The Independent Filmmaker's Law and Business Guide Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent Films and Series

by Garon, Jon M.

• ISBN13: 9781641604246
• ISBN10: 1641604247
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-08-03
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

Practical up-to-date advice for the aspiring director, producer, or screenwriter 

This third edition prepares independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organizational questions that can doom a project if unanswered.  

Current updates include?information on digital marketing and distribution strategies through YouTube or webisodes, online streaming, crowdfunding, and the importance of diversity, inclusion, and compensation equity.  

This guide demystifies issues such as developing a concept, founding a film company, obtaining financing, securing locations, casting, shooting, granting screen credits, distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film.  

Packed with appendices to provide helpful samples and WGA definitions, this guide is essential for all indie filmmakers  

Author Biography

Jon M. Garon is a law professor and former dean at NSU Shepard Broad College of Law who specializes in entertainment law, intellectual property, and business law. He also serves as the director of the Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity, and Technology Law Program. He lives in Florida.