Risky Business at UCLA Oct. 28-29, 2006

Mark will present his "Risky Business: Financing & Distributing Independent Films" seminar at at UCLA on Oct. 28-29. Those who attend this comprehensive two-day seminar will learn how independent films are financed and distributed. Topics include organizing your company, raising financing via pre-sales, debt and limited partnerships, negotiating tactics, principal terms of the acquisition/distribution agreement, cross-collateralization and creative accounting. Particular attention is paid to how producers and filmmakers can protect their interests by watering down warranties, getting added to the E& O policy, using lab access letter to retain possession of the negative, and utilizing termination and arbitration clauses.
The seminar is all day Saturday and three hours Sunday morning.

more info at: http://www.uclaextension.edu/index.cfm?reg=S2964%20&href=/courseListings/course_display/courseDetails.cfm&inweb=1