Filmmakers and Financing:
Business Plans for Independents
Sixth Edition
by Louise Levison
Attract Investor Financing for Your Project
Now in its sixth edition, Filmmakers and Financing is devoted exclusively to business plan for filmmakers. This book explains in a step-by-step format how to write a business plan and includes a password-protected website that offers you downloads with.additional tips for each chapter and a complete course on how to forecast using one of the films from the sample business plan in the book. In jargon-free terms, each chapter concentrates on a different section of the business plan, including the industry, marketing, financing, and distribution. The included companion website features supplementary exercises and spreadsheets so that you get comfortable crunching the numbers--no math degree required!
Author Levison, publisher and editor of “The Film Entrepreneur: A Newsletter for the Independent Filmmaker and Investor,” is an expert on the financial aspects of movie-making.
Filmmakers and Financing will teach you how to:
- Define your goals and objectives
- Describe your proposed film(s)
- Research potential movie markets
- Identify distribution systems
- Develop financial projections
- Forecast revenues
If you have no previous financial experience, Filmmakers and Financing will give you the tools to write a compelling business plan that will attract investors to your movie.
Even those with moviemaking experience can tap into the advice Ms. Levison offers.
Filmmakers and Financing guides you through the key components of a business plan such as:
- Project outlines
- Industry overview
- Marketing
- Distribution
- Financial planning
- Forecasting
- Precasting Partnerships
Unraveling the Mysteries of Film Financing
The newest edition Filmmakers and Financing offers insights into the often mysterious world of movie money, including:
- Box office grosses
- Foreign/domestic ancillary revenues
- Distributor fees
- Theatrical rentals
- Risk statements
- Equity investors
Each chapter concentrates on specific elements of a winning business plan. The step-by-step approach makes it easy for even a novice filmmaker to craft a well-written movie business plan. The book discusses projects outlines, industry overview, marketing, distribution, financial planning, loans, and partnerships.
Learn how to cash in on the $8 billion independent film market.
An excerpt from Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents by Louise Levison:
Controlling Your Destiny
In addition to being creative and passionate, a filmmaker must be a businessman. It is no accident that they call it “show business,” not “show art.” People go into independent filmmaking for many reasons. They are driven primarily by the subject matter, theme or style of the pictures they want to make.
I have talked to hundreds of people who have told me what types of films they want to make, and no two people have had the same vision or goals. They all share one particular goal, though – to own their project and control it.
Once a filmmaker forms a company for that purpose (whether for one film or several), it is up to him or her to understand how the business functions. Your goal may not be feature films at all. Instead, you may focus on other types of films, videos or other products. All of these are important and the principles stated in this book apply equally to them.
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Filmmakers and Financing:
Business Plans for Independents
Sixth Edition
by Louise Levison
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(ISBN No. 0-240-80828-2)
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