IndieFilmFinanceModelV2011.1 : The Ten Factors

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IndieFilmFinanceModelV2011.1 : The Ten Factors

by Ted Hope

Last week I went into some of the factors determining how the Model for IndieFilmFinanceV2011.1 may be set. Previously, over at my old home, I spent some time trying to better define that model. If you were taking notes you probably recognized that what follows below ARE a the key factors, but I thought it was worth jotting them down for our cheat sheets:

What Ten Factors Are Needed To Get Your Film Financed By Something Other Than Love Or Insanity:

1. Price point / negative cost below $5M;

2. “Estimated” Foreign Value at 80% or higher of negative costs;

3. Track record of collaborators in US Acquisition market to project 25% of negative costs;

4. Utilization of Soft Money/Tax Benefits as revenue—not enhancement;

5. Manufacture desire: inject freshness & an ability to cut through the noise;

6. Predetermined & Accessible Audience;

7. Aura Of Inevitability= Polished Script+Show Reel or Look Book + _________?

8. Urgency of the deal;

9. Something old (proven genre)

10. Something new (fresh scent).

What does this all add up to? Is there a formula we can use? I think so. Why don’t we just get to that another day? Stay tuned…. Much more to come on this subject.