Legal stuff!

Just thought I'd also post up some of the stuff Debbie talked about on Monday and what we need to remember to do!


Consents and Permissions

-Firstly there are the people who are going to appear in the film. The Golden Rule: get consents agreed at the time of filming.

- Consents can be given as Release Forms and/or on camera. You need to get consent from anyone who either gives you an interview or who otherwise speaks on camera. It's worth having a paragraph on your release form stating the general objective of the film to show informed consent. You don’t need a release form for people on the street as long as your camera was not concealed. You will need release forms for people who are identifiable in sensitive places even if they are not speaking eg) hospital waiting rooms, gay clubs, law court corridors.

- If you do not get the Copyright cleared the copyright owner can claim that you and anyone screening the film are breaking the law by stealing their rights.

- Music, text, websites, shots of advertising billboards, film clips, news footage, news paper-clippings and even your mates photographs can't be used in films without permission. That doesn't mean you'll always have to pay for rights but it does mean checking who owns them, and getting a formal permission from them.

The release form is available on Blackboard!

They're just a few of the points made, the whole document can be found on Blackboard but we just need to remember to make sure we get everyones consent on form or on camera for anyone we film.

Also just an idea at the begining with the stop motion stuff, realisticly we need to make sure any of the items we use we don't see any of the logos, brands, company names etc :)