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Looking for investors

Pray for investors.

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I'm
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here.
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The sarcasm on this forum is sickening, the film industry needs more optimism. How much money are you attempting to raise, and whats the minimum investment?
 
moviemaster said:
You will need to get close to God first, then we can start.
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:lol: Don't be making no assumptions.
Have a little humor would you.
I'm pretty sure God's tough enough to both withstand some ribbing and suffer some of the rest of us.


Fair enough: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1117098/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Ahem... http://www.imdb.com/find?q=Christian+Cinema+Productions&s=all

We are needing God loving investors to help us raise sixty five thousand dollars in order to get this screenplay written. This movie is slated to take 3 million to produce and is called "Grain Of A Mustard Seed".
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Okay, you know this generaly NOT how the film industry works, right?

Someone writes the screenplay first (doesn't hold that out as tantamount ransom) THEN the line item budget is figured out.

And CCP is just looking for "investors" in getting the 2% of back-of-envelope budget screenplay ransomed... er... I mean written even before the guesstimated production budget is reconfigured.

Hi, Bill/Carl http://www.christianccp.com/the-team.html

So, which of you is holding out to write "Grain Of A Mustard Seed?"
And how are you doing the funding for "In The Gap?"

Typo: http://www.christianccp.com/grain-of-a-mustard-seed.html
TAKE THE POLE BELOW!!​
"Poll" not "pole"

And I gather this is CCP's debut film?

Will David Nixon be both producer and director?



Joshua Lloyd said:
How much money are you attempting to raise... ?
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We are needing God loving investors to help us raise sixty five thousand dollars in order to get this screenplay written. This movie is slated to take 3 million to produce and is called "Grain Of A Mustard Seed".
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$65,000 to have the screenplay written.
 
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Hang on, a fire that makes it impossible to see or breathe...

Yet they use a bus to getaway?

Am I missing something here... Ah wait i get it, they pray and The Lord guides them through am I right? I'm right aren't I
 
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Hang on, a fire that makes it impossible to see or breathe...
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THE ADVENTURES OF EDITOR MAN!!!!!!

http://thesaurus.com/browse/difficult?s=t ---> http://thesaurus.com/browse/arduous


Exchange "impossible" with "punishing."
No biggie.

From: One that causes a forest fire that makes it imposable to see or breath. (another little spelling thingie there.)
To: One that causes a forest fire that makes it punishing to see or breath in.

It's just a logline.



IDK about you guys, but MY God built the entire universe. He ain't no pansy.
As far as I'm concerned this is just a process that makes Bill/Carl's project all the stronger.
God can take a little hassle.
I can take a little hassle.
Bill/Carl's been on the radio for a few years and been a Christian for even longer, so even he should be able to take a little hassle.

If man cannot live by bread alone then he sure can't live by God alone, either.
Have a little dollop of Nietzsche cliché, guys: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/friedrichn101616.html
 
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I always like the concept of a Christian film, because there are so many terrible preachy ones out there, and I'd love to watch an actual good one. The Apostle with Robert Duvall was excellent. But that's it. The film industry doesn't like those types of risks. Filmmaking is commercial, even if people doesn't want it to be. Is it able to make $3,000,000.00 back? Pray.
 
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I always like the concept of a Christian film, because there are so many terrible preachy ones out there, and I'd love to watch an actual good one. It's a paying market. Don't knock it.

The Apostle with Robert Duvall was excellent. But that's it. Baskin Robins 31 flavors something for everyone.
I didn't like Avatar $2B worth. Go figure.

Two preachy ones I can recommend are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_(film) & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Poole_Is_Here

The film industry doesn't like those types of risks. Right. But this isn't for Hollywood. It's a niche market thing, and there's a steady demand for it within that niche.

Filmmaking is commercial, even if people doesn't want it to be. True, but religious films aren't so much commercial as they are evangelical.

Is it able to make $3,000,000.00 back? Pray.
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Sometimes "Yes!" http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fireproof.htm & http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=facingthegiants.htm
Sometimes "No." http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=letterstogod.htm

But profit is not necessarily a motivating factor here.
Whomever prints out billions of bibles a year to distribute around the world isn't looking for a monetary gain. But they're certainly looking for a spiritual gain. :yes:
 
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I wonder if Clash/Wrath of the Titans and Immortals should also be considered religious films?
Zero Dark Thirty probably not so much.
 
When I first opened this thread and started reading it, I thought the OP was a spam bot. Then I kept reading on and saw that he actually posted here after the initial post as well.

Anyway, though the story seems to ok'ish, I doubt you'll get any investors, except for maybe a couple of fundamentalist christians. The proposal isn't that well written and its form isn't suitable for a forum post. The style could be better as well: you're just telling instead of selling. And don't get me started on the website. Let's just say, that it looks unprofessional, and that I don't really fancy taking the pole.

To conclude, I think that the lack of professional communication is not helping you with getting investors. That may of course be preferable, if you only want to be backed by very religous people. Otherwise, I suggest you hire someone else to do the marketing.
 
FWIW, this might be interesting to watch what attached director/producer David Nixon has co-produced done with an estimated budget of $100K that led to a $10.2M gross, (that's pretty darn good, BTW!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJ6aJknbus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facing_the_Giants
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805526/

Shot with Panasonic Varicam AJ-HDC27V http://www.dsvideo.tv/panasonic_15.php
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Same camera that Borat was shot with: http://cinemawithoutborders.com/cinema-tech/1183-borat-panasonic-s-aj-hdc27-varicam-hd.html


Sure was profitable for a suck*** film, apparently: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/facing_the_giants/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nixon_(director)
http://www.dnpstudios.com/flash/index.htm


:lol:
http://www.youtube.com/movie/letters-to-god
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3jm9xq9kCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qbV8ddY08k
I don't think those last two are Kosher.



Alright, here's one where DNixon was both assistant director & producer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU1wvJXrTfc

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fireproof.htm
Production Budget: $500,000
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $33,456,317 99.9%
+ Foreign: $16,980 0.1%
= Worldwide: $33,473,297
Pretty darn good, again.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129423/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireproof_(film)
Not azzzzz sucky as Facing the Giants: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireproof_(film)#Reception

Who wants critical fame and who wants Benjis... to spend on worthy causes and such, of course?

Again, shot with the Panasonic Varicam: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129423/technical
Someone start crowdfunding!: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Camcorders-/11724/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=panasonic+varicam
 
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