This is the second part in a series of film financing blog posts. Like I wrote in the first part, I want to outline the more or less obvious sources outside of the traditional broadcaster/filmfund/distributor triangle, that a film or TV producer could tap into. This week’s film financing source: Sponsorship The idea: The sponsor [...]
It has been said that a producer’s only job is to raise financing for his projects. When everyone competes for the same traditional sources (film fund, broadcaster & distributor), it makes sense to try and diversify your financing sources. In this series I want to outline the more or less obvious sources that a film [...]
The answer to this question is the most important decision that you will make when developing and financing an animated feature film, TV-series or any other project. Actually this applies to any other product in any other business as well. The question is: “Who is our target audience?” Why is this so important? Because if [...]
I have just finished work on my first ebook, called “Coproducing with Germany – how to plan a film project with German involvement”. You can download it for free here. It is designed to help filmmakers in their quest to secure film financing for their productions. The ebook is filled with practical advice, expert interviews [...]
After a productive and fun Tampere Film Festival last week I wanted to share my tips for having a great film festival experience. 1.) Find inspiration Watching international competitions is a convenient way of catching up with what is going on in the business. New ideas cannot be avoided during an intensive screening marathon. Checking [...]
Lately I’ve been thinking about Richard Branson’s way of doing business, and how it relates to the world of animation or film producing. In his 44 years as a bootstrapped entrepreneur he has amassed more than 400 companies in his Virgin Group and made a fortune doing business his way. So what are the traits [...]
Mistakes are a commodity: You usually cannot afford too many and you want to know where they come from. Analysing your mistakes is the best way to learn from them, reading about those made by others is still second best. With this in mind I thought I’d share the mistakes from my last pitch. I [...]
I’m working on a free report about German funding sources, coproduction structures and so forth. If you have any questions you’d like to have answered please email me or post in the comments! To keep current with Nick Dorra Productions subscribe to my mailing list here.
This is the second of two posts about how to finance your shortfilm. Although the following information is specific to Finland you will find similar possibilities all around the EU and elsewhere in the world. After completing part I you know how much money you need. Now let’s get to finding it. 1.) The triangle [...]
I often get asked by film makers if I could tell them how to raise money for their shortfilm. In order to save myself from typing the same answers time and again I decided to write down what I know about financing a shortfilm in Finland. This turned out to be quite a long post, [...]
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