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common misconceptions about what a writer should do after their script is finished let's see one is getting your script registered with the WGA versus having it copyrighted versus mailing it to yourself I've seen many writers who still believe that if you mailing your script to yourself that counts as a copyright no it does not it will not hold up in court the only thing that will hold up in court is a copyright where it has an official document attached to it it said this script is doc was copyrighted on this date WG a registration is still better than mailing it to yourself but it's not quite as good as a copyright especially with when they change their copyright or their registration and stuff only goes like overall it doesn't go like per draft where's the copywriting you don't want copyright each each thing that way you get proof of it it's a little more expensive to copyright but it's the safest thing if one of those very rare stealing's ever happen what's a paranoid screenwriter the people who are afraid that their stuff is gonna get taken people who won't send their stuff out to competitions won't so there's about the producers without an NDA never ever send an NDA to a producer be like oh you can't read my script until you know they'll just give you your NDA back you're like well then I don't need to read your script which I've met several people who think that they need to send an NDA out in order to get produced to read know the producer is not gonna send that entity you need to sign an NDA for the producer possibly if you if you want to work on the project that they're needing the hire writer for you know to save there but say you're not then gonna take their idea and go write it yourself without them but they will not sign an NDA for you you
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oh my god i got my screenwriting done the script's finished my movie's done and i don't know how to protect it how do you copyright your film quick tip for you you do not need to register it with the wga with the writer's guild of america it's not necessary in order to protect your screenplay you just have to copyright it in order to protect it hey everyone my name is alan norther giving me filmmaking tips and tricks and this video is going to teach you how to copyright my script so you copyright it with the government they protect your work you pay them and they make sure your id is protected so let's get into it so first thing you want to do um is you want to go to copyright.gov boom copyright.gov and then after that you want to click register a copyright click that over here and then you go to log in to the electronic copyright office ecore eco registration system and so you click that and say you want to log in if you're a new user you just you know click your i'm a new user and register right there um so i'm just going to hit login so under register a work you just select this here standard application so only take a look at this so you click standard application so you should only be looking at this right here like all of this this sentence right here this sentence basically tells you what the standard x what the standard application covers these are all of the exceptions okay this basically informs you all the exceptions that are not eligible to be registered so you'd want to read over this if you're not trying to copyright a screenplay or movie after you decide it's eligible which means it's a movie that you've made or a script that you've wrote you click start registration so in the drop down menu you want to click work of the performing arts if it's a script if it's a movie you want to click motion picture or av work and then you click whichever box it is let's say it's a script you click here and then you click that and it tells you basically what you know what work is eligible for it you know it's a script boom i'm covered and then you click this box right here at the bottom after you've read all of this description if you read this and you determine that that's fine uh which it should be and then after that you click continue okay so now you're going to hit new for the new title and then you hit new for the new title that's being registered and then you click um and then you click title of work being registered here so and then after that you just enter the title of the screenplay let's say it's the roses is the title let's say okay so let's save that okay and then hit continue has this work been published so most likely it's going to be a no and then you just type in the year that it was created let's see 2016 and pre-registration number no most likely you haven't done that so after you've done the year of completion you just hit continue so if you actually wrote this screenplay you're just going to go to add me if you're doing this for the writer of the screenplay you click add new so i'm going to go add me because i wrote it citizenship united states united states so you click your year of birth blah blah you do that and you click save so basically you check what you've contributed to the work here and then you click text because it's a screenplay right so you hit save so there you just click the ways that you contributed to the work and then you click save if two people wrote the screenplay you can go to the new to add their name and repeat the same thing continue because you are the author all right so so this will ask you about the claimant this is you if you wrote the screenplay so you just go to add me if the script or movie belongs to someone else you have to go to new instead in the previous screen if it's not your work you've gotta write a statement explaining how you've gotten the copyright so here you type in the information you basically click one or the other so it's going to be an individual or what an individual or an organization so most likely it's just going to be you so you just hit do that hit save okay so now after all the claimants are in you hit continue if your film or screenplay only has content belonging to just you then just hit continue here as long as your work has no pre-existing materials in it you just hit continue now you have rights and permissions so if the scripted movie is yours just hit add me then all the information will populate here and then hit continue for correspondent you simply click add me and then you hit continue and make sure everything is filled out and hit continue and then mail certificate you basically add me and you write down where you want the registration certificate to be mailed and then you click continue you know state postal code so special handling so special handling is basically where you pay for the registration to be handled quickly and so it costs a significant amount of cash so please only do this when you absolutely need to when it's absolutely necessary otherwise just wait the normal three to eight months you know that period is fine just just wait three to eight months just like the rest of us and then it continue because otherwise it's super expensive so now i certify that blah blah blah yes yes yes read this man false representation just you know certifying that you have the authority to do the copyright blah blah blah you just write your name and stuff alan allen yes yep blah blah blah continue okay so blah blah blah blah blah blah so now you want to review all the information to ensure that everything is actually correct that everything is accurate and then you want to do add to cart and then after you add to cart you click check out and then you pay so then after that you're gonna get an email confirmation of the payment now click continue this is the most important part this is where you're gonna actually submit the work so before submitting the work take a look at all the links underneath in red to make sure that you are submitting an eligible file type then select the file to upload quick tip when you're submitting a film feature film or motion picture you've got to make sure that the entire film the whole film in its entirety is under 500 megabits so that's the maximum so you have to export a super super low res version of your feature film or you can compress it into a zip file now select the blue start upload button now when the files been successfully uploaded you'll see text beneath what you've uploaded saying successfully uploaded and then your file name after that's all done you want to hit the green button that says click here to complete your submission after uploading all files after that you should receive an email confirmation confirming that they have received your file and that's all folks i hope that was helpful if you're new to the channel please feel free to take a look at all of my screenwriting videos and also take a look at the brotherhood it's on amazon prime right now it's a film that i made if you're a filmmaker please take a look at my clover key it's a camera plate screwdriver as well as a bottle opener and you'll
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- Thaddeus Kater
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I've studied science policy at Antioch University Seattle in Seattle and I am an expert in evolutionary sociology. I usually feel rejuvenated. My previous job was windows - draperies treatment specialist I held this position for 17 years, I love talking about bus spotting and auto racing. Huge fan of Naomi Osaka I practice taekwondo and collect handbags.
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