Start by looking at similar films in terms of genre, budget, and audience. This helps set a realistic foundation for your financial expectations.
Pre-sales for filmmakers involve selling parts of the film’s distribution rights to distributors before the film is completed, providing a promise of future revenue once the film is delivered to the distributors.
Fiscal sponsorship is a partnership between a film project and a nonprofit organization that allows filmmakers to receive tax-exempt status for their project.
Gap option becomes available after other financing options, such as pre-sales, tax incentives, and grants, have been secured, but there is still a shortfall in the budget.
A negative pickup deal is a type of film financing arrangement in which a production company sells its completed film project to a studio or distributor for a fixed price before the film is actually made.
How to secure investment from private individuals, angel investors, or venture capital firms.
