04161nam 2200709Ia 450 991045509380332120200520144314.01-56976-395-X(CKB)1000000000822451(EBL)473737(OCoLC)647830664(SSID)ssj0000338983(PQKBManifestationID)11234122(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338983(PQKBWorkID)10298913(PQKB)10493417(MiAaPQ)EBC473737(Au-PeEL)EBL473737(CaPaEBR)ebr10354812(CaONFJC)MIL534758(EXLCZ)99100000000082245120090219d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe independent filmmaker's law and business guide[electronic resource] financing, shooting, and distributing independent and digital films /Jon M. Garon2nd ed.Chicago, IL Chicago Review Press20091 online resource (465 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-03507-4 1-55652-833-7 Includes bibliographical references.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 Locations12. 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 ListingsSelected Bibliography End notes; About the AuthorPreparing 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, merchandizingMotion picture industryUnited StatesFinanceMotion picturesUnited StatesDistributionMotion picture industryFinanceLaw and legislationUnited StatesMotion picturesDistributionLaw and legislationUnited StatesMotion picture industryLaw and legislationUnited StatesIndependent filmmakersElectronic books.Motion picture industryFinance.Motion picturesDistribution.Motion picture industryFinanceLaw and legislationMotion picturesDistributionLaw and legislationMotion picture industryLaw and legislationIndependent filmmakers.384/.830973791.430233Garon Jon M1027344MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455093803321The independent filmmaker's law and business guide2442710UNINA