The Front Row View (entertainment insurance blog)
The Importance of Getting Media Releases from Cast and Above-the-line Crew
30 August, 2024 • Grant PattenImage credit: Shutterstock In filmmaking, obtaining media releases (also known as talent releases or actor releases) from the cast and above-the-line crew (i.e., creative personnel) is important for several reasons: **Legal Protection**: Media releases provide legal protection to the filmmakers and production company. ...
The Best Filmmaking Online Courses | Best Online Film Schools
6 August, 2024 • Grant PattenImage: Shutterstock We previously published articles about the best film schools in Canada and the USA. As a companion piece to those articles, let’s do a “resource round-up” of some of the best filmmaking online courses. Scorsese’s MasterClass Udemy’s Complete Filmmaker Guide LinkedIn Learning: Become a Film Producer ...
How a specialized film insurance broker can help your production
2 July, 2024 • David HamiltonHow a film insurance broker helps A broker will help identify the risks associated with a production. Once the risks are identified, the risk can be transferred to an insurance company for a fee or premium. The film insurance broker negotiates the lowest possible premium and the broadest coverage available in the marke...
The Best Mobile Apps for Filmmakers | Best Filmmaking Apps
2 May, 2024 • Grant PattenSource: Shutterstock There are various mobile apps out there – some of them even free – that can help filmmakers be more efficient in their processes and workflows. So, let’s do a “resource round-up” of some of the best mobile apps for filmmakers and producers. Scriptation LumaFusion ShotPro Shot Designer Helios Pro Ar...
Top 10 Stock Footage Platforms for Filmmakers | Best Stock Video Sites
13 November, 2023 • Grant PattenImage: Shutterstock If you’re working on a low-to-no budget film/video project or documentary, you’ll probably have to use stock footage and thankfully, there are many helpful platforms out there that provide a large variety of footage for download at reasonable prices. So, let’s do a “resource round-up” of some of the...
The Three Parts of Film Production Insurance Explained by a Broker
30 October, 2023 • Mike GronerMike Groner: Production insurance I would break down into three different parts. The first being the liability; that’s your commercial general liability, also known as public liability. That’s the bodily injury or property damage to the public. No equipment vendor is going to let you out the door without liability insu...
Producers: Buy an E&O policy before going into production or wait?
12 September, 2023 • Dave SternFilm Producers: Buy an E&O policy before going into production or wait until the project has been sold? Dave Stern: I think as an entertainment lawyer, we would always rather a producer’s errors & omissions (E&O) policy be obtained as early as possible, certainly before production would be ideal. In a lot o...
Call Sheets Help Reduce Film Insurance Costs
7 September, 2023 • David HamiltonDaily Call Sheets in Film Production Daily call sheets are a useful way to alert cast and crew to potential hazards for that day’s shooting schedule, and to inform them about which safety precautions they might need to take. Film insurance underwriters appreciate the risk management component of a call sheet and take t...
Filmmakers: Capture Footage of the Location Before the Shoot!
31 August, 2023 • Mike GronerColby Spencer: For someone who is an indie filmmaker or doing a small project, what are some things that you wish you could tell them that they can learn from this episode? Mike Groner: I would say probably the most important thing – and I try to hit this home with every filmmaker – when you’re going to film at a locat...
Injuries to Actors Could be Covered Under Cast Production Insurance
10 August, 2023 • Mike GronerActor Injury Insurance for Film Productions (US and Canada) Colby Spencer: I don’t know if everybody knows: there’s production insurance, show insurance but there’s also cast insurance claims and they can be some of the biggest claims that a project can incur. One of the examples that I saw on the Front Row blog was wh...
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