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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Financial Projections | |
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| Compare your film to other great films (Comparable Films Table) | |
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| Predict your fame and glory (Income Projections Table) | |
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| Forecast when everyone gets a Ferrari (Cash Flow Projections Table) | |
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| Sum it all up (Investor Projections Table) | |
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| Sample Financial Projections Sections | |
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| Market Analysis & Marketing Strategy | |
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| Describe how independent films are doing (... be honest) | |
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| Preach the importance of word-of-mouth | |
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| Talk about how independent films are marketed | |
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| What's your target audience and how will you reach them? | |
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| Sample Market Analysis & Marketing Strategy Sections | |
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| Motion Picture Distribution | |
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| Tell them how your movie makes it to Grandma's iPod | |
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| Break the news gently: you pay the charges, distributors make the decisions | |
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| Describe independent film distributors (nicely) | |
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| What do they look for in a film? | |
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| What's your strategy for snagging a distributor? - No begging | |
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| Sample Motion Picture Distribution Section | |
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| Company Description | |
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| Identify yourself! (Or at least your film's business entity.) | |
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| Who's on your team? | |
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| Sample Company Description Section | |
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| Product Description | |
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| Write a story synopsis for your film | |
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| Describe the project's other important details | |
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| Sample Product Description Section | |
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| Financing | |
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| Briefly scare the crap out of the investor (a.k.a. the mini-risk statement) | |
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| Explain how you intend to fund this gamble/film | |
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| Explain how you intend to distribute the winnings | |
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| Depict the ugly truth about residuals | |
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| Sample Financing Section | |
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| Industry Overview | |
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| Portray the wonderful process of moviemaking (without the blood & sweat) | |
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| Studio Films vs. Independent Films | |
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| Describe the current and future state of the movie industry | |
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| Sample Industry Overview Section | |
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| Executive Summary | |
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| Restate the whole plan... in one page | |
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| Sample Executive Summaries | |
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| Information and Risk Statement | |
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| Legal junk (a.k.a. keeping you out of jail) | |
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| Scare the crap out of the investor (a.k.a. the full risk statement) | |
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| Sample Information and Risk Statement | |
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| Completed Plan | |
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| Put it in the right order | |
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| Get a good lawyer | |
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| Make a great film! | |
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| Sample Plan in its Entirety | |
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| Nitty Gritty Details | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |