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In the long run, drawing up a contract is better for your nascent filmmaking career together, and maybe even your friendship.
Cinema Law answers the question: Is it legally permissible for a California LLC to use unpaid labor in the form of volunteers to produce a short film? If not, is it possible to use a deferred salary approach to defer cast and crew compensation until after the short earns a financial profit, if it ever does?
If filming a character on the street and real-life people walk in and out of the frame in the background, do I need release forms from each?
Registering your film for copyright protection provides filmmakers with many benefits and very few disadvantages.
Q: What are the rules regarding wiretapping in documentaries? When people think of wiretapping, they imagine federal agents sitting in an unmarked van, surreptitiously listening to phone calls made by gangsters. But you actually see it all the time in documentaries and reality TV, when an on-air talent makes a phone call to another party.
Q: I’d like to use a camera-mounted drone for an upcoming film shoot, but I’m not sure what I need to do to protect myself from getting sued or arrested. Any advice?
