Well folks I’ve been pretty quiet here in IFB since AFM and for good reason. I’ve been hustling with follow up and trying to get actual deals signed. You see, getting ‘interest’ in your projects is one thing, but closing an actual deal is something else entirely. I’m happy to report though that since AFM [...]
Financing
Well, AFM just wrapped up and what a great market it was! For me personally I had a few extremely productive and ‘quality’ meetings (my theme this year was quality over quantity) that lead to almost all of the projects on my slate moving forward in one way or another. Good times! But you may [...]
One of the most common questions I get asked is about realistic revenue potential for a film. It seems everyone is focused on just how much their film is going to make. OK…I’m not knocking that because after all, if you are going to try and raise money for your film then you better darn well [...]
Still skeptical about attaching cast to a project without financing? Well I’m back with another case study in my ‘myth busters’ series to show you skeptics that in fact, packaging without financing is possible. (If you didn’t see Case Study #1 from last week, it’s right here). In case study #2 I introduce you to [...]
One of the most common challenges I hear about here on Independent Film Blog and over at Film Specific is about packaging talent without financing in place. This of course comes about in the first place because of the old Catch 22 (need talent to get financing, and need financing to get talent) that most [...]
We’ve been talking a lot about financing and packaging lately but one thing is for sure when you’re in the thick of those things and that’s at some point you’ll be sitting there asking yourself – What Can I Do Next? What can I do now that all my irons are in the fire and [...]
There’s been a lot of action lately in the FS Forums with producers who are ‘live packaging’… meaning they have started the process of calling up agents and managers and attracting talent to their film. I call it ‘live’ because we’re getting a blow by blow account of it and everyone is able to learn [...]
As I’ve mentioned in passing around here, lately I’ve been attending a lot of pitch meetings for various projects I’m producing, and as I’ve said time and time again you can never be too prepared for one of these meetings. In fact. I tend to over prepare every time and make sure I have answers [...]
Last week I had a lot of positive momentum on the film projects I’m producing. Isn’t it always like that – when it rains, it pours? (hey, I’m not complaining!) But let me tell you it was no accident. I’ve been actively pursuing several things simultaneously, not sequentially. Full court blitz on all fronts. And [...]
There was an interesting discussion recently in the Film Specific forums started by a writer/producer looking to move their project forward. The person was asking how best to attach a name director, specifically how to get past the agent gatekeepers at CAA who represent the directors they are going after. This is such a great [...]
