Copyright and permissions for student film footage, logos, music and more
1. What Whoowns it Legal impact Impact on use
My filmedfootage Me I will copyrightmy
footage sothat others
inthe future mustask
before usingit
I have askedmyactors
theirpermissiontobe
inmy filmandwill
make sure theyare
aware it will be
releasedonline,Iwill
getparental consent
for the actors that are
under18 and make
themaware of when
and where we will be
filming
Studio title logo
sequence
I’mgoingto create my
ownstudiologo
therefore Iwon’thave
to worryabout
trademarkingasI will
ownit
I will copyrightmy
logoso that itis
individualtomywork
and cannotbe usedby
others.
As the logowill be
totallygenerated
myself there should
be no legal impacton
this.
Sound effects/musical
score
I will recordmyown
soundeffects
throughoutmyfilmso
theywill be myown.I
am goingto try and
use royaltyfree music
for as muchof my film
as I can howeverif I
can’t findanythat fits
the tone of the scene I
will askpermission
before usingit
EverythingIrecord
myself andthe musicI
will findonline will be
copyrightfree
howeverif Iuse music
that iscopyrighted I
will have tomake sure
I have permission
As I am usingall copy
rightfree musicand
soundeffectsthere
shouldbe nolegal
impactfor my film