The pocket lawyer for filmmakers a legal toolkit for independent producers

How can you use a state's film tax credits to fund your film?. You have an idea you want to pitch to a production company; how do you safeguard your concept?. How can you fund your production with product placement?. How do you get a script to popular Hollywood actors and deal with their agents...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crowell, Thomas A. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, Massachusetts : Elsevier, Focal Press 2011
Edición:2nd ed
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Sumario:How can you use a state's film tax credits to fund your film?. You have an idea you want to pitch to a production company; how do you safeguard your concept?. How can you fund your production with product placement?. How do you get a script to popular Hollywood actors and deal with their agents?. Find quick answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this new edition of The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers. This no-nonsense reference provides fast answers in plain English-no law degree required! Arm yourself with the practical advice of author Thomas Crowell, a TV-producer-turned-entertainment-lawyer. This new edition features: New sections on product placement, film tax credits and production incentive financing, Letters of Intent, and DIY distribution (four-walling, YouTube, Download-to-own, Amazon.com, iTunes, and Netflix) Updated case law Even more charts and graphics to help you find the information you need even more quickly. This book is the next best thing to having an entertainment attorney on retainer! Avoid legal pitfalls with this quick reference guide- get real answers written in plain English for filmmakers, not for lawyers. Three books in one: a handy manual on film contracts, a step-by-step guide to critical legal issues on and off the set, and a quick reference on copyright and intellectual property issues. Revised and updated to cover YouTube, Internet distribution, webisodes, and production services agreements.
Descripción Física:xx, 449 p. : il. ; 23 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [419]-422) e índice
ISBN:9780240813189