How Well Do You Know The Film Industry?

It is of the utmost importance that EVERYONE in relation to any given project should have some form of written agreement, be it a fully written, legally binding contract, a written deal memo, or a letter of intent. Put it on paper so there are no disputes between colleagues besides what is best for the film as the conditions of personal interest have already been negotiated and are no longer contestable. Money will always bring on conflict, regardless of how much you trust anyone you work with.

A contingency is emergency money. If the film should run over budget, you can rely on the contingency as opposed to returning to the investor to ask for more. Often times on larger budget productions this is a mandatory portion of the film's budget, usually amounting to 10% of the overall film's budget on top of the film's budget. For lower budget independent films, it is understandable that money is very tight, but if possible, include this contingency as film is incredibly unreliable and problems will arise.

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Producers, directors, actors and screenwriters are above-the-line, everyone else is below-the-line.

A fair amount of the films we see daily are independent films. An independent film is not one that is self-distributed or made with no A-list talent, it simply signifies that the source of funding and the engagement of production was received by an outside source that excludes any of the major film studios that account for a vast majority of the money circulated into the production of motion pictures in the United States. That is not to say that a major studio cannot pick up an independent film for distribution, the term solely refers to who initiated and paid for the production.

Telecine is the process of transferring film onto a digital or video medium. This involves converting the analog film format into a digital or video format so that it can be easily viewed or edited using modern technology. This process is commonly used in the film industry to preserve and distribute movies in a more accessible and convenient format.

A film set must be run under a tight structure and hierarchy. A director is heavily absorbed in delegating work and should not be distracted by anyone other than the cinematographer, the 1st assistant director, the producer, the actors, and a varying select others depending on the director. Film sets are all run in a different fashion and this may not apply for all productions, however, on a professional film set, it is expected that the crew follow this guideline.

A strip-board is a series of color coded strips that contain information about every scene in the film, whether it is Day or Night, EXT. or INT., the location of each scene and how many 1/8 pages the scene spans. These strips can be arranged and rearranged to develop a shooting schedule, shooting order and to determine the amount of shooting days needed on an easy to organize, visual outline.

Due to health code reasons, it is required that an available restroom be present before anyone arrives on set if one is not already present on location.

The correct answer is "The life of the author plus 70 years." This means that the copyright for a creative work is valid for the duration of the author's life, and an additional 70 years after the author's death. After this period, the work becomes part of the public domain and can be used freely by anyone.