or webisodes, it also anticipates the ""problems"" generated by a blockbuster hit: sound tracks, merchandizing