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Why Optics Matter w/ Film Distribution


Stacey Parks
August 13, 2018

I hope you had a great weekend! . I was having a conversation with a Film Market Consulting client recently weighing the pro’s and con’s of distribution offers we had on the table and a few things came up that I thought I’d share with you guys. . It turns out a couple of the distributors […]

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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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How To Get Your Big Budget Indie Made


Stacey Parks
August 2, 2018

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 […]

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Packaging For Financing (+ new course announcement)


Stacey Parks
July 24, 2018

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 […]

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How To Present To Sales Agents For Financing


Stacey Parks
July 18, 2018

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. […]

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The Role Of Sales Agents In Film Financing


Stacey Parks
July 16, 2018

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 […]

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Film Finance Series Recap, Thinking About AFM, & more…


Stacey Parks
July 13, 2018

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 . […]

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Can You Make Money w/An Indie Feature?


Stacey Parks
July 11, 2018

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, […]

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Film Finance In 2018: Optioning vs. DIY Packaging


Stacey Parks
July 9, 2018

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 […]

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