From all facets of a traditional raise to soft money to crowdfunding strategies, this is the place to discuss, share content and offer tips and advice regarding raising funds for a project.
Whether you are talent or a producer (or a talented producer?) it is important to understand the financials of residuals. Here is a good article with an overview. It also has links to both the WGA (list) and SAG-AFTRA (explainer video) webpages with their respective guild residual breakdowns.
This i...
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In honor of Mental Health Day on October 10, we have created a survey and are trying to understand how your mental...
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Fantastic! Last day tomorrow!
Hey everyone,
I was watching the latest Film Riot video (https://youtu.be/8i7Cx4LRQSg?si=hA3T_1TfL4yyJtRg&t=834) and Ryan briefly talked about a company called Decentralized Pictures. While he didn't give a ton of information on it, it sounds really interesting.
"Decentralized Pictures (DCP) is a 50...
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Thank you for sharing Lisa Lee! Very helpful and interesting organization to support filmmakers!
Great link- thank you
Thank you for sharing this! This sounds vey interesting :-)
Hello Everyone,
about a year ago a filmmaker has recommended to me to create a lookbook for my screenplay and I followed his advice.
I am curious how many of you use lookbooks in order to find financing for your screenplays or projects?
Also I wonder what you think about a lookbook compared to a pitch...
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This is often referred to as a Creative Deck. Essentially a Pitch Deck minus the financial and business details (comparables, etc.) I've worked with both however as of late it seems they are more often being combined as one document.
Thank you Jack!
Hi, everyone I will be starting a fundraiser and posting it soon for my short film that's in the process. I will try Crowdfunding and others as well. So if there are any websites and anything that anyone knows I appreciate it. Thank you.
Hope you have a successful campaign, Alexis Weir! Here are some posts that might help:
www.stage32.com/lounge/fundraising/Lear...
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Thank you Maurice Vaughan hope the same for you too. Thank you for the info I appreciate it.
You're welcome, Alexis Weir. Thanks.
This will be an insightful webinar for packaging and financing advice.
https://www.stage32.com/webinars/Packaging-Your-Project?affid=stream
This class looks to be incredibly informative taught by a respected industry film finance executive.
www.stage32.com/happy-writers/classes/Tools-to-Financing-a-Film-Between-5MM-10MM-4-Class-Intensive-with-Handouts
This looks like a fantastic class, Jack Binder! Viviana is going to cover a lot.
Really good and insightful panel conversation on film financing with debt and gap from IFTA Film Finance Series (the organization behind the AFM). Best takeaway is what financiers look for in producers to be prepared and gives one a sense of how they value their time in considering a production's me...
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Helpful article by Sky Moore, well respected Hollywood entertainment attorney.
Filmmakers need to be aware of the scammers out there trying to take advantage of our enthusiasm.
Here are a few of my tips:
1. Never pay upfront for a financing opportunity. This is a red flag.
2. Do your due diligence. Know...
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Thank you, Jack Binder! This is such a helpful article!
Excellent post and share. If it's not in the deal in writing it isn't happening. Great for all community members to read!
So simple but powerful. Its the basics which people often overlook getting them into trouble later down the line
Thank you for sharing this.
Some of the advice in the article might sound like no brainers but I know from personal experience that once you get your hopes up too much you just might stop thinking clearly and forget those rules. Therefore you can not be told often enough about this.
Yeah really good article, I wish i had read it 23 years ago when i first started meeting investors. Lots of really important bits of information in this article thank you!
My name is Julia Messick, I am a senior at Pratt Institute studying Film. I am asking for guidance on crowdfunding my senior thesis film, Funnel Cake. Pratt suggests that we have $3,000 set aside to fund our thesis project, so I am crowdfunding for the first time using Kickstarter: http://kck.st/3Og...
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Most crowdfunding contributions come from friends and family, not other filmmakers. I'd reach out to your parents, immediate family, friend / co-worker network, and whoever is in the cast / crew and a...
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Good luck with your film. Ask everyone of your cast and crew to ask their friends and family. Divide your total by the number and ask them to help find x amount. Perhaps that might be $200 each. At yo...
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Thank you so much for your advice and kindness, John German.
My take on crowdfunding. I have a project Sinners Buffet. I have looked into various Crowdfunding platform that uses Equity Base. They want you to have USA base Limited Liability Company. There are so...
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Janie's story sounds very interesting. What an exciting premise!
Top 10 Film Crowdfunding Campaign Raises
Breakdown of the top 10 film crowdfunding campaign raises:
Have you done a crowdfunding campaign? What are your best takeaway, success stories?
Full details of the films/source: blog.thefilmfund.co/top-10-successfully-crowdfunded-video-productions/
I was asking for the link because the one provided doesn't work and I wanted to verify the date range of the top 10. Point being, Kickstarter and Indiegogo and even industry darling Seed and Spark are...
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This is fascinating and I would imagine that as independent distribution grows - as TikTok and such move to longer formats - crowdfunding may grow as an independent avenue. Thanks for sharing, Jack Bi...
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Laurie Ashbourne valid point. That's cool you raised so much! Impressive! I may have to pick your brain - as I'm gearing up for a crowd equity campaign.
Thanks Jack Binder for this - I think Brandon Sanderson who raised $41.7 million on kickstarter deserves a mention even though not for film it was for 4 fantasy novels. I have been pretty successful a...
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Laurie Ashbourne Thank you and good work on the raise! Great info. You can cut and paste the link into your browser.
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Great share, Jack Binder, thank you!
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Thank you Ashley Renee Smith. I hope all is going well for you.
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This is a great read, definitely think most people are aware of this! Thanks Jack Binder
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This is a great share and important read. Thanks, Jack Binder!
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Thank you Jack Binder for sharing this important read.