Media Research &
Clearances, Inc
Clearances, Inc
A full service entertainment industry rights and clearances company.
- Experts in worldwide sources of Stock Footage, Archives, Clips, Stills, Music, Graphics, User Generated Internet Content - UGC, Youtube, Social Media and Viral Video Research, Television and Theatrical Clip Licensing, Talent and Likeness Clearance, On-Set Playback, Development and Production Consulting, Project Management and Methodologies to service any Production or Project, large and small.
- Experts in worldwide sources of Stock Footage, Archives, Clips, Stills, Music, Graphics, User Generated Internet Content - UGC, Youtube, Social Media and Viral Video Research, Television and Theatrical Clip Licensing, Talent and Likeness Clearance, On-Set Playback, Development and Production Consulting, Project Management and Methodologies to service any Production or Project, large and small.
A full service entertainment industry rights and clearances company.
Negotiating your rights and costs is an Art and a Science; It's where your production hinges between what works best and what just works. It can also be a mine field navigating between the legal requirements of your delivery and identifying underlying issues that require additional attention to ensure you are 100% in the clear.
The licensing and use of Film and Television excerpts requires an extensive knowledge of the procedures to comply with the Studio's, Network's and Guild's requirements. We immediately identify and quantify the common issues and costs involving underlying rights, Talent Clearances, Likeness and Rights of Publicity as well as your SAG, AFTRA, WGA, DGA and AFM obligations so there are no late surprises.
Production, editing, graphics and post. We know budgeting and delivery. We have worked on some of the most demanding projects in the Entertainment Industry.
Negotiating your rights and costs is an Art and a Science; It's where your production hinges between what works best and what just works. It can also be a mine field navigating between the legal requirements of your delivery and identifying underlying issues that require additional attention to ensure you are 100% in the clear.
The licensing and use of Film and Television excerpts requires an extensive knowledge of the procedures to comply with the Studio's, Network's and Guild's requirements. We immediately identify and quantify the common issues and costs involving underlying rights, Talent Clearances, Likeness and Rights of Publicity as well as your SAG, AFTRA, WGA, DGA and AFM obligations so there are no late surprises.
Calculate your ownDGA and WGA Fees
Production, editing, graphics and post. We know budgeting and delivery. We have worked on some of the most demanding projects in the Entertainment Industry.
Consulting, Budgeting, Sourcing, Research, Negotiating, Licensing, Trafficking, Papering, Administration, License Fees, Rights Grids, Cost Tracking and Deliverables.
Consulting, Budgeting, Sourcing, Research, Negotiating, Licensing, Trafficking, Papering, Administration, License Fees, Rights Grids, Cost Tracking and Deliverables.
File formats, video compression, meta data, codecs, trafficking content, internet technologies and we even code a little in HTML, CSS, Javascript and Filemaker Pro development. We use dropbox, hightail, Pix, Media Silo, AVID, FCP, Premier Pro, Photoshop and all the technologies you prefer to use.
We have you covered…
We created our own software to track every aspect of the clearance process. From licensing notes and costs to talent and guild excerpt payments to EDL based rights grids, we cover every corner of the process ending with painstakingly accurate rundowns and deliverables customized to the delivery requirements of the major networks and studios.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Mining social networks and using open source intelligence we data scrape public records, government archives and corporate databases to source companies, trademark, individuals, copyright research, historical and special collections and finding rights holders.
File formats, video compression, meta data, codecs, trafficking content, internet technologies and we even code a little in HTML, CSS, Javascript and Filemaker Pro development. We use dropbox, hightail, Pix, Media Silo, AVID, FCP, Premier Pro, Photoshop and all the technologies you prefer to use.
We have you covered…
We created our own software to track every aspect of the clearance process. From licensing notes and costs to talent and guild excerpt payments to EDL based rights grids, we cover every corner of the process ending with painstakingly accurate rundowns and deliverables customized to the delivery requirements of the major networks and studios.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Mining social networks and using open source intelligence we data scrape public records, government archives and corporate databases to source companies, trademark, individuals, copyright research, historical and special collections and finding rights holders.
"Seen it online…
but can't find it?"
We specialize in sourcing hard-to-find clips, photos and copyright owners.
"Seen it online…
but can't find it?"
We specialize in sourcing hard-to-find clips, photos and copyright owners.
"Seen it online…
but can't find it?"
We specialize in sourcing hard-to-find clips, photos and copyright owners.
