Tag: Chain of Title
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The Distribution Checklist You Need Before You Ever Hit Record
Here’s a horror story too many indie filmmakers have lived through: You’ve wrapped your shoot. You’ve locked the edit. You’re celebrating your final color pass. Then you get the distribution offer. And with it? A deliverables checklist that makes your stomach drop. Suddenly, your finished film… isn’t finished enough. And fixing it? Expensive. Time-consuming. Sometimes
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If You Don’t Budget for a Lawyer, Budget for Regret
You wouldn’t roll camera without a cinematographer. You wouldn’t record sound without a boom op. So why are so many filmmakers trying to launch careers without a lawyer? Let’s be blunt: if you don’t budget for legal help, you’re budgeting for regret. From rights agreements to release forms to distribution contracts, the film industry is
