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Hazards on Film Productions

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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/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.

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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 mother and stepfather spent all his money….legally. Back to

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Royalty Free Music

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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. Back to Post Home For my filmmaker friends: I am a composer (and film producer). There is some rather confusing information out there

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