Posted on May 22, 2012 in Financing | No Comments
Filmmaker Meg Pinsonneault on the best way to approach corporate sponsors, whether she is plan-oriented or fatalistic, why she feels she is on the right career path and how to use jealousy as motivation.
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Posted on April 23, 2012 in Financing | No Comments
A Bi-Partisan decision by the United States Congress is relaxing some of the federal restrictions on raising funds for business ventures. A general purpose aid to give businesses access to cash may work out for Filmmakers enabling them to solicit up to one million dollars.
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Posted on February 24, 2012 in Financing | No Comments
Over Kickstarter’s first two years, Film & Video has been the dominant category, accounting for $50 million of the over $140 million pledged. This year, 31 Kickstarter-funded projects will screen as official selections at SXSW 2012.
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Posted on February 17, 2012 in Financing | No Comments
Evan Luzi dives in deep with a detailed article on how to make a splash with your project using the power of social media the right way.
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Posted on January 23, 2012 in Financing | No Comments
Though designed for an independent game design project, Gary Sarli provides a thorough and detailed break down of how to approach Kickstarter in a strategic manner.
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Posted on January 12, 2012 in Financing, Marketing | No Comments
Victoria Westcott shares the five simple lessons from her childhood and how they apply crowdfunding, including raising $20k for her first feature film “Locked in a Garage Band”
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Posted on November 9, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Financing, Marketing | 1 Comment
In Script Notes, John August and Craig Mason talk about how the money flows in a Hollywood Studio and how a theoretical movie studio can make money even if the last 20 pictures it releases looses money.
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Posted on September 14, 2011 in Financing | No Comments
Crowd funding sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo are littered with the carcasses of failed projects. Though not a guarantee of success, there’s probably a good chance the unsuccessful pitch may have ignored one or more of these tips…
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Posted on July 14, 2011 in Financing | 2 Comments
This panel by Tribeca Film Institute at The New School addresses funding opportunities for both first-time and more experienced narrative and documentary filmmakers. Panelists discuss foundation grants, investors, individual donors, and nonprofit organizations as sources of pre-production, production, and post-production funding.
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Posted on July 13, 2011 in Contracts and Law, Financing, Producing | 1 Comment
We post lots of stuff about contracts, the law and other boring topics. I believe they are some of the most important articles on IQ. Although it may not be much of a surprise that they are the least read. So, in a effort to provide a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down we created this new series, “Something Educational & Something F*cking Stupid.”
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Posted on July 11, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Financing, Selling Your Film | No Comments
Award winning filmmakers explore their path to festival fame as they illuminate the creative and pragmatic execution of their vision. How did they develop their story, find their funding, and what were creative tools that made their story come to life.
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Posted on June 10, 2011 in Financing | No Comments
How can our friends at Celtx possibly be more generous than by giving away their great filmmaking software for free? Well, now they are also going to give away money to help you make your film!
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Posted on June 9, 2011 in Contracts and Law, Financing | 9 Comments
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday reached a settlement with two advertising executives that used their website BuyaBeerCompany.com along with social networking websites Twitter and Facebook to secure pledges of $200m in an experimental effort to buy Pabst Brewing Company. What does this have to do with filmmakers?
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Posted on May 26, 2011 in Financing | No Comments
Brandon Walter Irvine breaks down some of the basics of Crowd Funding for your film/project.
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Posted on May 9, 2011 in Financing | No Comments
Crowd-Funding is all the rage in certain circles of the film industry. But for an effective campaign you have to look deep down as to why your investor will want to donate to your film.
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