Chapter 1 Matching investment with revenues
In planning the financing of a film, it behoves the producer to match the size and composition of the budget with the likely scale and sources of revenues.
If this were simply a matter of matching quantities — so that the amount spent did not exceed the amount likely to be received — it would be a theoretically simple matter, even if it is mysteriously hard to achieve in practice. But it is also a matter of matching qualities, so that the type of money invested is compatible with the type of revenues envisaged.
All money is not the same. In every case, it comes with conditions attached that can be extremely damaging if the interests of the investor do not at every stage match the interests of the film ...
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