Download or read book Finding Funds for Your Film or TV Project written by Gini Graham Scott and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Quick Guide). Finding Funds for Your Film or TV Project includes a complete overview of the many different ways to get funds for your film from preparing the materials you need, such as business plans, private placement memorandums, trailers, sizzle reels, and crowd-funding pitches to how to make effective presentations to prospective funders, from as family members, friends, and business associates, to angels, private investors, established producers, and film financiers. Scott provides a comprehensive introduction to the many options for fund-raising, and includes information on how to prepare the materials necessary, from business plans and Private Place Memorandums to video and PowerPoint presentations to using crowd-funding techniques. Covered are these key topics: * The overall film industry and trends in film production * Deciding what to produce, preparing a script or treatment, determining your needed cast and crew, and coming up with a rough estimate of your budget * Putting together the needed documents, including creating a schedule and budget, preparing a producer package, business plan, and private placement memorandum * Creating a crowd-funding campaign * Developing a trailer and sizzle reel * Creating your marketing and promotional materials and getting a publicity buzz going * Developing and presenting your pitch to prospective investors * Closing the deal and getting your money

Download or read book Finding Funds for Your Film or TV Project written by Gini Graham Scott and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÊFinding Funds for Your Film or TV ProjectÊ includes a complete overview of the many different ways to get funds for your film ä from preparing the materials you need such as business plans private placement memorandums trailers sizzle reels and crowd-funding pitches ä to how to make effective presentations to prospective funders from as family members friends and business associates to angels private investors established producers and film financiers. Scott provides a comprehensive introduction to the many options for fund-raising and includes information on how to prepare the materials necessary from business plans and Private Place Memorandums to video and PowerPoint presentations to using crowd-funding techniques.ÞCovered are these key topics:ÞÛ The overall film industry and trends in film productionÞÛ Deciding what to produce preparing a script or treatment determining your needed cast and crew and coming up with a rough estimate of your budgetÞÛ Putting together the needed documents including creating a schedule and budget preparing a producer package business plan and private placement memorandumÞÛ Creating a crowd-funding campaignÞÛ Developing a trailer and sizzle reelÞÛ Creating your marketing and promotional materials and getting a publicity buzz goingÞÛ Developing and presenting your pitch to prospective investorsÞÛ Closing the deal and getting your money

Download or read book The Film Finance Handbook written by Adam P. Davies and published by Netribution. This book was released on 2007 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a complete guide to film finance around the world, from first web short film to mainstream international multi-million dollar co-production.

Download or read book A Quick Guide to Film Directing written by Ray Morton and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Quick Guide). A Quick Guide to Film Directing provides the reader with a concise and comprehensive overview of this creative and exciting occupation. Written in a fast-paced, easy-to-understand fashion, the book addresses such topics as what film direction is; the history of the profession; how to become a director; the creative and practical duties and challenges of a film director in the three stages of making a movie (preproduction, production, and postproduction); working with actors; working with the members of the technical crew (cinematographers, editors, production designers, etc.); the director's support team (assistant director, production manager, and so on); and the business of being a film director. It also offers a brief look at some of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of the cinema.

Download or read book An Introduction to Film and TV Production written by Joseph Richie and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This streamlined, step-by-step guide provides students and newcomers in the field of media with an overview of the complete production process, from conceiving of an idea to marketing the final product. Readers will learn what it takes to create a concept, develop it, and then market and sell it. Chapters discuss pitching, producing, marketing visionary concepts, financing, and distributing content. Focused on traditional and non-traditional platforms including social media, websites, and online advertising, this book explores currently evolving media platforms, ideas, and practices and provides examples of how to navigate these unique creative processes. Interviews with business executives offer insider tips and tricks to creating a marketable project. In this book, you will learn how to: Distinguish between a "great idea" and a "marketable idea." Condense your concept into an effective "elevator pitch." Build a basic business plan. Create a marketing strategy, be it traditional, digital, or both. Establish a personal brand and portfolio that will grab the right attention. This book will be of great help to the student, independent filmmaker, and content creator looking to understand the process of getting their work produced, distributed, and marketed.

Download or read book Give Me the Money and I ll Shoot written by Nicola Lees and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have guide to traditional, emerging and creative TV funding models that are being developed and exploited by social media-savvy documentary filmmakers. Each chapter covers a different form of funding and combines advice from industry insiders - producers, buyers, specialist media agencies and corporate funding bodies - and entertaining case studies that illustrate the benefits and pitfalls of each method. With practical tips, case studies and advice it reveals what grantors, brands and NGOs are looking for in a pitch (they all have different needs and expectations), and the cultural differences that can trip up the unwary producer. Funding examples range from blue-chip TV documentaries, such as Planet Earth, which was co-funded by the BBC, Discovery NHK and CBC to The TV Book Club (More 4), which is funded by Specsavers opticians; to Lemonade Movie, which harnessed the power of Twitter to source free equipment and post-production resources. Readers will discover: the difference between co-productions, pre-sales and acquisitions; how to develop and pitch advertiser funded programming; the new rules on product placement; where to hunt for foundation and grant funding and how to fill in those fiendish application forms; the power of crowd-funding and how to harness the internet; how to sniff out grants and funds held in non-film focused organisations such as the Wellcome Trust; why corporations are keen to fund your documentary and how to get them to part with their money without giving up your editorial control.

