Today's explosion of independent and digital filmmaking demands a brass-tacks guide to the business and legal aspects of the process. What fundraising options are available to a filmmaker? When should a filmmaker establish a corporation or limited liability company? How do screenwriters protect their work? What are a director's legal obligations to the producer, cast, and crew -- and what are their obligations in return? This indispensable guide answers the legal, financial, and organisational questions that an independent or guerrilla filmmaker must face, problems that will doom a project if left unanswered. It chronologically demystifies issues such as founding a film company, securing locations, casting, shooting, granting screen credits, distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film. It even anticipates the 'problems' generated by a blockbuster hit: sound tracks, merchandising, and licensing.
- ISBN10 1556524722
- ISBN13 9781556524721
- Publish Date 1 October 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chicago Review Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 282
- Language English