Research Catalog

Title

Archival storytelling : a filmmaker's guide to finding, using, and licensing third-party visuals and music / Sheila Curran Bernard, Kenn Rabin.

Author

Bernard, Sheila Curran.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Rabin, Kenn.

Description

ix, 326 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Archival Storytelling is a pragmatic guide to one of the most challenging issues facing filmmakers today: the use of images and music that belong to someone else. Where do producers go for affordable stills and footage? How do filmmakers evaluate the historical value of archival materials? What do verite producers need to know when documenting a world filled with rights-protected images and sounds? How do filmmakers protect their own creative efforts from infringement?" "Filled with advice and insight from filmmakers, archivists, film researchers, music supervisors, intellectual property experts, insurance executives and others, Archival Storytelling defines key terms - copyright, fair use, public domain, orphan works and more - and challenges filmmakers to become not only archival users but also archival and copyright activists, ensuring their ongoing ability as creators to draw on the cultural materials that surround them."--book jacket.

Subjects

• Copyright licenses
• Archival materials
• Documentary films > Production and direction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-308) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 Introduction; PART I FINDING IT; 2 What are archival materials?; 3 Finding what you need; 4 Should you hire a professional?; 5 A global perspective: Conversations with researchers in Moscow, Sydney, Toronto, and Washington; PART II USING IT; 6 Practical considerations; 7 Ordering what you need; 8 Creative considerations; 9 An ongoing process: A conversation with Geoffrey C. Ward; 10 Ethical considerations: A roundtable; PART III LICENSING IT; 11 Introduction to rights and licenses; 12 The public domain; 13 Getting theings right: A conversation with Lawrence Lessig; 14 Fair use; 15 Fair dealing, moral rights, and more: A conversation with Hubert Best; 16 Licensing visuals; 17 Licensing music; 18 Legal considerations: A roundtable; 19 Afterword; PART IV ADDITIONAL MATERIALS; Sources and Notes; Books and Films; About the authors; Index.

ISBN

9780240809731 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008017431

OCLC

• 225846958
• SCSB-12110219

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library