The Independent Filmmaker's Law and Business Guide: Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent Films and Series

Practical up-to-date advice for the aspiring director, producer, or screenwriter This third edition prepares independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organisational questions that can doom a project if unanswered. Current updates include: information on digital marketing and distribution strategies through YouTube or webisodes, online streaming, crowdfunding, and the importance of diversity, inclusion, and compensation equity. This guide demystifies issues such as developing a concept, founding a film company, obtaining financing, securing locations, casting, shooting, granting screen credits, distributing, exhibiting, and marketing a film. Packed with appendices to provide helpful samples and WGA definitions, this guide is essential for all indie filmmakers.