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Hazards on Film Productions

Film and television production sets are often chaotic places, with dozens or even hundreds of people working together to create a memorable shot. <a href=”https://worldfilmfederation.com/wff-blog/”> Back to Post Home </a>   Film and television production sets are often chaotic places, with dozens <img title=”By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57216857″ src=”https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Harrison_Ford-scaled-e1678994977942.jpg” alt=”” width=”203″ height=”287″ />or […]

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COOGAN’S LAW – What you should know about hiring minors.

The Kid was released in 1921, public domain. The Coogan Law was enacted in 1938 [now Family Code section  6750 et seq.] in response to the childhood star Jackie Coogan’s plight. Even though he earned millions as a child, Coogan was surprised to find out that when he reached adulthood that he was flat broke, because his

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Royalty Free Music

Some royalty-free libraries will offer a track for multiple-projects. That can sound tempting, but you need to make sure it will be perpetual (forever) and for use beyond festivals, including television broadcast. <a href=”https://worldfilmfederation.com/wff-blog/”> Back to Post Home </a> For my filmmaker friends:<br />I am a composer (and film producer). <img src=”https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/392384/f9056e4080085b844d1dcbe03ac97d4abccb3ae6/original/wwmf-wide-logo-with-ed.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg” width=”384″ height=”256″ />

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TRADE SECRETS 101

It is the trade secret that often provides the company with a competitive edge against other businesses in the same competing market with products or services…………….. <a href=”https://worldfilmfederation.com/wff-blog/”> Back to Post Home </a> <img width=”1024″ height=”485″ src=”https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-1024×485.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-1024×485.jpg 1024w, https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-300×142.jpg 300w, https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-768×363.jpg 768w, https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-1536×727.jpg 1536w, https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-2048×969.jpg 2048w, https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-150×71.jpg 150w, https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-500×237.jpg 500w, https://worldfilmfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Looselips-600×284.jpg 600w,

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SEX, NUDITY & YOU

Work that involves nudity or simulated sex places performers in uniquely vulnerable situations. This work is, and always should be, something a performer is proud of…… <a href=”https://worldfilmfederation.com/wff-blog/”> Back to Post Home </a> Thank goodness for the Screen Actors Guild legal department for ensuring our rights on a movie set. The 2020-SAG-Aftra contracts include many

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