Host: trinidad+tobago film festival
Presents: Navigating Contracts and Clearances
Discipline: Creative Business | Entertainment Law
Skill Level: Beginner
Description: If the words ‘contract’ and ‘clearance’ keep you up at night, you’re not alone. But knowledge is the key to allaying one’s fears, and understanding this integral part of the filmmaking process will give you peace of mind. ttff/20 is pleased to again present a critical seminar on contracts and clearances.
This two-hour session will be led by facilitators Dionne McNicol-Stephenson and Cindy F. Daniel, who will guide you through the main types of contracts needed for a project, from those relating to your cast and crew to the often-misunderstood collection of music clearances and rights. Product placement contracts will also be covered. The presenters will use case studies featuring two local feature-length films for discussion.
Date | Time: Thursday 10th September 2020 | 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Online via Facebook Live
Facilitator: Cindy F. Daniel
Cindy F. Daniel has been involved with commercial theatre and film in Trinidad and Tobago for more than a decade as both a thespian and practising attorney.
She has worked consistently in the entertainment industry as a voice talent, TV host, actor on both stage and screen, and theatre and creative content producer.
After being called to the bar of Trinidad & Tobago, she worked primarily in the public service and has significant experience in policy and legislative development, contract negotiation and drafting, and intellectual property. She is attached to the Culture Division of the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts and has collaborated with the Intellectual Property Office to host workshops for artists.
Facilitator: Dionne McNicol-Stephenson
Dionne McNicol-Stephenson has over 20 years’ experience in the creative industries and 14 years experience in the area of intellectual property and entertainment law. Her work has spanned the areas of music, theatre, film, live performance and live events – in the form of performance, administration, production, legal services and policy development.
Her career path has had many twists and turns, most recently leading her to national service on the board of directors of Creative Industries Company of Trinidad and Tobago (CreativeTT) and as chairman of the Film Company of Trinidad and Tobago (FilmTT).
She is a creative industries consultant and the chief connector at A Big Box of Crayons – a collective showcase of and for Trinbago’s creative makers and thinkers.
Cost: FREE
Registration Period: 26th August – 9th September 2020 | 9AM – 5PM
Registration Location: Online
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Workshop details submitted by: Catherine Emmanuel
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