Category: Video Training

Attorney Justin Sterling explains when and how you can legally use copyrighted material, real people’s likenesses, and true stories in your own creative work. Getting this wrong can trigger expensive…

Attorney Justin Sterling covers the contract fundamentals every creative professional needs, since nearly every job involves a negotiation and a signed agreement. Not understanding basic contract law leaves writers, producers,…

Entertainment attorney Paul S. Levine explains copyright and work-for-hire law for producers, authors, and screenwriters — the intellectual property that is literally the product they sell. Misunderstanding who owns a…

Attorney Paul S. Levine explains the option agreements, life rights agreements, and shopping agreements producers use to legally acquire stories, books, screenplays, and real people’s life stories. A poorly negotiated…

Stunt performer and driver Brett Solomano explains what filmmakers need to know about stunts before attempting them on an indie production. Poorly planned stunts can lead to injuries, lawsuits, and…

This fast-paced session shows how award-winning stories like Parasite and The Handmaid’s Tale smuggle potent political and social ideas past even skeptical audiences without triggering backlash. Alienating half your potential…