Archive for the ‘Finance’ Category
May 24, 2013
Chicago’s leading Entertainment Law firm, Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler, is pleased to announce its inaugural Entertainment Law Seminar: What In-House Lawyers Must Know About Exploiting Creative Content
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Tags: intellectual property, Internet Protocol, LAw, Lawyer, Lawyers and Law Firms, Seminar, Services, Sound recording and reproduction
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May 2, 2013
The Business of Independent Film For the past few years, the business of creating independent film has faced many challenges. Outside financing has suffered from the “Great Recession” as banks stopped lending, Federal Section 181 film tax credits have evaporated, State film Tax credit programs have imploded from scandal and debate rages about the effectiveness […]
Posted in Arts, Budgets, Business Models, Content, Documentary Films, Entertainment, Events, Film & Filmmaking, Film Festivals, Finance, Marketing, Media, Production, State Incentives, Tax Credit, Video |
Tags: Film Festival, Great Recession, Independent film, Movies, San Francisco International Film Festival, Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh, Ted Hope
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April 9, 2013
Five Legal Questions To Ask BEFORE Crowd-funding You Next Film (or Creative) Project Intro I recently had the opportunity to share the stage at a Chicago VentureShot Community panel presentation on crowdfunding an independent film project. My client successfully raised enough funds to produce his film through the Crowdfunding site KickStarter.com. Due to the unpredictable […]
Posted in Arts, Blogging, Budgets, Business Models, Channels, Content, Copyright, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Distribution, Documentary Films, Entertainment, Fair Use, Film & Filmmaking, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Film School, Finance, Marketing, Media, Music/Score, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Ownership, Platforms, Production, Script Writing, Short Films, State Incentives, Tax Credit, Theaters, trademarks, Video, Work-For-Hire |
Tags: Copyright, Creative, Crowd-funding, Film, Filmmaking, Finance, Kickstarter, LAw, LEgal, Project, Questions, Script, trademark
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March 13, 2013
What does it mean to be a creative professional in Chicago? That is the topic for discussions during the Chicago Tribune’s Trib Nation event Chicago Forward: The Future of the Arts in Chicago being held tonight, March 13, 2013 at 6:00 PM. In the Chase Auditorium at 10 South Dearborn. The event proposes to discuss […]
Posted in Arts, Business Models, Content, Copyright, Distribution, Documentary Films, Fair Use, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Film School, Finance, Licensing, Marketing, Media, Music/Score, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Platforms, Production, Script Writing, Short Films, State Incentives, Theaters, Theatrical Release, trademarks, Uncategorized, Video, Work-For-Hire |
Tags: Arts, Band, Choreography, Concerts, Creative, Culture, Dance, Development, Film, History, Museums, Music, Musicians, Playwrights, Professional, Theater, Venues
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April 12, 2012
April 11, 2012 Via Chris Henson, New Orleans Indie Movie Examiner “The film industry in New Orleans, and in Louisiana in general, is booming. But it is not only the major studio productions coming to the Crescent City. Independent filmmaking has also exploded in the area. Non-profit organizations like the New Orleans Video Access Center […]
Posted in Budgets, Business Models, Call For Entries, Casting, Channels, Content, Copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Distribution, DMCA, Documentary Films, Fair Use, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Finance, Licensing, Marketing, Media, Music/Score, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Ownership, Platforms, Production, Script Writing, Short Films, State Incentives, Tax Credit, Theaters, Theatrical Release, trademarks, Video, Work-For-Hire |
Tags: deal, deal making, Film, filmmaker, Finance, new Orleans, Novac, production, Video
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March 27, 2012
Pinterest tightens copyright rules CBS News Unfortunately, given that consumers are putting masses of copyrighted photos onto their boards, that becomes a problem. After all, Pinterest doesn’t want to take the legal heat for making coin on the backs of someone else’s intellectual property. See Also: Pinterest Terms Of Service Get Updated If Web movie views double, […]
Posted in Blogging, Business Models, Channels, Content, Copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Distribution, DMCA, Fair Use, Finance, Licensing, Marketing, Media, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Ownership, Platforms, Production, trademarks, Uncategorized, Video |
Tags: Copyright, intellectual property, LAw, Legal Information, Netflix, Pinterest, Services, World Wide Web
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March 14, 2012
It is increasingly common for film producers to use LLCs as a way to raise funds for production and limit liability of the producers and investors. Below is a checklist of provisions that should be discussed with production counsel prior to forming your LLC. 1. Introductory Clauses and Definitions (Both are optional but common; these […]
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February 7, 2012
While almost any project can find traction with someone, few have the capacity to capture a wide audience. So how does a filmmaker, make it? No promises here, but below are traits that I’ve identified in all the filmamkers I’ve worked with who’ve gotten funding and distribution. Know thyself. I have always asked my clients […]
Posted in Content, Distribution, Documentary Films, Film Festivals, Finance, Marketing, Media, Ownership, Short Films, Theatrical Release, Video, Work-For-Hire |
Tags: Distribution, Film, Finance, investing, Marketing
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October 18, 2011
Although major motion pictures are known for carefully planning out scenes months in advance, Christopher Nolan‘s “The Dark Knight Rises,” which is scheduled to be shot in New York, may get a dose of gritty authenticity by using the protests as a backdrop or a stand-in for something that already exists in the film. See […]
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September 14, 2011
Don’t have time to get to every film Festival? Don’t worry. You can now turn to the Internet and social media to create your own personal film festival. Fast Company today announced the launch of Prescreen, a “social movie discovery platform” that’s designed to “give filmmakers and distributors an alternative to traditional advertising and distribution […]
Posted in Business Models, Content, Distribution, Documentary Films, Film Festivals, Film Production Incentives, Finance, Marketing, Media, Online Marketing, Online Video Marketing, Uncategorized, Video |
Tags: Distribution, Film Festival, Film Production, Indie Film, Marketing, Movie- making, Movies, Producer, Social Media
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