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A review of Michael Donaldson's 'Clearance & Copyright: Everything the Independent Filmmaker Needs to Know,' 2nd Edition
You've got a big shoot coming up in Asia, and potential disasters start popping up in your mind. What if your equipment gets tied up in customs
Music supervision is one of those coveted jobs by individuals who are passionate about music and who sense they can match songs with images. Driving
Documentary filmmaking continues to enjoy a surge in popularity, visibility and exhibition, in styles and formats ranging from short to feature-length
Who owns the images of our world? Where do ideas end and images begin? How can we both defend the freedoms and rights of filmmakers and encourage the
The Independent Film Producer's Survival Guide A Business and Legal Sourcebook By Gunnar Erickson, Harris Tulchin and Mark Halloran <Schirmer Trade
Slowly the signs are going up. I saw the first one a few weeks ago. It said, "Due to new security regulations, there is no use of camcorders or
Karin Stellwagen of The Brooks Institute works with a panel of documentarians, jouralists and legal professionals to decipher the intricate balance between video journalism and documentary filmmaking.
Documentary filmmakers who use archival materials fall into two basic categories: those who are savvy about rights clearance issues and those who aren