Film Funding
by Roger Burnett
An issue-oriented brief film is one that has a theme of social significance at it's core. Substance abuse, poverty, the environment, homelessness ... these are all examples of a smaller film with a socially pertinent theme. This is considerable as it is MUCH easier to get donations of time, devices and materials when there is a "cause" behind the film.
In the mid 90's I was able to get a 12 minute 35mm movie produced for under a thousand dollars, an absolutely uncommon amount. Catering, locations, film stock and processing, misc materials, devices - virtually everything was covered with generous contributions due to the fact that the film had 2 major social concerns as the primary styles - kid abuse and it's resultant connection to drug abuse later in life.
The approach? Experience production directory sites and cold call until you can't speak any longer. A typical pitch went like this: "we're working with a film that takes care of some appealing intense social issues and we're asking yourself if there's somebody we can talk with about making a donation of ..." It takes a great deal of calls, but it works.
Getting donations is in one sense rather simple as numerous manufacturing companies are willing to contribute. The difficulty that originates from this alternative to brief movie financing is in the added coordination efforts needed, for you'll need to adjust your schedule to the contributors. An example of this is that we needed to cancel a movie shoot 2 weekends in a row due to the fact that the 35mm camera that was being contributed to us became not available as it was reserved out on a paid shoot (a truth that needs to be accepted taking this strategy). But as quickly as the rental company's schedule cleared up, the camera was ours and we had the ability to shoot, conserving hundreds of dollars in rental costs.
Another issue with taking this path is manufacturer coordination. It's better if you have an unique producer dealing with obtaining contributions as it's a full time job in and of itself. It's best to have one producer to manage shooting logistics and another to manage donations. In the end, while our team had the ability to accomplish a lot with hardly any funds, the movie suffered since the director/producer (myself) was overworked with handling logistics and had less time to invest on creative shots, acting, and so on. Having a distinct producer to deal with contributions will solve that problem!
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