A Legal Primer for Making Indie Movies

While thousands of films are made each year in the United States and Canada, less than 800 were theatrically released in 2017, with many exceptional films failing to obtain commercial distribution because of legal issues.

1 minute read July 01, 2018 at 12:05 AM
By
Kelly L. Frey Sr.
A Legal Primer for Making Indie Movies
  1. Development. Creating or capturing third-party rights to a story that can be converted into a script and then breaking down the script into a budget upon which financing for the movie can be arranged.

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