The Business Side of Filmmaking
Characteristics Of This Class:
This workshop provides a comprehensive understanding of common business and legal concerns faced by independent filmmakers. You'll feel more confident when negotiating contracts, hiring contractors, protecting your intellectual property, and handling the other business aspects of your work. And you'll be less likely to make a critical insurance blunder or sign away the rights to your film!
This workshop will cover:
- Forming your business, including tax and liability considerations
- Insurance must-knows
- Employees vs. independent contractors
- Writing and understanding contracts
- Patents, trademarks, copyright, and other intellectual property issues
Who Should Take This:
Professional filmmakers who use contracts, hire or work as independent contractors, and are familiar with self-employment taxes but realize they'll benefit from a deeper understanding of business considerations. If you're brand-new to videography, start with Digital Video Camera & Lighting Basics.
Mike Ambroziak
Mike Ambroziak is the founding member of Ambroziak Kitto PC, a Denver based business law firm. He specializes in structuring and negotiating intellectual property commercialization and technology transfers. Over the years, Mike has worked with Chicago''s Lawyers for the Creative Arts, the Mass Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commissions and the legal department of Chicago's PBS Affiliate (WTTW Channel 11). He was selected by the Denver Business Journal 'Best of The Bar Awards' as one of Colorado's top three attorneys in Media and Communications.
I really enjoyed this class. The instructor covered very relevant information.
Cheryl, 7/6/2011
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Optional Payment Plan for Transitions Certificate Programs:
We want to make our training as accessible as possible so we offer a simple payment plan for our Transitions Certificate Programs. Each of the 4 payments is 25% of the total registration fee with no finance charges or other costs. The first payment will be taken when you register and the remaining 3 payments are paid every month for the following 3 months (detailed payment information in the table below). It's easy to take advantage of this option and we encourage you to sign up early since these programs often fill up fast! If you're interested, don't register online. Instead, please contact BDA staff at 303-800-4647 or email us with the name and start date of the program you wish to attend (info@boulderdigitalarts.com) and we'll get you setup, take your first payment, and confirm your registration.
Payment Program Details
| BDA Member | Non-Member | |
| Payment 1 Paid at time of registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Payment 2 Due one month after registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Payment 3 Due two months after registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Payment 4 Due three months after registration. |
$17.25 | $22.25 |
| Note: registrants using the payment plan are not eligible for the early registration discount and always pay the standard registration fee ($69.00 for BDA members and $89.00 for non-members). | ||
Registration Fees
BDA Members: $59.00
Non-Members: $79.00
Registration Discount Applied
You save $10.00 by registering before midnight on 10/5/2013. Standard registration fees for this program are $69.00 for members and $89.00 for non-members.
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The class addressed several areas I had limited exposure to and the instructor was very knowledgeable.
Mary Ann, 12/2/2012