This standard involves securing the ideas or content for film and television production, drawing on your knowledge, experience and understanding of industry requirements.
You will need to know how to obtain content, agreement for use of formats or access to individuals, and ensure the production company owns the necessary legal rights.
You will need to know how to liaise and negotiate terms with agents, representatives, lawyers or format holders and when the most appropriate opportunity to do so is.
This standard is for those involved in securing rights and access such as production executives and legal teams.
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
use information from reliable sources to identify the owner of rights to ideas or content
work on an ongoing basis with agents, representatives and lawyers in relation to securing content or access to content
negotiate with relevant parties to secure legal rights to content or format
secure the underlying rights of ideas or content at appropriate times
verify that all paperwork relating to legal rights is correct and stored in secure locations
confirm that expenditure is within allocated development budgets for optioning and securing rights
use information from reliable sources to identify and check copyright implications and any potential regulatory or legal problems
check that any legal and ethical constraints have been considered
confirm risk factors to projects and the production company
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand:
methods of identifying who owns the rights to ideas or content and information to use to do so
how to obtain options and underlying legal rights to content or formats
how to check legal documents are correct and safely stored
how to gain access to, liaise and develop relationships with agents or representatives
how to work with lawyers to negotiate the best deal for the production company
all aspects of production, from development to delivery
any legal and ethical considerations which could affect the use of the chosen content in productions
how to minimise factors of risk and vulnerability to the project and the production company
the budget available for purchasing options and legal advice
Overview
This standard involves securing the ideas or content for film and television production, drawing on your knowledge, experience and understanding of industry requirements.
You will need to know how to obtain content, agreement for use of formats or access to individuals, and ensure the production company owns the necessary legal rights.
You will need to know how to liaise and negotiate terms with agents, representatives, lawyers or format holders and when the most appropriate opportunity to do so is.
This standard is for those involved in securing rights and access such as production executives and legal teams.
Performance Criteria
You must be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand: