[NEohioPAL] i want your VIDEOS

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

When we were discussing this matter at our theatre last year to decide 
on the official policy, we contacted our representatives at all of the 
services that we regularly use to license scripts. Our contacts at 
Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service, and Tams-Witmark all told us 
that they absolutely forbid taping for /any /purpose, period. The folks 
at Rodgers & Hammerstein said that there are about a half-dozen of their 
properties that /can/ be taped, but only if you pay them an additional 
fee. MTI was apparently less strict but still cautionary.  I don't 
believe any of them gave us stipulations based on length.

That being said, in the age of file sharing, YouTube, etc. there's such 
a rampant abuse of copyright that I doubt any of these agencies would 
attack a small non-profit for a 30 second promotional clip.  It's likely 
just not worth their time.  At least, I hope not :)  In any case, I'll 
be watching Tony's blog to see what people are up to!

Andrew Rothman

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
www.CVLT.org


Geoff Short wrote:
> In terms of promoting a show, I don't think the issue is so much one 
> of using extended footage of an actual performance during it's run 
> (which can be a sticky legal issue).  Linda is right, very few people 
> beyond the cast and their immediate acquaintances might care to watch 
> that anyway.  The more interesting story of any particular show is 
> what happens back stage and behind the scenes.  What went into the 
> making of this show.  This is what I've based the *Call-Back* 
> <http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6DF9BEF67E0A2F61> cable and 
> on-line theatre documentary series on - reality TV based on community 
> theatre productions!  I've been fortunate to be invited to document 
> productions at a number of different theatres for *Call-Back.* 
> <http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6DF9BEF67E0A2F61> I've found 
> that interviews with different theatre artists, cast members, snippets 
> of numbers or scenes from rehearsals, etc. can really be interesting 
> to larger audiences. I've tried to make viewers feel like a part of 
> these shows themselves by putting together series of episodes they can 
> follow throughout the rehearsal process. This can be really effective 
> in generating buzz and interest in shows if the episodes are edited in 
> interesting ways and as professionally as possible.  And there are no 
> legal restrictions on talking to (non-equity) cast and crew, etc.
>
>
> HAVE A GREAT DAY!
> *Geoff Short*
> geoffshort at sbcglobal.net <mailto:geoffshort at sbcglobal.net>
>
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