LEADER 04161nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910455093803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-56976-395-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000822451 035 $a(EBL)473737 035 $a(OCoLC)647830664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338983 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338983 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298913 035 $a(PQKB)10493417 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC473737 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL473737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354812 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL534758 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000822451 100 $a20090219d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe independent filmmaker's law and business guide$b[electronic resource] $efinancing, shooting, and distributing independent and digital films /$fJon M. Garon 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aChicago, IL $cChicago Review Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (465 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-03507-4 311 $a1-55652-833-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront 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 327 $a12. 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 327 $aSelected Bibliography End notes; About the Author 330 $aPreparing 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 606 $aMotion picture industry$zUnited States$xFinance 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xDistribution 606 $aMotion picture industry$xFinance$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aMotion pictures$xDistribution$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aMotion picture industry$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aIndependent filmmakers 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xFinance. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xDistribution. 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xFinance$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aMotion pictures$xDistribution$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aIndependent filmmakers. 676 $a384/.830973 676 $a791.430233 700 $aGaron$b Jon M$01027344 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455093803321 996 $aThe independent filmmaker's law and business guide$92442710 997 $aUNINA