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10 Tips to Help Independent Filmmakers Make Money78

10 Tips to Help Independent Filmmakers Make Money

It's no secret that the film business is changing, evolving and basically trying to keep up with the times. A lot of pundits are painting a bleak picture for the state of independent filmmaking and there's a big do-it-yourself push. DIY filmmaking....

0 comments    independent film film finance
5 Pre-sales Tips for Indie Filmmakers Seeking Financing67

5 Pre-sales Tips for Indie Filmmakers Seeking Financing

A independent film's budget is more of a crutch than an asset. If a filmmaker brags about how little the film was made for, he might screw himself out of a nice five-figure advance. If a film cost too much, distributors may not want to buy it. ...

2 comments    budgets distributors filmmaker
An Honest Festival Rejection Letter77

An Honest Festival Rejection Letter

I've always contended that film festivals and screenwriting festivals are completely subjective. The work that is accepted or approved isn't always the best work. We've all seen a film that was horrible or read a script that sucked. And we...

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Will Cerritos Gain a Celebrity Bigger than Cerritos College?59

Will Cerritos Gain a Celebrity Bigger than Cerritos College?

Cerritos is a city in Los Angeles County, California, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956 and was formerly...

0 comments    entertainment independent film
Savvy Film Fans Are Invaluable To Crowdfunding Campaigns58

Savvy Film Fans Are Invaluable To Crowdfunding Campaigns

Crowdfunding is a DIWO (do it with others) approach to film finance where the filmmakers engage potential fans for donations in order to fund the unmade film.

0 comments    how to fundraising film finance
Film Finance: Three Major Differences Between Social Media Crowdfunding vs Private Equity Investors73

Film Finance: Three Major Differences Between Social Media Crowdfunding vs Private Equity Investors

Crowdfunding is all the rage. Independent filmmakers all over the world are raising $5000, $10,000, even $75,000 to make independent films. They do it with the help of their friends, family, social media...

1 comment    private equity crowdfunding film finance
All I want to do is make independent movies67

All I want to do is make independent movies

Some folks just want to make movies. Good movies. Movies that scare or thrill, frighten or inspire, movies that make you feel something. Filmmakers just want to make movies. The only problem is many...

2 comments    rant filmmaking independent film
Descending on Film Distributors at AFM70

Descending on Film Distributors at AFM

Every fall, the Global Film Market converges in Santa Monica for one reason: The American Film Market, because AFM is where business gets done. Along with hundreds of film distributors and film buyers will be thousands of independent filmmakers...

1 comment    film independent film film festival
I am Batman! (or at least the Black Bruce Wayne)68

I am Batman! (or at least the Black Bruce Wayne)

I am BATMAN! In 2006 I was having ongoing problems with my truck for two months. During that time I paid for new manifold gaskets, a new radiator, a new water pump, a new battery. Currently I was dealing with...

3 comments    batman bruce wayne sunroof
Legend of Black Lotus- a family friendly epic fantasy needs your help66

Legend of Black Lotus- a family friendly epic fantasy needs your help

Legend of Black Lotus is about a Chinese Empress who risks everything to provide for her ostracized dark-skinned child.  THE LEGEND.  Legend says, during a magical time in Ancient China an honorable emperor had a vision of his kingdom in ruins...

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