Legal
Some legal problems you may encounter when trying to distribute a film
- Character owned by another company
- Didn't get permission to film on location
- Branding problems, for example using the Pepsi logo without permission
- Copyrighted music
- Possibly ongoing court case around the subject of your film
- Liable and Slander
Errors and Admissions Insurance - Protects the company from the financial damage caused by oversights in clearing for copyright.
Loglines
We looked at how to write a logline for a film already released. We also looked at how to change an idea from a film and turn it into something completely new. e.g. I chose Iron Man and changed it into a musical. Heres what that might look like;
On the verge of being captured by terrorists, Tony Stark has to escape. But when Obadiah Stane takes over New York Tony Stark must learn that not all super hero's need super powers to be super.
This is Iron Man's actual log line;
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
