By Jon M. Garon Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC This is part of a series of book excerpts from Independent Filmmaking, The Law & Business Guide for Financing, Shooting & Distributing Independent & Digital Films designed as an introduction to the many legal issues involved in the filmmaking process. Music & Sound For most modern films, music has [...]
By Jon M. Garon Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC This is part of a series of book excerpts from Independent Filmmaking, The Law & Business Guide for Financing, Shooting & Distributing Independent & Digital Films designed as an introduction to the many legal issues involved in the filmmaking process. The industry tradition has been to create a series [...]
How does the way Quentin Tarantino’s characters talk about and react to music relate to the manner in which that music is heard in his films? … pop music can serve as a film’s memory, instantaneously linking it with its audience, tapping into a nostalgic past or fixing the film firmly in the present. — Netribution | [...]
Hopeful these new rules will help filmmakers cut though the “red tape” nightmare of licensing music for every country in the EU for films distributed in Europe. Suggested by member: Dark Water …Music download stores like Apple’s iTunes could soon be able to operate one shop for the whole of Europe, under new rules brought in by [...]
The Commonwealth Club of California San Francisco, CA Sep 17th, 2007 The Future of Music Part II: Copy Rights and Wrongs with discussants Chris Castle, Tim Westergren and Eion Harrington. Richard French moderates. What do artist rights and creative license mean in the rapidly evolving world of entertainment? What’s really wrong with the music industry, and how can new [...]
Frequently Asked Questions For Students and Independent Filmmakers Q: WHAT LICENSES MUST I GET TO USE A SONG IN MY FILM? A: If you are using a pre-recorded song or another pre-recorded piece of music in your film, there are two rights you need to clear; that is to say, you need to get two different licenses [...]