Hi Indietalk.
This is my first post. I joined this forum with posting this in mind. I hope there is somebody who can help.
I have read some of the other posts and they have guided me but I'm still not 100% on some of them.
A quick brief on what its about. I am going to be shooting a pilot episode for a TV show with the main intent of promoting the local guys involved in game development, animated film and comic book/graphic novels. There will be interviews and "news updates" on the progress of these people. We will also have short segments on game, anime and comic reviews for international products. And when there are any geek events held in the country we will do coverage of it as well.
So here are the questions.
1.) With regards to the international segments and reviews. Will I need to get permission to use official trailers, adverts or if I have a short scene from an anime, game play, or images of the actual comic book content.
2.) If I have somebody doing the reviews, not the presenter or somebody hired by the production company but a local guy at a comic shop, do I need them to sign release forms to put them in the show, even if they agree to be apart of it. I will have everybody directly involved sign something. But if it is necessary, will I need one blanket form or will they have to sign a form every episode we use them.
3.) When we film events, there will obviously be tons of people walking around. Am I allowed to film them and use that coverage in the show without having each and every one of them sign off on it.
4.) Related to number three. At the events I will have to get permission to film for TV. I assume I need permission of the owners of the location and permission from the people hosting the event. Is that correct.
5.) This is the last one. And basically I just want any advice from people who have done something similar and ran into situations they didn't expect please. This will be the first product I pitch to a proper channel in hopes of getting the funding to do it right. And I need to be sure I don't screw something up that gets the series dropped and screws me with regards to any of the other shows I have planned.
Thanks a bunch to anybody who can help me with some answers or shove me off in the direction I need to shoved off in. Good luck to all the others that this might help as well.
This is my first post. I joined this forum with posting this in mind. I hope there is somebody who can help.
I have read some of the other posts and they have guided me but I'm still not 100% on some of them.
A quick brief on what its about. I am going to be shooting a pilot episode for a TV show with the main intent of promoting the local guys involved in game development, animated film and comic book/graphic novels. There will be interviews and "news updates" on the progress of these people. We will also have short segments on game, anime and comic reviews for international products. And when there are any geek events held in the country we will do coverage of it as well.
So here are the questions.
1.) With regards to the international segments and reviews. Will I need to get permission to use official trailers, adverts or if I have a short scene from an anime, game play, or images of the actual comic book content.
2.) If I have somebody doing the reviews, not the presenter or somebody hired by the production company but a local guy at a comic shop, do I need them to sign release forms to put them in the show, even if they agree to be apart of it. I will have everybody directly involved sign something. But if it is necessary, will I need one blanket form or will they have to sign a form every episode we use them.
3.) When we film events, there will obviously be tons of people walking around. Am I allowed to film them and use that coverage in the show without having each and every one of them sign off on it.
4.) Related to number three. At the events I will have to get permission to film for TV. I assume I need permission of the owners of the location and permission from the people hosting the event. Is that correct.
5.) This is the last one. And basically I just want any advice from people who have done something similar and ran into situations they didn't expect please. This will be the first product I pitch to a proper channel in hopes of getting the funding to do it right. And I need to be sure I don't screw something up that gets the series dropped and screws me with regards to any of the other shows I have planned.
Thanks a bunch to anybody who can help me with some answers or shove me off in the direction I need to shoved off in. Good luck to all the others that this might help as well.
