New to lthe ounge here, but thought I'd try my luck at asking a first question,.
So, we're about to embark on a feature film project, following the film festival success of The Barn. We are in the process of building the budget, and focussing on the trickier scenes first - namely aerial stunts, helicopter and parachute action shots, and a street chase scene.
The story is in the process of being transferred to a screenplay and we are creating storyboards for the trickier scenes as well.
The story is fairly adaptable at this time with the critical path already in place - back stories and plot twisters are being developed. Â
So the question here, I guess, does the story have any bearing on where we go to find our additional funding? If so, then how much should we look to 'adapt' the story to suit the funding sources.  Â
More of a business querstion than a creative. The creative side of me says, "Stick to your guns and stay true to the story", whilst the business side of me says "adapt to the funding sources but don't give away control of the direction".
In case you're wondering - the genre / style is action / adventure / thriller - sort of The Mummy weaved in with flavours of Mission Impossible, and we have some of the well known talent from both of those assisting us in Pre-Production.
Thoughts?
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Hi, Dominick Jones. Stage 32 also has Financing Blogs you might want to check out (www.stage32.com/blog/tags/financing-85)....
Expand commentHi, Dominick Jones. Stage 32 also has Financing Blogs you might want to check out (www.stage32.com/blog/tags/financing-85).
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Thank you
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You're welcome, Dominick Jones.
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Hello Dominick! Congrats on gaining some traction with your project and taking that next step to move forward as a feature! As Maurice mentioned, there are some excellent blogs here on Stage 32. I rec...
Expand commentHello Dominick! Congrats on gaining some traction with your project and taking that next step to move forward as a feature! As Maurice mentioned, there are some excellent blogs here on Stage 32. I recently wrote one about becoming financing ready. It sounds like you have one possible investor, that could be perfect for you to get your development costs taken care of, setting up your entity, and your legal necessities in place. All important steps to then go after more investments. Check out my blog here:
https://www.filmfinancemgmt.com/post/are-you-financing-ready-a-roadmap-f...