Producer Handbook: Table of Contents

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1.  Frequently Asked Questions from Producers

2.  Credits & Packaging

-Credits & Packaging (PDF)

 -Credits & Packaging Worksheet Sample (PDF)

3.  Financial Reporting

-Sample Financial Report Form (PDF)

-Sample Chart of Accounts (PDF)

-Category Detail Report (PDF)

4.  Documentary Distribution Primer

-Documentary Distribution Primer (PDF)

-Anatomy of a PBS Documentary (PDF)

5.  Best Practices in Fair Use

-Best Practices in Fair Use (PDF)

 -Fair Use Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

6.  Rights Clearances

-Rights Clearances (PDF)

-Selected URLs from the presentation Rights & Clearances: Brave New World Revisited (PDF).

-Blank Music Cue Sheet (DOC) (EXCEL)

-Fictional Sample Music Cue Sheet (PDF)

-Music Cue Sheet Instructions (PDF)

-Visual Arts Rights (PDF)

-Fictional Sample Visual Arts Cue Sheet (PDF) (EXCEL)

-Visual Arts Cue Sheet Instructions (PDF) (DOC)

-Acquire Footage and Animation (PDF)

-Acquired Footage Cue Sheet & Instructions (PDF)

-Copyright Basics (PDF)

-Copyright Registration (PDF)

-Copyright Information Online (PDF)

-Form PA (PDF)

-Instructions for Form PA (PDF)

-Circular 3: Copyright Notice (PDF)

-Circular 15A: Duration of Copyright (PDF)

-Circular 15t: Extension of Copyright Terms (PDF)

-Circular 40: Copyright Registration for Works of the Visual Arts (PDF)

-Circular 45: Copyright Registration for Motion Pictures Including Video Recordings (PDF)

7.  Insurance

-Insurance (PDF)

-Errors and Omissions (PDF)

8.  Releases/Forms

 -Blank Contract Complete SKS (PDF)

-Blank RandD Contract Complete SKS (PDF)

-Contacts (PDF)

-Composer Agreement (PDF)

-Location Agreement with Fee (PDF)

-Location Agreement with No Fee (PDF)

-Main Subject Release (PDF)

-Music Materials Release (PDF)

-Music Release (PDF)

-Materials Release (PDF)

-Personal Appearance Release (PDF)

-Personal Release with Pay (PDF)

-Personal Release with No Pay (PDF)

-Producer’s Ancillary Report Form to NAPT (PDF)

-Property Use Release (PDF)

-Sub Contractor Agreement (PDF)

9.  Marketing Your Film

10.  NAPT Outreach Guide

-Adapted Logic Model Template (PDF)

-Sample RFP Budget Template (PDF)

-Sample Survey (PDF)

-Event Coordinantor Checklist (PDF)

-Sample Customizable Flyer (PDF)

-Sample News Release (PDF)

11.  E-Tricks of the Trade

 - Blogs (PDF)

- Ideas on New Uses - Reworking Your Print Material (PDF)

- Podcasts (PDF)

1. Recording


2. Editing


3. Hosting and Creating a Feed


4. Stats


5. Promoting

- Streaming Video (PDF)

- E-mail / E-Newsletters (PDF)

- Social Networking Sites (PDF)