Unit 4

Clearances in materials means the process you go through to get permission, you need permission for; any sets used, the cast starring in your film, music if it is not copyright free, stock film, art posters, any brands mentioned or seen in the film, books, broadcasts, computer programs (if any has been used), dramatic works, and photographs.  Clearances need to be done when making a film so you do not get legally in trouble, your trademark isn't taken down and you have all the insurance needed when making your film.  For a review, you need to go to the attorney. When doing this you need to provide the script. When providing the script, you need to make sure everything is written clearly and in detail, the script needs to include, characters, places, events and nothing you believe is important in the storyline.    The attorney will then look at your script and decide what type of clearances you need when making your film.  The types of clearances a...

Sourcing materials takes time as you need to make sure they are right and will help the outcome of your project. Sources contain a range of different things such as; photo library materials, sound library materials, costumes props and many other elements of pre-production.

When getting audio and recorded music for your film, you need to make sure that during pre-production that all the rights are secured therefore, you do not get copyrighted before you start the editing of the film in the production stage. For example, the director might have a scene that really needs music to accompany it, but if the film gets copyrighted it can get into legal trouble.  If a clearance is not secured in time for music then it will mean that the film will either get copyrighted or that they won't use a piece of music, this then means that the sound crew have to find non-copyrighted music in limited time so that their deadlines are not pushed back and so they don't go over any deadlines.