Independent Film Finance: A Research-Based Guide to Funding Your Movie [Hardcover]

Part 1: Business and Finance Basics  1. The Wisdom of the Crowd  2. The (Movie) Business  3. The Language of Business  4. Debt Financing  5. Participation and Deferred Compensation  6. Tax Incentives and Soft Money  7. Budgets  8. Four Paths to Funding Your Budget  Part 2: Financing Your Film  9. First Law of Film Finance  10. The Market Value of Your Film  11. A Financing Plan  12. Equity in Independent Film  Part 3: Beyond the Basics  13. Experience Matters  14. People Matter  15. Pipelines Matter  16. Luck Matters  17. Many Other Things Matter Too  18. Action Plan

For aspiring producers and directors who need to learn film finance from the ground up, this book teaches the fundamentals through the voices of more than 60 independent producers. Using a research and data-based approach, David Offenberg combines the wisdom of well-known and successful producers into one fun, easy-to-follow guide.

This is the ideal book for those looking to peek behind the curtain of how films are actually financed and therefore completed.? A must read for independent producers and filmmakers.  Josh Ellis, Professor at?Miami Dade College

For aspiring producers and directors who need to learn film finance from the ground up, this revolutionary new book teaches the fundamentals, through the voices of more than 60 successful independent producers. Using a research and data-based approach, award-winning professor David Offenberg combines the wisdom of well-known and successful producers into one fun, easy-to-follow guide.

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