The American Film Market

A Closer Look

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Indie Film Financing

Independent filmmakers normally have interesting stories about how they made it to the big screen.  Blood, sweat, and tears literally make the movie, and the stories inspire new filmmakers to follow suit.  The many forms of financing for independent films are slate financing, equity financing, hedge funding, bank financing, crowd funding, product placement, and many more that are even more convoluted.  The Raindance Film Festival...

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Business Plan Essentials

“Blog Post #1” discussed the various key pointers that two particular experts in the field gave for successful business plans.  These two business experts are Jim Blasingame and Richard Milton.  Jim Blasingame stressed that business plans should evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a company, and should assist in acquiring financing. Since investors want to see where they can make a profit, showing profitability and accurate financial projections is also important.  Richard Milton stated that the...