About This Course
Thanks to the proliferation of digital filmmaking, people from all walks of life are now making independent movies. Taught by attorney and author Thomas A. Crowell, this lecture will help you to issue-spot many of the problem areas faced by independent filmmakers and to negotiate key contract provisions required to protect your client’s film property.
Topics discussed include: the lifecycle of a movie, literary option agreements, rights of publicity, location releases, actor agreements, music licensing, intellectual property on the set, and more.