Insurance and Completion Bonds
Letters of intent from a Production Insurance company and a Completion Bond company is required to receive most film funding. Both Production Insurance Companies and Completion Bond Companies review the script, the budget, the key crew, the shooting schedule and talk to the line producer before giving a letter of intent. So if they say a film is...
How to Find Film Funders
If you go online and search for terms like "film finance", "entertainment capital", "entertainment holdings" you'll find hundreds of listings for those who invest in film. You can approach them by phone, fax or email. Phone works best if you are good at pitching your project on the phone. Note that these folks are easy to approach. They do this...
What are the rules of film financing?
There are no universal rules in the film industry. Film productions, by their very nature, are constructed by very small teams which means decisions by a very small number of people are required to make some very big decisions. There are films that have been funded based on nothing more than a few lines on a napkin. There are other films made by...
How to Pitch a Movie Really Well
If you're one of the many who just can't seem to get their pitch right, you may find the following suggestions helpful. They are culled from years of pitching and watching others pitch, and they are written by someone who has found pitching to be one of her favorite hobbies Pitching is All About True Love The first thing to understand is...
