The Film Finance Handbook: How to Fund Your Film: New Global Edition

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Not Much Meat, Lots of Bone, September 25, 2008
By FIlmmakerDude (Orange County, USA)
I really wanted this to have some new updated sources of information, but the book is just hundreds of pages of the same stuff found elsewhere. There are anecdotes and "stories" that somehow are supposed to be examples of how film budgets work, but instead come across as boring and sometimes irrelevant. A good portion of the book deals with territories and information about their respective film commissions, etc. which is okay, but again you can find that somewhere else... I mean who cares about how to sell a film to Fiji Islands?

If you're looking for some really solid budget finance books, you should start with Film & Video Budgets (4th Edition) by Deke Simon, or Film Budgeting by Ralph S. Singleton. These books constitute far superior data regarding budgets.



misleading title, July 25, 2008
By A. Grant Olson (Palmer, AK United States)
If you're looking for a book that helps you to produce a micro-budget independent film, this one is for you. The book explains how to cut corners, keep costs low, so that prospective money people will be attracted to your project. However, accept for government agencies or foundations, which oftentimes support documentaries, no other sources of funding are available here. If you're trying to find funds for a low-budget, feature-length film, you won't find the answers here. You're still on your own. Suggestions range from tapping your cards to hitting up family and friends. But there are some tips on inexpensive ways to make it seem like a Hollywood movie.



A bible on the topic, January 24, 2008
By J. A. Smith (London, UK)
The new global edition of The Film Finance Handbook: How to Fund Your Film is a bible on the topic. Set out in straightforward language the book is an extensive guide for those new to the industry and seasoned professionals alike. For the filmmaker starting out, the book not only guides you - using simple analogies and a dash of humour - through the complex world of film finance, it also considers the important but often overlooked practical areas of research, networking, pitching and negotiating. For the experienced producer it contains a wealth of up-to-date and timesaving information, most notably an exhaustive section devoted to international incentives and an equally extensive global funding directory. The book also includes a very timely chapter on the impact of the Internet on the film industry and explores the financial possibilities offered by this so-called `Seventh Major'. I have not been able to find a book on film finance as comprehensive as this.