Phone app/Clearance question

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macmorgan

Hi Everyone! I'm directing a short film I wrote in about a month and haven't directed/produced anything since film school 4 years ago.

Part of the story involves a girl on a phone (a la Scream) and it will probably be an iphone (since we all own them). If we show her phone's screen on camera, is that a clearance issue? Or is it not an issue so long as there are no Apple icons or whatever? If it is, we could shoot around seeing the screen on camera. But I also heard there is an app designed for filmmaking to make text messages and caller names appear bigger so they are readable on camera, I was wondering if that's something anyone has used and if that's a potential solution?

There's also a moment with a snow globe that plays music, we just planned to buy a generic snow globe off Amazon--just wondering as long as there are no visible brand names or icons on the snow globe (and that the music is public domain), we don't have to worry about whoever manufactured the snow globe we featured right?

Thanks so much for any and all help with these questions!
 
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As for the I phone thing I am not sure but I think you would be fine I try to avoid logos because if I show them i feel as if I am advertising and hey, fuck that im making a movie not a commercial.

Don't worry bout the snow globe it would be the same if someone had a chair in a movie. Would they get in trouble because they didn't have permission to film it? it's absurd, You're fine buddy, shoot away.
 
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mrpink89 said:
Don't worry bout the snow globe it would be the same if someone had a chair in a movie. Would they get in trouble because they didn't have permission to film it? it's absurd, You're fine buddy, shoot away.
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Worry about the music in the snow globe; even if the music is public domain the "performance/reproduction" of the song is under copyright.

But don't worry about the music in the snow globe; your composer or sound designer would probably love to do music for the snow globe......
 
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