Doug Wellman 

• Producer- the person who is responsible.
• The person that says "produced by" is the one who is really in charge. 
• "you can't produce anything if there is nothing to produce."
• 1. Acquire the property A) purchase (consideration) pay B) Option. you have a given amount of time.
• 2. Get it to someone. A) Treatment-describe the film. B) full script.
• The producer is responsible for all the mistakes made by anyone.
• The production board was color coding they could organize the entire set.
• When you do the budget you have to go through the whole film. That way you don't miss anything and you can get ideas. Do the budget yourself. 

1. Every film has digital work done in it. you wont even know. Don't get trapped in the edit room because of special. 
2. Who makes the final decision on how the film looks. 

Insurance

• There are companies that sell production insurance.
• Dice policy documentaries. industrial, commercial. 
• Faulty stock and camera. 
• Prop, Sets, and Wardrobe. 
• Third party property damage. 
• Automobiles. 
• Negligence.
• Animal Mortality (includes insects) 
• Acts of God 
• General Liability 
• Cast insurance.
• Copyright- the authors life+ 50 years
• from the time the work exists in fixed form. An idea is not copyrighted. 
• Fair Use- you can take pieces and parts of other works
• licences and clearances- Clip department. 
• If you have a clip, people need to be payed. 
• music licences. 
• Locations need to be cleared. Also items need to be cleared. 
• Use a copyright give them credit.