Posted on August 18, 2010 in Music | 1 Comment
Since American Graffiti, the modern film musical has been reinvented as a greatest hits collection of popular or cutting-edge genre music. But if a filmmaker wishes to use recordings of popular songs, she must enter the byzantine world of music licensing.
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Posted on May 3, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Music | No Comments
Copyright rules define much of the music business, shaping the practices that drive recording and touring deals. Washington understands the importance of the music business, passing and amending copyright laws to benefit and manage the music industry for well over a century.
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Posted on January 4, 2010 in Budgeting, Contracts and Law, Music | No Comments
By Jon M. Garon
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC
Anatomy of a Budget
A budget consists of the summary page, known as the top sheet, and a series of department-by-department itemizations for that budget. Even if a film’s expenses top $200 million, every roll of tape must be budgeted, receipted, and credited to its particular account. The numbers [...]
Posted on November 16, 2009 in Contracts and Law, Music | No Comments
By Jon M. Garon
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC
Every Hollywood studio has a team of lawyers and paralegals who focus exclusively on the music licensing issues for their productions. The independent filmmaker must find a way to accomplish this same task. Through creative planning, she can bring the same artistic vision and entrepreneurial approach to the [...]
Posted on November 10, 2008 in Music | No Comments
Iosono, a spinoff company of Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology unveiled a breakthrough in theatrical sound dubbed “3-D sound” at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers’ Technical Conference and Exhibition.
The Hollywood Reporter writes, “The 3-D sound system at the Mann is a ring of 380 speakers, set six inches apart, around [...]
Posted on September 8, 2008 in Music | No Comments
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 [...]
Posted on August 5, 2008 in Music | No Comments
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 [...]
Posted on August 1, 2008 in Music | No Comments
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 | [...]
Posted on July 22, 2008 in Music | No Comments
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 [...]
Posted on July 19, 2008 in Music | No Comments
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 [...]
Posted on February 14, 2008 in Music | 1 Comment
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 [...]
