Archival storytelling : a filmmaker's guide to finding, using, and licensing third-party visuals and music / Sheila Curran Bernard, Kenn Rabin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernard, Sheila Curran, author.

Contributor:

Rabin, Kenn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary films--Production and direction.

Documentary films.

Archival materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Filmmaker's guide to finding, using, and licensing third-party visuals and music

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Archival Storytelling is an essential, pragmatic guide to one of the most challenging issues facing filmmakers today: the use of images and music that belong to someone else. Where do producers go for affordable stills and footage? How do filmmakers evaluate the historical value of archival materials? What do vérité producers need to know when documenting a world filled with rights-protected images and sounds? How do filmmakers protect their own creative efforts from infringement?Filled with advice and insight from filmmakers, archivists, film r

Contents:

Archival Storytelling: A Filmmaker's Guide to Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visuals and Music; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; PART 1 Finding It; CHAPTER 2 What are archival materials?; CHAPTER 3 Finding what you need; CHAPTER 4 Should you hire a professional?; CHAPTER 5 A global perspective: Conversations with image researchers; PART 2 Using It; CHAPTER 6 Practical considerations; CHAPTER 7 Ordering what you need; CHAPTER 8 Creative considerations; CHAPTER 9 An ongoing process: A conversation with Geoffrey C. Ward

CHAPTER 10 Ethical considerations: A roundtable discussionPART 3 Licensing It; CHAPTER 11 Introduction to rights and licenses; CHAPTER 12 The public domain; CHAPTER 13 Getting things right: A conversation with Lawrence Lessig; CHAPTER 14 Fair use; CHAPTER 15 Fair dealing, moral rights, and more: A conversation with Hubert Best; CHAPTER 16 Licensing visuals; CHAPTER 17 Licensing music; CHAPTER 18 Legal considerations: A roundtable discussion; CHAPTER 19 Afterword; PART 4 Additional Material; Sources and notes; Books; Films; About the authors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612618444

9781136060854

1136060855

9781136060861

1136060863

9781282618442

128261844X

9780080927640

0080927645

OCLC:

499049893