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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garon, Jon M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--United States--Finance.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--United States--Distribution.

Motion pictures.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-56976-395-X

OCLC:

647830664