letter to Distributors/financiers

kindly lemme know what ya think about this letter,

regards,
ace.inc1

This approach, often called the “shotgun” approach, isn’t very
professional. And you severely limit yourself when you say you
have 15 movies that need to be produced in 5 years. Three movies a
year by a single writer/producer/director all financed in advance
is not something any prodCo is going to do.

You just don’t have the track record as a profitable movie maker
to expect anyone to take this risk. Eight unsold film made in
India just isn’t what investors and distributors are looking for
in an investment. Package deals aren’t what prodCo’s are looking
for. If the first movie doesn’t make any money no one is going to
want to distribute two more.

You need to pick the best of the three scripts you have finished,
put together a full line item budget and shooting schedule. You
have completed eight movies, you clearly know how to do this.

Then you send your investment package to very specific executives.
No “Greetings fro India” letter - a very personal letter to a
specific person at prodCo’s you fully researched.

Have the other two scripts, budgets and schedules finished and
ready to show if they ask. Do not tell them how to do their
business. Telling a prodCo that you cannot decide your own fee
isn’t correct. You, as the producer/writer/director set your fee.
Do not tell them about migration assistance or work permits. If
they are interested in financing your movie then you work out the
details. Do not tell them your proposal is “non-exclusive”.

This letter shows a lack of understanding on American motion
picture funding and distribution.

thanks and...

This approach, often called the “shotgun” approach, isn’t very
professional. And you severely limit yourself when you say you
have 15 movies that need to be produced in 5 years. Three movies a
year by a single writer/producer/director all financed in advance
is not something any prodCo is going to do.

You just don’t have the track record as a profitable movie maker
to expect anyone to take this risk. Eight unsold film made in
India just isn’t what investors and distributors are looking for
in an investment. Package deals aren’t what prodCo’s are looking
for. If the first movie doesn’t make any money no one is going to
want to distribute two more.

You need to pick the best of the three scripts you have finished,
put together a full line item budget and shooting schedule. You
have completed eight movies, you clearly know how to do this.

I WILL START DOING THIS, IN FACT I HAVE ONE COMPLETED BUDGET AND SCHEDULE, I WILL GO THROUGH IT AND REVISE

Then you send your investment package to very specific executives.
No “Greetings fro India” letter - a very personal letter to a
specific person at prodCo’s you fully researched.

POINT NOTED, SO I MAKE A CALL AND ASK TO WHO IS THE PERSON IN ACQUISITIONS DEPARTMENT, RIGHT?

Have the other two scripts, budgets and schedules finished and
ready to show if they ask.

I WILL STARTS THIS.

Do not tell them how to do their business.

WHAT MADE YOU THINK I TRIED TO DO THAT?

Telling a prodCo that you cannot decide your own fee
isn’t correct. You, as the producer/writer/director set your fee.

BUT IT DOES CLASH, HOW CAN I SET MY OWN FEE? WOULD THEY BE FINE, IF I WERE TO CHARGE SAY 3.5% FOR WRITING, 12.5 % FOR DIRECTING AND 20% OF THE PRODUCTION BUDGET FOR PRODUCING.

Do not tell them about migration assistance or work permits. If
they are interested in financing your movie then you work out the
details.

THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST GIVE A VISA LETTER THAT I CAN SHOW AT THE US CONSULATE. I AM SORRY, SEEMS YOU DON'T KNOW THIS PART BUT WHEN THEY BRING PROFESSIONALS FROM FOREIGN COUNTIRES THE HOST TAKES CARE OF THE VISA THEMSELVES. MR.CHALMERS TOO TOLD ME TO NOT WORRY OF THE VISA AND IF THEY WANT ME THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF VISA THEMSELVES. I NEED NOT WORRY OF IT BUT I THOUGHT OF MENTIONING IT ANYWAY.

Do not tell them your proposal is “non-exclusive”.

I READ THIS IN AN INTERVIEW OF AN AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR ON THE NET. THEY EXPECT IT AS BUSINESS COURTESY.

This letter shows a lack of understanding on American motion
picture funding and distribution.

THANKS AGAIN

Hey dude...Would love to see one of your eight movies..is there any youtube or vimeo link anywhere??

aceinc1 said:

Greetings from India,

I am a writer, producer, director of 8 films in India, all unsold. My company is ACE.INC1 regd, with A.M.P.T.P.P, Mumbai, India.

I am looking for a finance and distribution deal for 15 movies to be produced in a matter of 5 years.

I’d like you to consider this proposal after viewing completed works of mine. If interested, kindly reply so that I can send you a copy of my work and say 3 scripts that I want to make the first year, so that you can come to the decision.

As I am the writer, director, producer myself, you have to bid my fee and then we negotiate. I can’t decide my own fee, it clashes.

I do not need a migration assistance to move to the US, a work permit will do just fine.

P:S: this is a non-exclusive proposal.

Thanks for the time and consideration,
Regards,
Gururaj Deshpande
Exec. Producer: Ace.Inc1

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