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The Art of Film Funding

Alternative Financing Concepts

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Published: 1st July 2012
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The Art of Film Funding is written for documentaries, shorts, and feature producers for funding via grants, individual investments/donations, online crowdfunding, and distribution through streaming video. It is a comprehensive book covering both established financing to new online financing written by a woman who gives three grants a year valued at $100,000.00.

 

Forewordp. xiv
Acknowledgmentsp. xvii
Prefacep. xviii
Introductionp. xx
Commit or be Committedp. 1
Secrets to Successp. 3
The Journeyp. 4
The Power of Sound and Wordsp. 7
Tips on Production with Xackery Irvingp. 9
The Perfect Pitchp. 17
Visually Describe Your Filmp. 18
A Sticky Story Pitchp. 19
The Winning Pitch by John McKeelp. 20
Know Who's Whop. 22
Become the Filmp. 23
The Wind-up and Deliveryp. 25
Perfecting Your Pitchp. 26
The Proposalp. 29
More Information to Includep. 30
Understanding Proposal Writing: A Conversation with Writer/Filmmaker JanEva Hombaker McKeelp. 31
Proposal Outlinep. 36
Log Line and Titlep. 36
Log Line Examplesp. 37
Log Line Construction by Rodney Vancep. 38
Introduction/Synopsisp. 40
Background and Needp. 41
Approach, Structure, and Stylep. 41
Themep. 43
Audience, Marketing, and Distributionp. 43
Budgetp. 44
Filmmaker's Statement and Biographyp. 45
Tips from a Grantorp. 46
The Plan: From an Idea to a Trailerp. 49
Building the Foundation for Fundraising Trailers
A Conversation with Story Consultant Fernanda Rossip. 55
Creating Your Trailer
By Bill Woolery, Editor of E.T. and the Usual Suspectsp. 67
Tricks to Trailer Editingp. 67
Fundraising Trailersp. 67
Fundraising Trailers-Things to Considerp. 69
Different Types of Trailersp. 70
Feature Trailersp. 71
Three-Act Structurep. 72
Music for Trailersp. 73
Loading the Basesp. 77
Rules of the Gamesp. 77
Scouting the Majors: Researching Fundersp. 79
Organizing Your Searchp. 80
Winning the Mind Gamep. 83
Attracting Successp. 83
Releasing a Potentialp. 84
First Law in Manifestingp. 84
How Do You Do This?p. 85
Daydreaming Is In!p. 86
The Feature Film Game
By Tom Malloy, Actor/Producer/Writerp. 89
Finding Vested Investorsp. 90
Closing the Dealp. 90
The Scriptp. 91
Make Filmsp. 97
Synopsis for Feature Films The Alphabet Killerp. 98
The Roar of Crowdfunding
Interview with Danea Ringlemann, co-founder of IndieGoGop. 99
Crowdfunding for Cashp. 100
Tips for Successp. 101
Average Contributionsp. 102
Crowdfunding for Featuresp. 103
Creating a Successful Campaign, Outlined by Carole Deanp. 105
Networking for Crowdfundingp. 107
Moneyp. 108
Crowdfunding Trailerp. 109
Are You Ready to Receive?p. 110
Create a Team and Get Movingp. 110
Launch Date Check Listp. 111
Internet Marketing
Interview with Peter Broderick of Paradigm Consultingp. 113
Creating a Distribution Strategyp. 114
Theatrical Distributionp. 115
Digital Revenuep. 116
Internet Distributionp. 117
Distribution Pitfallsp. 118
Raising Funds From Individuals and Businessesp. 121
Raising Funds from Individualsp. 125
Popping the Big Questionp. 131
Funding Parties, Instant Cashp. 133
Funding Extravaganza Outlinep. 135
Your Fundraising Toolboxp. 139
Archival Footage
A Conversation with Rosemary Rotondip. 143
Betty Blankenbaker's Experiencep. 143
Archival Footage for Low Budgetsp. 145
Foundations and Grantsp. 149
Fiscal Sponsorshipp. 149
Making a Movie That Mattersp. 150
Finding the Grantor to Match Your Filmp. 153
Contacting Your Potential Grantorp. 155
