Legal Restraints

These are a number of legal restraints that I should bear in mind during the process of writing and creating my short film:

• The acquisition of rights in the intellectual property (who owns the book, the script, life story rights, the screenplay etc.)
• Legal Guardian rights of any underage crewmembers.
• A written agreement of fair hours, length of employment, compensation and on screen credits, with the crewmembers.
• Secure location releases of the property owner if on location.
• Not to use copyrighted music, unless you have the rights to do so from current owner of the track.

Personally, I don’t think these legal restraints will be a problem in the production of my film, as the idea I will come up with will be an original one, the people who are helping me out on my film are volunteering to do it, and as a student I’m not making a film on a huge scale with a big budget and a mass viewing audience. I will avoid using copyright music, but I know a website where I can get copyright free sound effects which could be good to use. If necessary I will be able to create my own score to the film too.