Showing posts with label Film finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film finance. Show all posts
Film Finance Primer
The basics of film finance are actually quite simple. It's hard to get the money, but I have outlined the basics in my Film Finance Primer.
Getting Film Development Finance
You have scoured underground theatre and have a list of actors so sizzling hot you can hardly wait to launch their careers in the movies.
At film festivals you have seen scores of shorts and debut features from which you have short-listed several directors you would like to work with.
All of this has been at your own expense.
Finally, after meeting dozens of writers and reading hundreds of screenplays, you finally have a script that you really believe in.
You visit a printer and get some flashy business cards made up with your name as producer on them. But this is still no guarantee that you will get your movie made.
You need money.
Read the article:
www.raindance.org
At film festivals you have seen scores of shorts and debut features from which you have short-listed several directors you would like to work with.
All of this has been at your own expense.
Finally, after meeting dozens of writers and reading hundreds of screenplays, you finally have a script that you really believe in.
You visit a printer and get some flashy business cards made up with your name as producer on them. But this is still no guarantee that you will get your movie made.
You need money.
Read the article:
www.raindance.org
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