Download or read book Money for Your Movie written by Robert L McCullough and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 50,000 screenplays are registered with the Writers Guild America every year. When someone goes to the trouble and expense of protecting their work with WGA registration, that's an indication of serious intent; these folks want to see their script produced.If you're one of those screenwriters or filmmakers with the dream of seeing your story produced and projected on movie screens around the world, you know that having a great script isn't really enough. You may even have trouble getting anyone in "the industry" to simply read and consider your screenplay for production. That's the norm in today's movie-making pipeline: it's essentially a closed shop unless you have successful (profitable to financiers) films in your credit history. The only way around this Catch-22 is to produce your own film from material you truly believe in. But the stumbling block faced by everyone with a great script in their hands is that it takes money to independently produce a film of any quality...lots of money. FINDING THAT MONEY SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR FILM IS WHAT THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT.Raising the money you need to make your movie is no longer the impossible task it once was. You only need to find those individuals with money they're willing to risk, and then convince them that your film has a reasonable chance of returning their investment plus some net profit attached.Does that sound impossible?Well, it's not. Mark Stouffer has raised millions of dollars from private individuals for his movies, and he's done it repeatedly. Now, for the first time, he shows you exactly how you can raise the money you need to make your films.All you have to do is pay attention and carefully follow the 7 Steps to Raising Money for Your Movie in this book.Nobody said that making a movie-or raising the money to finance your filmmaking venture-was easy. But it can be done...and you can do it exactly the way the author has done it.More than once, Stouffer started from absolute Ground Zero with nothing more than a telephone and blank paper on his desk. He's gone from "idea" to . . . to script . . . to business plan . . . to pitch . . . to production financing . . . to final cut . . . to distribution deal . . . to the red carpet. Asking others for money so that you can make your movie may sound like an impossible challenge. But if you use the tactics, strategies, and principles in this book, you will be an undeniable force. You will raise the money you need, and you will make your movie!

Download or read book The Art of Film Funding written by Carole Lee Dean and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Art of Film Funding" is written for documentaries, shorts, and feature producers for funding via grants, individual investments/donations, online crowd funding, and distribution through streaming video. It also covers new online financing written by a woman who gives three grants a year valued at $100,000.

Download or read book UK FIlm Finance Handbook 2005 06 How To Fund Your Film written by Adam P. Davies and published by Netribution. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reader - from beginner making their first short film, through to experienced producer packaging an international multi-million pound co-production - is guided through the entire process of raising finance, in a book packed with interviews, case studies, expert tips and details of more than 200 funds.

Download or read book Producing for TV and New Media written by Cathrine Kellison and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as: Producing for TV and video, 2005.

Download or read book Producing for TV and Video written by Cathrine Kellison and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Producing for TV and Video is a must-read for anyone interested in a career in TV production. This comprehensive book explains the role of the TV producer in detail, including in-depth descriptions of a producer's day-to-day duties and tasks and a big picture overview of the production process in general and how the producer fits in. Complete with interviews and insights from production professionals in all areas of television, such as reality television and children's programming, Producing for TV and Video will provide you with an understanding of the TV production process and the role of the TV producer from beginning to end. The accompanying CD contains forms that you will inevitably need during your production.

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Distributing an Indie Film written by Gini Scott and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DISTRIBUTING AN INDIE FILM provides a step-by-step guide for setting up distribution for your film. It is designed primarily for independent filmmakers who are distributing their first few films with budgets ranging from under $200,000 to a few million. It is divided into six sections which include: - an overview of the distribution process, which describes the many channels for distributing a film, creating a realistic strategy, and approaching and assessing distributors and sales agents. - creating your printed materials and deliverables, such as creating a poster, screener, trailer, and a complete film in different formats - publicizing your film, from working with a publicist to doing it yourself; topics covered include creating press releases, a press kit, and a media portfolio, and contacting the media - entering film festivals, including deciding which festivals to enter, upping your chances of getting in, and increasing your ability to get awards and attention - arranging for theatrical screenings, from setting up screenings and making deals to building an audience - making contacts at the AFM, whether you attend or make connections from afar. The book is drawn from the author's experiences in distributing and promoting her own feature film, attending festivals and conferences, going to the AFM, helping clients who have set up theatrical screenings, and doing research on recent developments and trends in distribution.

