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HOW THE HELL... DO I GET MY FILM FINANCED?
In this series of books, experienced film and TV executive Ricky Margolis walks you through the world of independent financing, identifying some of the most popular financing methods currently available to filmmakers and carefully breaking them down to be easily understandable to even the newest of filmmakers.
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HOW THE HELL... DO I GET MY FILM FINANCED?
BOOK ONE: TAX INCENTIVES
How Choosing The Right Location Can Help You Get Your Film Or TV Show Financed And Produced
Ever wondered why some of your favorite films or TV shows are shot in places like New Mexico, Louisiana, New Zealand, or Hungary?
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Aside from stunning locations and world-class crews, the answer is clear: tax incentives!
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Many locations across the world now offer financial incentives to entice productions to shoot there. And filmmakers can use these incentives to help get their projects financed!
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Learn how to choose where to set your script or base your production, and how you can use these decisions to help raise the funding you need to get your project greenlit!
HOW THE HELL... DO I GET MY FILM FINANCED?
BOOK THREE: EQUITY FINANCING
Raising And Investing Equity: What You Need To Know To Get Your Film Or TV Show Financed And Making Money!
Equity financing is the "cold hard cash" that you will need to get your production greenlit. But for filmmakers, how do you make your project attractive to an investor, and how do you show them that you will handle their money responsibly?
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And for investors, how do you look beyond the glitz and the hype to find the project and the people that you can feel passionate about AND still make money?
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Equity financing is much more than writing a check and then spending it...
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In this book, filmmakers will learn how to raise and spend money responsibly, and investors will learn to invest wisely!
HOW THE HELL... DO I GET MY FILM FINANCED?
BOOK TWO: SALES & DISTRIBUTION
How The Sales & Distribution Process Can Help You Get Your Film Or TV Show Financed And Produced!
The sales and distribution process is perhaps the most important element to learn for anybody trying to make it in the entertainment industry. How a project gets distributed is the key to it being seen by an audience and making money.
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This knowledge informs every single part of the industry: for writers to learn what they should write about in their scripts, for producers to learn which projects they should be pitching to financiers and sales agents, and for investors to understand which titles are mostly likely to offer them a return on their investment!
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In this book, you'll learn how this process works, and how YOU can use it to raise production financing for your project!
HOW THE HELL... DO I GET MY FILM FINANCED?
BOOK FOUR: BUSINESS PLAN
How To Create The Perfect Business Plan To Raise Funding For Your Film Or TV Show!
So, your project is ready to go... Now you just need to find some funding to get it made!
To do that, you'll have to sell your project to some investors in order to attract that vital production financing that you need.
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It all starts with a great business plan! Whatever stage you're at in the process, whether early in development or just looking for that final chunk of equity, a business plan is the crucial document that you need to sell your vision to an investor.
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Learn how to create a great business plan, and how to sell your project - and yourself - to your investors!