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Two Important Points:
1. The information in this booklet applies to any film. Short or long, documentary or drama or animated, theatrical or non-theatrical; every film involves many of the same legal, financial, and other business decisions.
2. This booklet is emphatically not a substitute for professional counselling. A filmmaker should have a working relationship with, or at least access to, the qualified legal, financial and distribution personnel necessary to insure the completion of his project with a minimum of obstructions. Consult them.
The Hypothetical Fact Situation:
The chosen film project encompasses all potential marketing areas of film: a dramatic feature for international theatrical distribution in 35mm, followed by 16mm_nontheatrical distribution; a trimmed feature for reduction to 16mm and TV showing as a Movie of the Week-type event; a 16mm half hour documentary on the making of the film, for TV and non-theatrical distribution; a short based on pertinent research and information uncovered about the subject, but containing different material than the feature; and a travelogue utilising the Canadian and international locations required for shooting the feature. Personnel and equipment can do double duty by making the shorts while shooting the feature, and the producer can therefore exploit the Original idea to the fullest, providing income insurance should the largest financial risk, the feature, prove to be less successful than anticipated. In this case, a biography of Norman Bethune is to form the dramatic feature, with a travelogue on China and a historical short on Bethune and his life and times using old stills and reminiscences.
In Appreciation
The Canadian Filmmakers’ Distribution Centre, on behalf of Canadian film-makers, extends special thanks to the panelists and moderators who donated their time and experience to raise the general level of awareness of film-making procedures in Canada.
The Money: Moderator: critic Robert Fothergill; Panelists: producers G. Chalmers Adams, David Perlmutter; film-makers Pen Densham, Allan King, Julius Kohanyi; CBC contracting manager George Desmond; CTV producer Larry Hertzog; and lawyer Miles O'Reilly.
The Law: Moderator: Ontario Arts Council Executive Director Louis Applebaum; Panelists: producer G. Chalmers Adams; lawyers Joseph Beaubien, Garth Drabinsky, John Mills, Q.C.; and accountant Ralph Wood.
The Market: Moderator: lawyer Lorie Waisberg; Panelists: producer G. Chalmers Adams; NFB film officer John Boundy; Famous Players (Canada) president George Destounis; CTV producer Larry Hertzog; educational distributor Marvin Melnyk; Universal Films (Canada) vice-president Bill Soady; and CBC purchasing manager Merv Stone.
Because of the unqualified success of this conference, more are planned. Different aspects of the industry will be examined, with the same goal: to bring together film people and expose them to important components of their art. Announcements and information regarding future conferences will be communicated in Cinema Canada magazine.