I hope you had a great weekend! . We left off last week talking about How To Get Your Big Budget Indie Made – what did you guys think? . I guess one of the questions we should answer is what qualifies as big budget these days? Depends who you’re talking to but over $10 […]
Many of the project submissions that come my via consulting requests relate to big budget Indies. Essentially it means a non-studio level writer or writer/director has a script they want to get produced but the project is such that, there’s really no way to make it ‘fit’ into typical lower indie budgets. . This happened […]
Last week we left off talking about How To Present To Sales Agents For Financing, and I mentioned the next step in the process is Packaging as it relates to sales agents and financing. . We say it around here all the time but packaging is probably the single most important part of the process […]
On Monday we talked about The Role Of Sales Agents In Film Financing, and I promised to get into more of the nitty gritty when it comes to presenting and packaging a film for MIPCOM, TIFF or AFM if you wanted to approach and/or try and work with one of these sales agents for your project. […]
After Friday’s Film Financing Series Recap, are you ready to hit the ground running again with this stuff? . The Role Of Sales Agents In Film Financing…. . An often misunderstood topic! And for good reason. The role of sales agents have dramatically evolved over the last 5 years even. Not to mention, many of […]
Happy Friday! . I loved receiving your feedback and comments to Wednesday’s post on Can You Make Money w/An Indie Feature. Seems like we’re all on the same page with that! . . To recap, In our July Feature Film Finance series, so far we’ve discussed: . Can You Finance Your Film w/Foreign Pre-Sales . […]
On Monday we discussed Film Finance In 2018 – Optioning Your Script vs. DIY Packaging Your Project. It seems like it resonated with quite a few of you judging from the responses I received too. . And it brought up another question – if you are optioning your script to producers or a production company, […]
We left off on Friday talking about whether you can still finance an indie film with a mixture of foreign pre-sales , and today I want to back it up a bit and talk about a strategy that is working with getting films financed today. . If nothing else, to get you thinking in a completely […]
I hope you had a Happy 4th of July! . I mentioned in my last email that I’d be transitioning from TV to Film Financing + Distribution for the month of July in anticipation of the upcoming fall Film Markets TIFF and AFM. . Before I get into today’s topic though I want to remind […]
To wrap up the week I’m going to talk about something I’ve been experiencing a lot recently, essentially around the topic of pitching – whether it’s a series or feature, I’ve had my hands in at least a half dozen projects whereby we’re working on the best pitch for financiers, production partners, and networks. . As […]
