Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking, 2nd Edition

25 Production Financing

 

 

THERE ARE MANY WAYS to finance the production costs of a film. I will attempt to discuss the various ways films are financed based on the chart below.

table 25.1 Sources of independent film financing

Sources of Funding	Development	Production	Distribution
Private Funding	Common	Common	Rare
Friends and family	Common	Common	Common
Lenders	Unusual	Common	Rare
Pre-sales	Unusual	Rare	Common
Gap finance	Rare	Common	Rare
Euro tax incentives	Common	Common	Common
Other tax incentives	Rare	Common	Rare
Equipment charge deferrals	N/A	Common	Common
Crew deferrals	N/A	Common	Unusual
Talent deferrals	Common	Common	Rare
Producer deferrals	Common	Common	Common
Soundtrack album	Rare	Rare	Rare
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