Listening Is an Artp. 157
Tenacity Pays Off
Interview with Jilann Spitzmiller of Philomath Filmsp. 161
Winning Sundance Grantsp. 164
BBC License Feesp. 165
ITVS-Winning Documentary Proposalp. 167
Transmedia Proposalp. 181
Music Clearances and Licenses
By Maureen Ryan, author of Producer to Producerp. 203
Plan for Successp. 203
Creating a Music Soundtrackp. 204
What Rights Do You Need?p. 204
Putting in the License Requestp. 206
Music Rights Request Letter Formatp. 207
Negotiating the Music Rightsp. 209
Most Favored Nationp. 210
Financing Independent Films
A Conversation with Entertainment Attorneyp. 211
Financing Featuresp. 212
Releases & Copyrightp. 213
Private Placement Memorandums (PPM)p. 214
Gap Financingp. 214
Benefits of an LLCp. 215
Independent Film Financingp. 217
Distribution-What Distributions Want
Interview withp. 221
When to Contact a Distributorp. 221
Electronic Film Marketingp. 223
The Value of a Trailerp. 225
Documentary Distributionp. 229
Karen McCann on Self Distributionp. 231
The Money Maze of Public Funding
Working with ITVS & PBSp. 233
Producing for Public Broadcasting (PBS)p. 234
American Public Television (APT)p. 237
ITVSp. 237
Independent Lensp. 240
WNET and Wide Anglep. 240
Arthur Dongp. 241
Mission, Vision, and Values
A Conversation with Morrie Warshawskip. 245
Five-Year Projectionsp. 245
Creating a Mission Statementp. 248
Proposal for a Documentaryp. 249
Testing Your Film Ideap. 252
Grant Proposal Writersp. 252
Donations from Small Businessesp. 254
Raising Money from Corporationsp. 255
Budgets: Production Glue
By Norman C. Bernsp. 259
The Problemp. 259
The Crux of It Allp. 260
You're in Charge of Your Filmp. 265
Stars. Props. Locations. Action. Talent. Schedulesp. 266
The Cost of Thingsp. 268
Budgeting Programs Are Financial Management Toolsp. 269
Legal Considerations
Film Financingp. 273
Conditional Pay or Playp. 274
Funding Sourcesp. 274
Chain of Titlep. 275
Legal Basics of Filmmaking by Paige Goldp. 276
Business Entity Formationp. 277
Insurancep. 277
Contract Basicsp. 277
Optioning Life Rightsp. 278
Co-Production Dealsp. 279
Negotiating a Good Contractp. 280
Miscellaneous Advicep. 280
Stretching Production Dollars Through Fair Use
By Michael C. Donaldsonp. 283
Fair Use Can Save Production Dollarsp. 283
Fair Use Doctrine in the U.S. Copyright Actp. 284
One Plaintiff, Three Cases, Same Result-The AIP Casesp. 285
The Grateful Dead Can Still Break New Groundp. 287
Safe Harborp. 288
Insurance to the Rescuep. 290
Motion Picture Insurance
By Kent Hamiltonp. 293
Overviewp. 294
General Liabilityp. 294
Workers' Compensationp. 295
Errors and Omissionsp. 295
Production Packagep. 296
Lights, Camera, Action!
Studio and Lighting: An Interview with Britt Penrod, Vice President of Business Development, Raleigh Film and Television Studiosp. 301
Economic Incentives for Productionsp. 302
Negotiating with a Studio for Stage and Lightsp. 304
Saving Money on Stage and Lighting Rentalsp. 307
Camera Equipment: An Interview with Mala Kaufmanp. 309
Camera Trendsp. 309
Economical Camerasp. 310
Savings on Rental Costsp. 311
Student Discounts and Trainingp. 312
Appendixp. 314
Production Resources for Public Televisionp. 314
Internet Search Toolsp. 316
Databases & Resourcesp. 316
Print Resourcesp. 317
Fundersp. 318
Production Listp. 333
About the Authorp. 339
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ISBN: 9781615930913
ISBN-10: 1615930914
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 262
Published: 1st July 2012
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2  x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.604