Movie Financing

It is always hard to find financing sources for your first independent movie, it has too many odds. Of course you can hope on some little grants, but mostly prepare to be rejected. Although, it might be a reasonable refusing because you have no finished project behind your back.

How can you proof any word of yours with no evidence? Do you really believe that nobody has a reason to call you a liar, a fraud in that situation? Who probably would invest his own funds to a house builder, who never build a house?

Therefore, we do suggest to you to shoot your first movie on your own resources and keep it as cheap as it possible at first time. If we would say that 5000$ is your real start could you admire it seriously? Maybe your start is 10000$? Think about your planned movie concept, maybe it bears something unwanted and pointless, like expensive hi end SFX and car crashing in the middle of Manhattan?

Moreover, there is no even mentioning of the film itself, your movie-making starts definitely from digital formats and that is why it’s more a movie-making than a film-making. You cannot have a film stock in your digital camera that is why you are digitalized.

Take on your consideration that the lower budget for a 35mm film production starts from 250 000$, don’t go below the line or it will be wasted sleeveless. That is why your future motion picture will probably be a little bit “videoish”, but know you what? Forget about all these technical aspects and rants, the talented movie director can do a pretty damn good movie of a pretty damn good movie script.

Bank loans?

Another classical and never dying American option for you is a banking loan. Sounds creepy aren’t? Especially if you are gambling with your first time digital movie, which in a best case will be impossible to sell fast and cost effective.

In a worst-you will never sell it even online, because it’s uninspired peace of shit. That was a joke. Of course, you can sell it online and this website is all about that-make an interesting low or micro-budget movie, promote it and sell it online.

It could revenue to you in a price of a good house, but that is a matter of years of hard work, then your credit debt grows with months. But don’t despair! You can loan to a bank your parent’s house and then leave on the streets! Sounds promising? Then don’t forget about your mama’s car, she’s probably driving Ford!

Don’t do that! Don’t take a bank loan for a movie production, it’s a time bomb! Even major companies won’t go on that risk, so what makes you think that you could? It is not a stock market! Forget about bank loans, you will never recoup it from your first time low budget movie! Don’t create a sluggish line of debts, better think about selling mama’s Ford!

However, if you have some business skills in psychological persuasion and already know how to represent you business plan you can always find some sources, but once again you are first time film maker – it is nearly impossible to convince someone with the big wallet that you are as good on a shooting stage as on words.