Download or read book How to Manage Your Agent written by Gervich Chad and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2013. Have you written the script for the next box office blockbuster or hit TV show and just need the right agent to sell it? Not sure whether to accept an if-come deal or a script commitment? Debating which manager is the right choice to steer your career? Well, worry no more...How to Manage Your Agent is a fun, friendly guide to the world of literary representation. Enter the inner sanctums of Hollywood's power-brokers and learn how they influence what pitches get bought, what projects get sold, and which writers get hired. Find tips from top-level executives, agents, managers, producers, and writers to help you maximize your own representation and kick your career into overdrive! You'll learn: How agents prioritize their client list... and ways to guarantee you're at the top; When to approach new representation... and what you need to capture their interest; Hollywood's secret buying schedule... and how to ensure you're on it; The truth about packaging... where it helps and when it hurts; Which agents are best for you... and where to find them; Advice on acing your first agent meeting... and why so many writers blow it; Managers' tricks for creating buzz... and when to use them yourself; How to fire your agent... without killing your career; When you don't need representation... and how to succeed without it. The value of good representation is undeniable-especially in a world where agents and managers control which projects (and careers) live or die. How to Manage Your Agent puts you on the inside track to get your work the attention it deserves!

Download or read book Producing for TV and Emerging Media written by Dustin Morrow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain a thorough understanding of the nuanced and multidimensional role producers play in television and emerging media today to harness the creative, technical, interpersonal, and financial skills essential for success in this vibrant and challenging field. Producing for TV and New Media, Fourth edition is your guide to avoiding the obstacles and pitfalls commonly encountered by new and aspiring producers. This fourth edition has been updated to include: "Focus on Emerging Media" sections that highlight emerging media, web video, mobile format media and streaming media Sample production forms and contracts Review questions accompanying each interview and chapter Interviews with industry professionals that offer practical insight into cutting-edge developments in television and emerging media production Fresh analysis of emerging media technologies and streaming media markets Written especially for new and aspiring producers with an insight that simply cannot be found in any other book, this new edition of a text used by professors and professionals alike is an indispensable resource for anyone looking to find success as a television or emerging media producer.

Download or read book Independent Film Finance written by David Offenberg and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For aspiring producers and directors who need to learn film finance from the ground up, this revolutionary new book teaches the fundamentals, through the voices of more than 60 successful independent producers. Using a research and data-based approach, award-winning professor David Offenberg combines the wisdom of well-known and successful producers into one fun, easy-to-follow guide. Within, readers will learn how to talk to potential investors and what those financiers will expect from them in return. The book is also packed with informative anecdotes and examples to enrich each chapter and contextualize the film financing landscape. As the book progresses, equity, debt, revenue, profits, and their role in your movie will be explored. Accessible information about tax incentives and profit participations is included to help emerging filmmakers build out a workable financing plan. The book combines hard numbers and data sets, with direct guidance from successful producers, to construct a holistic overview on how you can turn your new-found financial knowledge into funding for your movie. This ground-breaking book is a must-read for any aspiring producer or director who wishes to gain an informed and easily digestible understanding of film finance.

Download or read book Filmmakers and Financing written by Louise Levison and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first, most crucial step in making a film is finding the funds to do it. Let Louise Levison, who wrote the innovative business plan for "The Blair Witch Project," show you how. This unique guide teaches you not only how to create a business plan, but also how to avoid common business plan mistakes, so that you can attract and secure an investor. In jargon-free terms, the author leads you through every step. Each chapter concentrates on a different section of the business plan, including the industry, marketing, financing, and distribution. Large format films, new media and shorts are also discussed. The included companion web site features supplementary exercises and spreadsheets so that you get comfortable crunching the numbers--no math degree required! The sixth edition contains completely revised and updated industry data along with updated information on distribution including online and foreign markets. Plus, new interviews and case studies with filmmakers will show you real-world examples of equity investors and markets.

Download or read book Independent Filmmaking in South East Asia written by Nico Meissner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring interviews with 27 award-winning and emerging filmmakers, this book is the first comprehensive look at independent filmmaking careers in South East Asia with never-before published insights into the lives and careers of some of the most influential filmmakers in one of the world’s most exciting screen production regions. Celebrating filmmaking in South East Asia, the interviews offer unique perspectives that highlight the various paths filmmakers have taken to establish and develop their independent filmmaking careers. Presenting filmmakers whose films span narrative, documentary and experimental genres, and from all ten South East Asian nations, the filmmakers in this collection include: Camera d’Or winner Anthony Chen Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Mouly Surya NETPAC Award Winner Sheron Dayoc Brunei’s first female director, Siti Kamaluddin Directors of the Wathann Festival, Thaiddhi and Thu Thu Shein Lao’s only female and first horror film director, Mattie Do Aimed at aspiring filmmakers with a focus on career building outside of global production hubs, Meißner has curated a collection of interviews that reflects the diversity and ambition of filmmaking in South East Asia. The book is accompanied by a companion website (www.southeastasianfilmcareers.com) that includes 27 micro-documentaries on the included filmmakers.