Since I'm now in a good three film financing groups and have spoken with a film investor in person at a Pizzarea Uno's and been to NATPE and varius industry gatherings, I am sharing information on what money people want to see in a pitch.
The YT clip I shred under Sales and Marketing hits the nail on the head with what you need in your pitch: a distributor already attached, a well-known successful writer with a proven track record of writing material that generates money, and experience people running the show.
New writers will not get work with the studios, television, or independent films financed with structured funding. All of these get their money from the same source, Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors. They don't want to hear about the potential to make money. They want to know the nuts and bolts of how they will get their money back. A distributor already attached is the answer they want to hear. A distributor will give a letter of intend if they see enough value in a production to invest, such as a write who has a track record of writing scripts or story bibles for series that are hit after hit. They allow no room for new undiscovered talent with original ideas.
Only very small cable TV networks who cannot afford their own studios are looking to take a chance in low cost independent content.
There are many posts about how hard it is to get financing. That is because the people with the money have money from not taking risks. They want the sure bet with people who have a pre-existing fan base from previous success.
And this is pretty much what came today from someone who runs a web site where VC get to meet people with iron clad business plans and have pitches that tell the VCs what they want to hear to invest with as low a risk as possible.
The YT clip I shred under Sales and Marketing hits the nail on the head with what you need in your pitch: a distributor already attached, a well-known successful writer with a proven track record of writing material that generates money, and experience people running the show.
New writers will not get work with the studios, television, or independent films financed with structured funding. All of these get their money from the same source, Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors. They don't want to hear about the potential to make money. They want to know the nuts and bolts of how they will get their money back. A distributor already attached is the answer they want to hear. A distributor will give a letter of intend if they see enough value in a production to invest, such as a write who has a track record of writing scripts or story bibles for series that are hit after hit. They allow no room for new undiscovered talent with original ideas.
Only very small cable TV networks who cannot afford their own studios are looking to take a chance in low cost independent content.
There are many posts about how hard it is to get financing. That is because the people with the money have money from not taking risks. They want the sure bet with people who have a pre-existing fan base from previous success.
And this is pretty much what came today from someone who runs a web site where VC get to meet people with iron clad business plans and have pitches that tell the VCs what they want to hear to invest with as low a risk as possible.