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Considering the legal aspects of film production may be unpleasant, but a very necessary evil. Even if you’re making a short film, you need to protect yourself legally regarding any work or film materials that appears within the movie. Legal forms are even more critical if you’re even considering any type of distribution. Guerilla filmmakers ignore legal safeguards at their own peril.

Since your budget is probably limited, you can’t expect to have a high-profile attorney making sure that each step of film production is legally protected. Instead, be sure that you have a basic level of legal shelter. This means ...

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