{"id":174,"date":"2015-09-17T05:05:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T05:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/refresh\/new\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2023-11-07T21:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:58:22","slug":"production-legal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/production-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ramo Law provides production legal services for film (scripted\/documentary), television (unscripted\/scripted), digital content and new media. Such services include the following<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Production Contracts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide and negotiate agreements for production\/post-production (location agreements, day player agreements, personal release agreements, crew agreements and any other non-union template agreements, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Draft, negotiate and finalize contracts for above the line talent and above the line crew (producers, director, casting director, executive producers or producer\u2019s representative)<\/li>\n<li>Draft, negotiate and finalize performer contracts for performers (each performer agreement may include negotiating and finalizing the escrow agreement, long form performer agreement, short-form certificate of engagement)<\/li>\n<li>Provide Client with music license templates and negotiate and finalize music licenses.<\/li>\n<li>Draft and negotiate composer contract for original score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chain of <\/strong>Title<strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Review, draft, negotiate and finalize chain of title contracts (drafting, negotiating and finalizing) for acquiring rights and hiring writers<\/li>\n<li>Register screenplay and film with the U.S. Copyright Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Clearances<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide 1 clearance report on the screenplay. Provide clearance analysis of alternative names, locations, logos or other items identified as not clear for use in the clearance report<\/li>\n<li>Provide a clearance form to obtain company\/product clearances<\/li>\n<li>Review\/comment on product clearance agreements and product placement agreements<\/li>\n<li>Film clearance report (if needed) can be provided<\/li>\n<li>Legal Opinion letters, in connection with title reports, copyright reports and\/or chain of title<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/rights-clearances-fair-use\/\">Rights, Clearances &#038; Fair Use<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Unions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Advise client in filing paperwork for the applicable union signatory (including advice in union compliance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Legal Advice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>During pre-production and principal photography, Ramo Law will be available to provide legal advice and\/or research on any matters Client may have regarding the Project including, but not limited to, insurance claims and matters, city licenses and permits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Post Production<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Review and assist Client in securing an E&amp;O insurance policy, including all contracts and documentation necessary in connection with the E&amp;O application<\/li>\n<li>Provide credit statement of contracts on file, which shall include paid ad obligations, name and likeness approval and restrictions<\/li>\n<li>Review and comment on first draft of main\/end titles and billing block<\/li>\n<li>Provide\/review profit participation statement to Client<\/li>\n<li>Provide Client with 1 hard copy OR 1 electronic copy of delivery documents<\/li>\n<li>Post-production agreements (including, without limitation, for post house)<\/li>\n<li>Obtaining approvals and\/or waivers from unions, crew, cast or other above-the-line personnel, including, without limitation, still approvals, key art approvals, credit waivers, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramo Law provides production legal services for film (scripted\/documentary), television (unscripted\/scripted), digital content and new media. Such services include the following Production Contracts Provide and negotiate agreements for production\/post-production (location agreements, day player agreements, personal release agreements, crew agreements and any other non-union template agreements, etc.) Draft, negotiate and finalize contracts for above the line<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/production-legal\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-fullwidth_template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7358,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions\/7358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}