5-XSW: My Best Moments at SXSW 2013
This year marks my first time attending the world-renowned South By Southwest Festival, which features film, interactive and music events. Did I have …
Film Funding
Film financing and financing movies for independent filmmakers is one of the most challenging aspects of the movie making process. You can have the greatest screenplay, the most talented cast and stellar movie locations – but without movie money, you are just another would-be filmmaker with a dream and a passion. The film finance articles at Filmmaking Stuff provide tips on how to view independent filmmaking as a business.
Crowdfunding Total Frat Movie
Anyone that’s ever worked on a film knows that money is always tight and can only be stretched so far. That’s one of …
Film Crowdfunding
There are a lot of filmmakers who think it’s still 1990. While it is nice to dream of Hollywood deals, the Modern Moviemaker …
screenplay breakdown
Once you have a screenplay that you want to produce, you will need to figure out how much your movie will cost. When …
How To Hire Actors And Attach Talent To Your Film
Attaching the right talent to your movie can be the difference between long term success or failure. And for a filmmaker gaining experience, this process can be daunting. Back when I started out, I had no idea how to find a casting director or what to say to them. But it is important to remember that many industry professionals will take on smaller jobs in-between bigger projects…
Film Finance In Europe
Travel to Europe and you will find many independent filmmakers are feeling the pinch brought on by the lack of public funds, subsidies …
Film Fundraising: 5 Crowdfunding Mistakes to Avoid
As I type this, I am halfway through my Kickstarter campaign for my feature I Hate You. We’re about one-third of the way toward our goal, and we now have $10,000 to raise in about 30 days…
NoFilmSchool On CrowdFunding
With sites like Indie GoGo and Kickstarter, filmmakers can finally raise money without asking permission. And while the vast majority of filmmakers limit their crowdfunding campaigns to a few thousand dollars – some filmmakers get super ambitious…
Untapped Crowdfunding Site For Filmmakers
As a filmmaker, one of the challenges you face is how to finance a film. When I was starting out, things were much different. Back then, if you wanted to finance a movie, you had to cross your fingers and wait for the gods to grant you permission…
Crowdfunding To Source An Audience for Your Filmmaking
Your filmmaking crowdfunding campaign will allow you to raise money – but as an important ancillary benefit, your campaign will also allow you test your movie concept with a built in, responsive focus group. Assuming you reach your funding goal, you will not only generate your initial buzz…
Conference Call Recap: Film Finance
Hello From Los Angeles! For those of you who tuned into the filmmaking conference call over the weekend – it was great to meet …
Independent Film Financing
As you may or may not know, independent film funding can be a little overwhelming. If you’ve ever dabbled in the business side of making a movie, you know what I mean. The first time I heard people talk about writing a business plan or offering a private placement memorandum, I suddenly felt like I was on another planet. And if you’re like most filmmakers, you would much rather focus on actually getting your movie made, instead of cold calling rich and successful people to set up random pitch meetings…
Interview with filmmaker Casey Walker
Every wonder how to raise money for movies, but had trouble finding people willing to participate? For feature filmmaker Casey Walker, solving this problem only took a little creativity.
SEC, IPO, Filmmaking and Movie Investors
Have you heard of people going out to the stock exchange and buying shares of stock? Have you heard about an IPO, which …