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Hello guys

I am shooting a webseries pilot in November. I have sent my actor a contract, I downloaded the agreement from this very site.

The actor has asked clarification on the…

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Great answer.

Thanks Yen.

Milk It in Chelsea
The Dairy Council's Milk It For All It's Worth campaign is continuing to engage with its teenage audience in new and creative way. Rehearsals are currently und…

Previously, posts offering real work and unpaid work were headlined differently as 'jobs' and 'collaboration'. In the current bulletin a request for a freebie is headlined 'produc…

I have to agree with Daniel. This issue is not and should not be a moral crusade. May we spared from 'well meaning' totalitarianism and from those in whose mouths butter will not …

My old man curmudgeon persona has added a new wrinkle this month. I fully expect to be beaten down with cricket bats and meat pies for this. On the other hand, I've never had a fi…

You're right, Dan. I took some Valium and I'm over it now.

Hi there! I hope you can help me with this.

I need a contract between a producer and a documentary filmmaker. A fair example contract that doesn't try to take all the rights, sin…

Franz - optioning agreement? Then find someone to buy the screenplay and let their lawyers deal with the chain of title?

Okay, it's actually the British Board of Film Classification, although it's name used to be the British Board of Film Censors. The name has changed but it's role is still essenti…

They did not mention what certificate would have come back (Nothing more than a 15 I would think). As for the opinion on the cut - I don't really think they were trying to "devalu…

Does and can anyone recommend a good copyright registration service, serving UK and global?

So many online services, would be good to know if anyone has used any of those servic…

For a script? Use WGA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGA_script_registration_service

Copyright itself is automatic, it's proving who thought of something first that services like…

I've heard of people offering credits, copies of DVD's and the possibility of future work, but do I need a special contract that secures all this? Is there a template for effecti…

Creative Commons might suit.

Hello Guys


I contacted various location websites and their daily rates are more than what I make in a month!

So I am thinking of renting three apartments, use it as filming loc…

Great outcome - well done! But for future refernce, if there was a problem - damage etc and you tried to claim on insurnace, then the first thing they would ask to see is your lo…

hello everyone.

I am going to rent an apartment for filming-one of those rent per night ones.

Quick Q
Do I need the owner/agent to sign a release form for the property even thou…

Probably not from the side of image rights, but good idea in terms of who insures what, who is responsible for what, who pays leccy, cleaners, etc

Multiple skills required. Just saw this today in the "employment" section:

Editor
this role will require some one who has edited film dramas before and will also need you to be …

Everything you mention for a composer is in the same wheelhouse. At least it makes sense. In fact, a composer that also does sound design can be a great benefit to the film as a w…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23482520

Some members may remember that an actress was threatening that she and some implausibly large (and probably fictitious) number of othe…

This issue comes around regularly here. Let’s just get one thing quite clear though; Employment tribunals are not Courts of Law, they, together with most County Courts, some highe…

It seems from its website that the Grierson awards are part funded by Shell, which is accused of pollution and collusion with crime in Nigeria. Is this still the case? I ask b…

Our industry uses kit which, weight for weight is some of the most environmentally damaging in terms of eco impact during production. Maybe we shouldn't make films...

If you want…

Hello,

If anyone is legal-minded and contract savvy and has 10-15 minutes free to help out a independent filmmaker I'd be very appreciative. As it's confidential I can't post the…

Marlom, Paddy; Thanks both for your replies. Paddy - I'll be in touch when I have a spare moment. Many thanks for offering. Ash

I’m making a documentary and want to put still images of famous people in it at the points they are mentioned. For instance I might be talking about Daniel Day Lewis and then show…

There really needs to be a dedicated SP FAQ for intellectual property questions! Anyway,what you need to find out is what rights the copyright holder/s claim. If they haven't exp…

Hello

I have a problem. I recently filmed a short.

I stupidly made a terrible mistake and shot an actor in a t-shirt with a popular brand logo printed on his sleeve. Now the log…

Shahid, I really wouldn't bother. If the corporation is not ok with it, they won't sue you right away. They'll send you a letter telling you to take it out. Odds are, they won't c…

I've just read an interesting article by Tom Roston over on the PBS blog - http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/docsoup/2013/07/beware-the-new-doc-vague/#.Ud2r0j5ERP0. In this piece, Rosto…

Our industry is built on lies, TV is pathologically unable to tell the truth in fact. Sweeping, but think about it...

'Guy gets out of bed and leaves the house' if told 'honestl…

Hello Guys

Wanted to ask if anyone knows the best way to get votes and comments on SP competition, I've made a short comedy film link below.

"The last hit"
https://shootingpeopl…

Not consumer press like ClashMusic etc - but which trade/industry press?

Have trade/industry features made a difference for you, eg being featured in Creative Review got you a lo…

Hi - Black Book - do you mean here? http://www.blackbook.com/cid_home.php

Hi shooters,

I'm about to create a project page on a crowd-sourcing website, to raise money for the completion (post-production) of a film I made, and I have to upload a video pr…

Crowd funding is a commercial promo but with written permission you can do anything. Usually people who mark their stuff CC make it easy to contact them as with that license, it i…

I am using some LucasFilm imagery in a Documentary and need legal/copyright advice. This is not a stills or footage issue, we have that covered. Thanks!

I did consult with a lawyer about my contract, but I just want shooters advice on this (or on what you personally would think is "fair"):

The only film funders (let's call them F…

Sounds like you need to sit down with professionals, ask your lawyers for advice re structuring the agreement so crowd funded revenue raised etc doesn't go to funders. Impossible …

Hi There

Shooting my short tomorrow for three days.

Crew of 14 - cast of 2

I was wondering if anyone had some standard contract templates I could adapt?


Thank you x

Thanks Steve

Way more helpful than an 'I told you so' followed by no solution...

Take care

Is a permit needed for a night shoot in an alley in London??

I found a narrow alley in London ec3. I don’t want to run and gun it.
I want to take my time and shoot it properly.
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Oops. Sorry wrong entry.

Hi everyone,

I've read little on this subject and from I can tell you can use products and brands in your film as long as they're incidental, so not the main focus.

Does this al…

"Normally brands are only to happy to have the brands featured (unless there is some sort of derogatory connotation) and will sometimes even provide goods / props for usage or ev…