Outline of my Film Finance Lecture At Delray Beach Film Festival

Saturday, May 10th from 10:00am to 12:00noon

"How To Get The Money You Need To Make Your Movie"

Objective of Seminar:

1. Understand how investors think
2. How to structure deals that are win/win
3. How to put together a strong business plan
4. How Movies Are Really Made

Outline

I.             How to do the right thing

a.      Commercial Success Factors

b.      Money and Actors

c.      Business Plan

II.           Make a movie – Act 1

a.      Loglines, treatments and scripts

b.      Budgets

c.      Getting Good Box Office Data

III.          Make a movie – Act 2

a.      Raise Money

b.      History of movie finance

c.      Methods of raising money

d.      SEC rules and regulations

e.      Funding faux pas

IV.          Make a movie – Act 3

a.      Post-production

b.      Distribution

c.      Film Festivals

V.           Caveats

a.      Studio overhead

b.      Distribution alternatives

VI.          Closing Comments