Crowell, Thomas A. <br/><br/>
The pocket lawyer for filmmakers :  a legal toolkit for independent producers / 
by Thomas A. Crowell. 
 - Amsterdam ;  Boston :  Focal Press,  c2007. 
 - xviii, 449 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-327) and index. 
<br/><br/> Overview of the pocket lawyer --  Legal building blocks --  Copyright and intellectual property --  Issues in film contracting --  production company --  Setting up the production company --  Your professional team --  Financing your movie --  Development --  Idea rights : (protecting your pitches and avoiding idea "theft") --  Creating a screenplay --  Acquiring screenplay rights --  Chain of title : the care and feeding of your copyright --  Pre-production --  Hiring cast and crew -- a lot of law to worry about --  producer's services agreement --  director's service agreements --  Crew services agreement --  Performers --  Production --  Extras and depiction releases --  Locations --  What's on the set? --  Post-production --  Post-production staff --  Music --  Film clips and stock footage --  Credits & copyright notice --  Distribution --  Selling your film --  Conclusion --  Law library appendices A-D --  law library --  filmmaker's guide to intellectual property law --  filmmaker's guide to contract law --  clause companion --  filmmaker's guide to labor and employment law.  Pt. I.  Pt. II.  1.  2.  Pt. III.  3.  4.  5.  Pt. IV.  6.  7.  8.  9.  Pt. V.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  Pt. VI.  15.  16.  17.  Pt. VII.  18.  19.  20.  21.  Pt. VIII.  22.  Pt. IX.  App. A.  App. B.  App. C.  App. D. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0240808428 9780240808420 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007007525 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Independent filmmakers--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.<br/>Motion pictures--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Copyright--Motion pictures--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 4298.Z9  / C76 2007