image

This chapter reviews the primary processes of motion picture financing. It explores the many sources most-often participating in this funding process. Further, it demonstrates how balanced producers use their bank relationships to provide capital through financing collateral instruments that include production incentive programs, licenses, and presales, as well as to provide gap financing.

Beginning with the end in mind is a life practice of many successful people. Creating each picture’s unique financing architecture from today’s broad variety of financing sources, and using a bank as a financing participant with a strong entertainment department ...

Get The Producer's Business Handbook, 3rd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.