It’s hard to raise funding for a film, and the contracts get confusing quickly. Here’s a glossary to help you understand the mountain of paperwork you’ll need to sign to get your film financed. This blog doesn’t mean you don’t still need a lawyer (I’m not one, and this isn’t legal advice), but it will help you understand the paperwork you’re sent.

I’m not a lawyer, but I know contracts can be dense, confusing, and full of highly specific terms of art. With that in mind, here’s a glossary of Art. Here’s a glossary to help you out.

Most Sales agents don’t want your business plan, and a bank doesn’t want your lookbook. Here’s what stakeholders do want, and when.

Decks and lookbooks are not the same. Here’s how you make the latter.

If you want an ivestor to give you their money, you’ll need to show them how you’ll spend it and how they’ll get it back. That’s what pro-forma financial statements are for. Here’s how you make them.

If you want to raise money from investors to make your independent film, you’ll need rock-solid financials. Here’s how you write that section of your business plan.

Investing is always risky. Investing in Film is moreso. If you’re raising money, you need to make sure your investors know this.

If you want to raise money from investors, you’re going to need a plan. A business plan, to be exact. Here’s how you write the marketing section.

Filmmakers don’t tend to plan to fail, but they often fail to plan. Here’s how to write the project section of an independent film business plan.

One of many things you’ll probably need to finance an independent film is a business plan. Here’s an outline of one of the sections you’ll need to write.

If you want to raise money from an investor, you have to do your homework. That includes making a business plan. A business plan starts with an executive summary.

If you want to make a movie, you need money. If you don’t have money, you probably need investors. Here’s how you find them.

Closing investment for your film is all about your relationship with your investor. It’s weirdly like dating. Here’s why.

If you’re seeking investment for your movie, you need to know how much it will make back. Here are the 2 primary ways to do that.

The first money in is always the hardest to raise. Here’s a guide of realistic sources you can actually raise for your feature film.

Not everyone is who they say they are, and not everyone who says they’ll fund your movie actually can. Here’s how you vet your investors.

There’s more than one way to finance an independent film. It’s not all about finding investors. Here’s a breakdown of alternative indie film funding sources.

How do we get more investors in the film industry? We improve the viability of film as an asset class. Here’s how.

Film tends to not be an attractive investment, but it has some unique advantages that help it stand out and can make it worth your investors giving you the money you need to make your project. Here’s a few of them.

Most Filmmakers need Investors to make their movies. To convince an investor to back in your indiefilm, you need to understand why they invest in anything,