Hello,

I am filming a movie which has already top tier celebrities envolved. However, I am in need of a budget inorder to film a full feature. What I am asking is if anyone has any leads as to finding investors, production companys. etc. Which is the best way to turn inorder to see this complete?

Please any advise would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

If you have top tier celebrities involved, I can help.

I guess we never get to find out who those celebrities were.

Damn shame.

Hello. I'm brand new to this site and am finding the discourse to be refreshingly high-level and informative.

I am trying to fund a $50,000 supernatural thriller/horror feature and am having greater difficulty doing so than I'd anticipated. I've been making independent films for 30 years, including 2 prior features, all of which were self-funded (the first feature cost $18,000 and the second $40,000). While I have a track record in production, my fund raising skills are woefully green.

Part of the problem is the fact that I live and work in a town of 10,000 people, which is where the film is set. Not surprisingly, there isn't a great deal of money here from which to draw. I've been relying on outside fund raisers with deep-pocketed contacts, but their primary focus has been their own (non-movie) businesses, consequently they haven't been very productive.

I've raised 10% of the total so far and we've shot 3 weekends worth of material, but have halted production pending additional capital. All of the equipment is already owned by my production company (we are shooting HDV using a Canon A1). I have hired a line producer who is willing to work cheap in exchange for feature experience; the rest of the cast and crew are working primarily for deferred salaries ($25,000 total budgeted deferments) and experience.

I have a manager in the LA area who worked with me to develop the screenplay. To date, he has shopped two of my other screenplays around Hollywood, each of which garnered interest from A-list producers (unfortunately their respective studios declined to pony up for the options). He has also offered his contacts to assist in securing distribution for the finished film.

My line producer and I have established a LLC and compiled an informational memorandum describing the project. I also have a DVD with a 2-minute teaser and four edited scenes (in standard def) from the film cut together from the footage we've shot so far, which are intended to demonstrate the look of the film and introduce the principal actors. I am happy to provide the above to any interested parties.

Apologies for the length of this, my first post, but I'm trying to address many of the questions that seem to crop up in other posts on the forum. Thanks so much for any advice/interest you may have.

Mick Alderman

I hope my posting in this thread wasn't inappropriate. I apologize if I violated protocol or offended anyone.

Finding funding for productions isn't an easy task by a long shot. Often takes some grovelling and even some all-out self-humiliation, but persistence often pays off.

I've done some smaller stuff in the past as well, but I don't want to be one these "make a movie with friends in the weekend" types.

I've recently had a script for another feature length that, when passed along to some celebrities in Hollywood, the response was nothing short of overwhelming.

What these celebs had to say about the story and the script had proven to me that I waqs walking in the right direction.

Now, funding... I've even had offers for funding, without even asking. I kid you not.

Being rather selective in my approach, and of course, locations, I've had to turn away from these offers. I've learned early on in the game that, "just bhecause someone throws money your way, doesn't mean you'll get the product you want, your way". Be careful.

I now find myself in a position where I've got a gold mine of an opportunity, both financially and location wise, but now I have to match the offer dollar-for-dollar.

I have 8 American celebrities in all, plus an internationally known composer onboard, and have collected their LOIs already. My budget is complete, shooting schedule is locked, locations are now being negotiated and, things are looking good.

Not too bad for an indie film maker. :)

I have searched around for the ideal financier, or producer who, can match the funds I've been offered.

If anyone happens to know a little more about approaching such people, feel free to let me know!

SH