The Long Island International Film Expo Starts This Week...

The Long Island International Film Expo Starts This Week...

And we will be there! 13 years ago, I received my first ever film statue from the 2002 LIIFE as a producer, and now I will be there to speak as an attorney on two panels: Ask a Lawyer (with Marc Jacobson, P.C.) and How to Start Up an Independent Film Production Company (or Have Your Lawyer Do It).  

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How to Start Up an Independent Film Production Company (or Have Your Lawyer Do It)

How to Start Up an Independent Film Production Company (or Have Your Lawyer Do It)

Indie filmmaking and production companies have drastically changed since the improvements of tech and the Internet. You can shoot an independent film in HD with a high-end DSLR and do your entire post-production on a laptop.  But even if you have the best line producer in New York, you still should have an idea of how to start up your very own independent film production company, with or without the guidance of a lawyer. 

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Your Unpaid Internship for That Production Assistant is Probably Illegal

Your Unpaid Internship for That Production Assistant is Probably Illegal

Since the beginning of independent film, music, and theater, production companies have hired young high school and college-aged (and older) workers in search of "breaking into the industry," and have chosen to not pay them.  Those days of getting real work in exchange for credit (college or screen) seem to be disappearing.

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