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Hi,

I'm planning out a documentary/drama and am interested in finding
resources on what you can / can't include in documentaries from
existing works, and how to go about purchasing licenses for
copyrighted works. For example: How do you include a news clip about
current news? How do you get the rights to include a clip from an old
John Wayne movie, etc.

I'll find a more accurate topic to post this under too.

Cliff

Welcome, Cliff.

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Hi everyone. New to the forum, and new to the world of documentaries.
I'm just starting research on a small documentary for a studio in Los
Angeles, and I'm looking forward to tapping the brainpower and
experience of my fellow filmmakers.

Don

Welcome to the brave new world of docs, Don.

Welcome, Don. Does Los Angeles have a film community?

Just kidding.

Hi everyone! I'm new to this and also new to making documentaries
but I'm working on one right now and hoping to find more resources
and learn as I go...

Glad you're here, Monica. You've come to the right place.

good luck, monica. care to tell us what the doc is about?

The documentary is about natural births, cesareans and vbacs
(vaginal birth after cesarean) and the controversy surrounding it.
I'm not sure how exactly it'll end up cause I have a lot of ideas
and a lot of information to gather but I definitely plan on
including artistic elements as well as providing a resource for
women as well as their families and the sky is the limit as where
I'll be trying to exhibit it...

Thanks for your support!

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Ack, D-Word's first spam. Hopefully the hosts will delete it soon
enough and send Marc Wayne packing.

done, with 3 easy clicks of the finger. xmint01, yer history!

Hey,

Just found this site. I've sunk about a year so far into my current
full length doc, Resurrect Dead (www.resurrectdead.com) It's a
first time effort for all of us involved - we're really excited.

It follows an excentric artist obsessed with solving a crop circle-
esque mystery.

I'm glad to find this forum. Cheers, -Jon

glad you found us, too, jon. good luck with the resurrection.

Welcome, Jon. Happy trails on the road to completion.

HELLOW,
Nice to find the site,i am filmaker from israel,my name is gil
karni,i want to tell you that we have in Israel forum for the
documentary filmakers ,in 8 th of May we are having the first
cermony ending the competition in some section of documentary,like
feature length,t.v 60 min,short,and first apearance, after selecting
168 films they choose 5 films in each category, they are the
finalist,we have 3 screening for the fourum members they goung to
decide who is going to win. my film Troubled WATER is one the 5 in
the feature length. i think that the Israeli documentary filmaking
had developed and getting better a lot because our very dramatic
life in ISRAEL that give us,the filmakers a lot of very dramatic
issus to handle. good luck to all filmakerrs.

Welcome, Gil. We're looking forward to your introduction in our
private forum {LINK NOT IMPORTED} as well!

Hi, Gil. I make sure you're registered in the Community. Look
forward to having you join us there.

Hello. I just discovered this fourm through the Docurama website.
I haven't even looked around yet! I just registered and hopped in
to introduce myself.

I'm yet another one of those "aspiring" documentary filmmakers the
digital age has bred. I'm currently researching for a doc in
Chicago (where I live) and have shot some footage that couldn't
wait for my research. Hope to find some other Chicagoans.

Glad to be here - I'm going to go dig around and see what all
you've got here. Very excited to know this forum exists.

welcome, dustin. dig away!

Hello all-

I'm a Chicago filmmaker working on my first documentary. I'm excited
to be a part of the community, and I'm sure I'll be visiting often for
your insights. Thanks for having me!

Kenzie

Great to be had, Kenzie. Welcome aboard.

Cool! Two more Midwesterners (I'm in Iowa). Welcome, Dustin and
Kenzie. You guys in IFP/Chicago? D-Worder Cheri Pugh is a Chicagoan.