An investor would be more interested in the legal matters than the script??
A film maker who doesn't know how to deliver the right contractual bundle doesn't have product to sell.
I wrote a story that people read and before they are halfway through, they call and say "this would make a fantastic movie". How do I get a money person to read it before the financials--If they like the financials and they hate the script??? whats the purpose---
The problem isn't about the script or getting money people invloved it's about what role people want to take in the production of the movie.
If you're a screenwriter you need to match your screenplay to a producer who is willing to pull the film together. The producer creates the budgets, finds the money and hires a director to make the film. The producer also sell the final product.
The problem with many indie film makers is they think that because they have a great script that means that they have the skills to be a producer. They don't understand that why the fact that they've written a good script doesn't qualify them to control the whole product.
A good writer doesn't automatically make a good director; a good writer almost never makes a good producer. And whilst I'm beating this drum, having a good idea for a film doesn't make someone a good writer. The really sad news is that being a goiod writer also doesn't guarantee sucess.
Film is a high risk business, so an investor wants to cut the risk as much as possible. So, bareing that in mind, why should an investor put money onto a production company's film if they can't prepare a budget, a marketing strategy and demonstrate the ability to protect the investors money by understanding the legal complexities of production? Sure a good script will excite an investor, but they are going to want a proven producer and director to make the product.
If you've got a good script, package it up and sell it. Get it out there, get an agent, build a reputation for the ting you're good at. Then learn the trade and if you aspire to direct make shorts, win some festivals, make an ultra low budget feature with your own money and prove you can do it. Then maybe an investor will give you the backing to produce/write and direct your own film. It will take years, but that is how it is done.
If can't stand the though of doing that, then learn how to make no budget films and stop keep control that way, build a reputation for turning out good product and making money.
I don't mean to rant about this but everyone wants to keep creative control these days without earning the right to do that. Whatever happened to people who were writers and knew that that was enough?