I'm midway complete with my Feature Length film I've worked so hard on and day by day it's getting more popular.
The only problem is, I went into getting the film without any knowledge or care about getting the proper licensing and copyright info before making the film. And I think I'm treading along very dangerous ground now but I don't know.
My official facebook page now has around 13,000 fans, and they're all anticipating this pretty large indie film i've been working on. Unfortunately, there is a ton I messed up on.
My dad is a lawyer, so he has been helping me a lot of the way with contracts for the cast to sign but I didn't even think about, until the last minute, about a Production Company. I recently (When almost 90% completed with the project) made up a copyright name for the movie trailer without thinking twice if it was in use or not. The movie trailer now has around 42,000 views on youtube and I'm like "Shit, it's gaining too much ground to be brought down now" so I'm still leaving it up. Generally people come up with Production Company names, get the proper licensing for them, with film insurance, during the Pre-Production stages of a major feature, and then when signing the cast, they sign the cast to the production company as well as insurances, etc. but I didn't think about that at all during the Pre-Production stages, I just jumped straight into the film. I've also released pics from the film without any copyright symbol on them protecting my rights for the film. So if film festivals catch that, they most likely will not let me use the film because they take that stuff extremely seriously. Especially at Sundance.
I also didn't get a copyright for my film until just recently as well. So after all that time of releasing pics, setting up a website, etc, I just compulsively did it all without copyright, patents, etc. Even though my dad's a lawyer, he and I have no idea if that stuff is serious or not.
Maybe I'm just overthinking all of this, but I think once your film starts gaining some serious ground commercially, you better start worrying about copyrights, patents, etc, or you are in some deep dog shit.
Opinions? Should I just drop the project? Or is it not too big of a deal? Especially since I now have obtained a copyright for my film, and am in the works of patenting a production company
The only problem is, I went into getting the film without any knowledge or care about getting the proper licensing and copyright info before making the film. And I think I'm treading along very dangerous ground now but I don't know.
My official facebook page now has around 13,000 fans, and they're all anticipating this pretty large indie film i've been working on. Unfortunately, there is a ton I messed up on.
My dad is a lawyer, so he has been helping me a lot of the way with contracts for the cast to sign but I didn't even think about, until the last minute, about a Production Company. I recently (When almost 90% completed with the project) made up a copyright name for the movie trailer without thinking twice if it was in use or not. The movie trailer now has around 42,000 views on youtube and I'm like "Shit, it's gaining too much ground to be brought down now" so I'm still leaving it up. Generally people come up with Production Company names, get the proper licensing for them, with film insurance, during the Pre-Production stages of a major feature, and then when signing the cast, they sign the cast to the production company as well as insurances, etc. but I didn't think about that at all during the Pre-Production stages, I just jumped straight into the film. I've also released pics from the film without any copyright symbol on them protecting my rights for the film. So if film festivals catch that, they most likely will not let me use the film because they take that stuff extremely seriously. Especially at Sundance.
I also didn't get a copyright for my film until just recently as well. So after all that time of releasing pics, setting up a website, etc, I just compulsively did it all without copyright, patents, etc. Even though my dad's a lawyer, he and I have no idea if that stuff is serious or not.
Maybe I'm just overthinking all of this, but I think once your film starts gaining some serious ground commercially, you better start worrying about copyrights, patents, etc, or you are in some deep dog shit.
Opinions? Should I just drop the project? Or is it not too big of a deal? Especially since I now have obtained a copyright for my film, and am in the works of patenting a production company