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Do You Need A Budget For Your Series?


Stacey Parks
October 3, 2018

Last week we left off talking about a shopping agreement for your series and I received some questions regarding budgeting and whether you need to worry about budgeting your series (or feature for that matter) before doing a shopping agreement with a producer. . The answer is, it depends…. . In one instance, I’m shopping […]

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A Shopping Agreement For Your Series


Stacey Parks
September 28, 2018

A couple months ago I put out a blog post on getting your series made via production partners and since then, I’ve had some questions about the deal making part of this…specifically, what do those deals look like? . We’ve also been working through a situation like this in the FS Coaching Group whereby a […]

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Last Day Early Bird Registration – TV Essentials 2


Stacey Parks
September 25, 2018

Just wanted to give you a reminder that today is the last day of Early Bird Registration for TV Essentials 2where you save $100 on tuition and join the course for just $199. . Click here to register now . You also get 3 months of FS membership included which is a value of $105 on […]

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Sponsor-Funded Series (+ last day TV Essentials early bird)


Stacey Parks
September 24, 2018

I hope you had a great weekend and are hitting the ground running for a new week :) . Quick announcement…. . There’s only 24 hours left to save $100 and register for the TV Essentials 2 course for $199. Today and tomorrow are the last two days to get in at this price and […]

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New Funding Models For TV


Stacey Parks
September 21, 2018

The other day we were talking about how not to overdevelop your series because I see so many people spending waaay too much in this area to the point of overkill – as in, why would you shoot an entire pilot episode of something before you’ve tested the market first for buyer interest? You won’t […]

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How Not To Overdevlop Your TV Series


Stacey Parks
September 20, 2018

Earlier this week we talked about getting your TV series to buyers, and I introduced the TV Essentials Course 2 I’ll be leading next month, right on the heels of MIPCOM so you’ll be getting all the most recent up to date intel for 2018. . If you’d like to learn more about the course […]

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The Emmy’s, MIPCOM, & Your Series…


Stacey Parks
September 17, 2018

  I hope you had a great weekend!  Anyone else up for watching the Emmy’s tonight? I’m typically not a fan of award shows but one thing I love about the Emmy’s is observing how much TV series have developed and evolved in the last few years and also, how many film stars have fully crossed […]

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Can You Pay To Unlock Financing For Your Film?


Stacey Parks
September 13, 2018

Hope you’re having a great week! I’ve been traveling for the last few weeks so I’ve been a little remiss on the emails, but I haven’t forgotten you :) . I’ve also been pretty busy working one-on-one with a handful of Film Market clients, prepping projects for AFM…as well as my Group Coaching clients, most […]

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Meeting Investors At AFM


Stacey Parks
August 8, 2018

Hope you’re having a great week! . On Monday we discussedthe value of sales estimates in getting your film made, and to clarify this means custom sales estimates produced by a reputable sales company after your package is in place (ie: talent attached) and they can reliably predict project-specific low and high end sales numbers. […]

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The Value Of Sales Estimates In Getting Your Film Made


Stacey Parks
August 6, 2018

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 […]

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