I Need Money



     As I've said before, I'm working on a near non-existent budget for this thing so Noah and I were brainstorming ways that we could attain funding if we were to actually make a full length film as an extension of our short excerpt, since we're broke and don't have thousands of dollars to make something like this. We were researching different methods, each with different pros and cons to them that we noticed.

Image result for sci fi films money     For example, one way that we noticed was crowd funding. It sounds sketchy but has actually raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for some films. We want to make this film appeal to not just Sci-Fi fans, but fans of a great film story and design. If our idea sounds pleasing to the people, we get instant cash to finance our vision. This is an easy, direct way to obtain funding, put could be problematic if the film doesn't succeed and we are left with a bunch of frustrated people who felt like they wasted their money and got nothing in return. Another big way to finance is known as 'The Studio Method', where you pitch your idea to a production or distribution company who adopt it, take a share of the profits, and give you the financing you need. This would add valuable leadership and experience to the project, and add more staff, cameramen, etc. to make the overall project more stable. However, having a large studio control a portion of my film would give me less creative freedom and limit me in a way that would not be present if I wasn't working with a large studio.
   
     Obviously these are not the only two ways to finance a film, but these are some of the main two ways. After some consideration, the model that is best for my film would be to pitch it to a production company to finance. This would best suit both my financial needs and my needs for more staff working on the film to make it as high quality as possible.





Source: https://www.raindance.org/10-routes-to-finance-your-film/


   

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