Risky Business comes to Detroit, October 15, 2005
Risky Business: Financing & Distributing Independent
Mark Litwak will be bringing his Risky Business seminar to Detroit for the first time this fall. The seminar will be held at State University Community Arts Auditorium, Detroit, MI.
This comprehensive seminar explores how independent films are financed and distributed. Topics include financing via pre‑sales, debt and limited partnerships, negotiating tactics, typical contract terms, cross‑collaterization and creative accounting. Particular attention is paid to how producers and filmmakers can protect themselves by watering down warranties, getting added to the E & O policy, using lab access letters to retain possession of the negative, utilizing termination and arbitration clauses. The seminar includes a handout with a distribution contract, articles, a self‑defense checklist and other materials. Other topics include criteria for selecting a distributor; what is negotiable and what is not; compliance with state and federal laws when seeking investors; retaining an attorney or producer's rep; confirming arbitration awards in Superior Court; and, enforcing judgments.
For additional information and to register, visit: http://www.artservemichigan.org/index2.html
Mark Litwak will be bringing his Risky Business seminar to Detroit for the first time this fall. The seminar will be held at State University Community Arts Auditorium, Detroit, MI.
This comprehensive seminar explores how independent films are financed and distributed. Topics include financing via pre‑sales, debt and limited partnerships, negotiating tactics, typical contract terms, cross‑collaterization and creative accounting. Particular attention is paid to how producers and filmmakers can protect themselves by watering down warranties, getting added to the E & O policy, using lab access letters to retain possession of the negative, utilizing termination and arbitration clauses. The seminar includes a handout with a distribution contract, articles, a self‑defense checklist and other materials. Other topics include criteria for selecting a distributor; what is negotiable and what is not; compliance with state and federal laws when seeking investors; retaining an attorney or producer's rep; confirming arbitration awards in Superior Court; and, enforcing judgments.
For additional information and to register, visit: http://www.artservemichigan.org/index2.html
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