Project Accelerator

Module 1 | INTRO + CURRENT MARKET EXPECTATIONS

This module provides an overview of what's currently happening in feature film financing in a marketplace that’s changing at lighting speed.

• Lay of the land and current market for feature films
  
• What if you’re newer writer, director, or producer pitching your script, what should you expect?
  
• What’s the current economic model for feature films - how do you make money

Module 2 | OPTIMIZING PRESENTATION

Writers have specific steps to take. So do directors and producers. All of them are different depending on your role and where you are in your career, your network, etc. There are specific presentation strategies for each. In this module we dissect what you need to do and when to consistently keep building towards getting financed and into production.

• Is your script ready to submit?
  
• Project specific presentation
• Where/how are you presenting your project - managers, producer, talent, financing partners

Module 3 | STRATEGIC PACKAGING

What does it take to set yo a film or seal the deal with financiers? In this module we look at the tried-and-true as well as creative ways those at the beginning stages of their career have used to push their projects forward by skirting the system.

• Going direct to talent vs hiring producers vs casting directors
• Making deals with talent yourself
• Optioning your script for someone else to package

Module 4 | GETTING FINANCED

This module provides an overview of how film financing is working right now - from financing models to potential deal structures and expectations for the completed film.

• Current financing models (and a few alternatives)
  
• Possible deal structures w/financiers and producing partners
• The role of sales agents and distributors and financing