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Theo Dumont thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. It’s great to see you here in the AMA.
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Hi Caleb Reese Paul, so great to hear from you!
The Lake in the Sky was fantastic, loved having you at HollyShorts London. Congrats on the feature.
As far as top sheet budget, I would do that after y...
Expand commentHi Caleb Reese Paul, so great to hear from you!
The Lake in the Sky was fantastic, loved having you at HollyShorts London. Congrats on the feature.
As far as top sheet budget, I would do that after you have the script air tight. I would have the script finished and read by great people so you can have feedback, as you know now you have a bigger canvas so this needs to be also extremely compelling, beginning, middle and strong end. But have some major industry pals doing a reading with you and get feedback to see if the feature is on the right track. Then work on the business side, budget, top sheet, deck, finance plan. I know you are familiar with the casting process so any attachments that are within reach with your dream scenarios approach them.
As far as adapting the short into feature we have many of them, the strong piece though is still your feature script get that in order. The short, is an excellent calling card and something to point to definitely in your materials and the reference point. But as you are going into bigger rooms now, you need to think in terms of the feature on its own having the lifeline. The essentials you will need when taking this out...
Package (director, producer, cast, etc...)
Finance Plan
Script
Budget (top sheet at least)
Sales Estimates
Waterfall
Completion Guarantor?
Desired date of close and general timeline
pitch deck
Idea of shooting location, tax credits, presales
Hi Theo! I hope all is well. My short film has been running the festival circuit this year (including HollyShorts London, which was a fantastic experience by the way!) and after a YouTube release, I'm in development for a feature version. I have a few questions surrounding that - do you have any specific advice in regards to adapting a short film into a feature? Obviously it's better pitch material than something like a pitch deck, but since most of the studio system seems to be dead-set on existing IP, does it help in other ways that I might not be thinking of? We've had pretty good traction on YouTube and have picked up a bunch of awards on the festival circuit etc.
I've been writing the screenplay for about 9 months, and soon will begin heavier pitching/development to seek financing and production support. I already have some companies/producers interested, so I'm curious what the most important variables are to you when taking a project through development/financing? And a slightly separate question, but something that I see a bunch of different answers on: at what stage do you usually put together a top sheet reference budget, and how?
Thanks so much! - Caleb
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Hey Chaz Fatur,
Do you mean Daniel Sol? He's still co-founder and director of HollyShorts. He's also very involved our production company arm of the festival 88th Street.
Whatever happened to Daniel?!