Full video: https://youtu.be/HNeAn-lKdRM
The money all comes together in this example of a $15M Canada UK coproduction. There’s soft money, equity money, hard money, magic money and missing money. The puzzles and the pieces all fit as we go through it step by step.
3:20 Counting the Money - Financial Structure
7:40 Magic Money - Deferrals
12:35 Missing Money - Unsold territory - the gap
22:00 Elusive Money - profits!
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Full video:
https://youtu.be/KskevAPCikM
Once you have your finance sources lined up you need the money. Sam and Job take you through the steps that most banks or lenders require to get you your money. We also look at bridge financing, gap and the checklist of items needed to close the deal.
Full video:
https://youtu.be/fAO0Tu1Tv1o
We move from "soft" money to "hard" money. Jon and Sam will make it easier for you to find those hard sources from shelters, public funds, private investors, pre-sales and licenses and how to access them for your production.
5:45 Public Agency Funds
8:30 Who are the private investors in a film?
10:00 Crowdfunding gets serious
16:45 Hard Dollars are sometimes better than soft money
22:30 Risks as a producer
24:30 Sales or licences and rights
31:40 Canada-China coproduction to produce a Chinese film!
36:00 Sponsorships or product placements
40:00 Studios and streamers
Full video:
https://youtu.be/XG8pMqy3dkM
Q. Where in the world can you produce your film? A. anywhere through coproductions. Sam & Jon examine the complexities and the advantages of getting a partner to bring in and share the money. They take you through a whirlwind tour of all the jurisdictions, states and countries from Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, UK, Germany, Ireland, Puerto Rico, UAE, South Africa through to New Zealand to co-produce or produce your films.
3:30 Coproductions are like a marriage
4:15 Shortest co-production agreement
6:10 Most important part of a coproduction
7:45 Canada & coproduction treaties
19:25 Third party co-production and it's impact on the film
23:20 Coventures include American companies
30:30 International film incentives
33:30 Where in the world can you produce your film
Connect with Sam Coppola
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(+) Email (+) scoppola@gascon.ca
Connect with Jon Mechanic
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(+) Email (+) jmechanic@gascon.ca
Full video:
https://youtu.be/SWLignenESU
Tax credits are taken for granted. However, what appears simple to most film-makers is fraught with traps, requirements and hidden rules, regulations and interpretations. Sam and Jon will take you through the "points" system and help flush out some of these devilish details.
Full video:
https://youtu.be/KKcMT-ACW4c
The film is completed. Now you need to deliver it & get it before the most eyeballs possible. We go through the challenges of actually delivering the film and then examine the different windows of distribution, from theatrical, airlines, home video, streaming, VOD, cable & pay TV, free TV, mobile. We then review how a $100 million dollar box office film can have no net profits. Discuss box office bonus, adjusted gross receipts, AGR, MAGR, net, gross and revenues to get the money. We also look at some new mediums where technology can influence production, data, blockchain and Deep Fakes.
Full video:
https://youtu.be/7wLClmqYuu4
Now that you've got the money you need to spend it. We review the various stages of production from pre-production, principal photography and post-production. Along the way we discuss locations, SAG Global rule one, favored nations clauses, tax credits for regional shooting, laboratory pledgeholder and cloud server labs. In reviewing creative contracts, Jon and Sam touch upon the concept of "Moral Rights" and John Houston's "Asphalt Jungle". Join us through the working and manufacturing stage of film making.
Full video:
https://youtu.be/NzadTNp5OPM
Sam & Jon discuss the concept of Pay-or-Play and how indie producers can deal with the catch-22 situation of pay-or-play deals. They also review various sources of financing that make up the financial structure of a film. These are often categorized from easy money or soft money to hard money. There is also a good overview of what is termed as "gap" financing and the rationale of a completion bond.
Sam & Jon clear the air on the multiple sources of film financing at the early stages known as development hell! Do not fret as the other end of hell is heaven.
What do you do once it's funded?
Full video:
https://youtu.be/TyARwhrxr3s
Do you own your own film? Sam & Jon explore the most basic foundation of film-making, the chain-of-title. Yet this is a source of many oversights from veteran producers or young film-makers who often do not put enough efforts into really securing their rights. The episode goes over the key topics like copyright ownership, options and napkin deals. Watch now to make sure you don't get caught in the chain of fools!
Full video: https://youtu.be/2_Yy_Q2-Vi0
It takes a village to make a film. Sam and Jon discuss how Canada created the village for independent film making and how many Canadian films there really are out there! Watch to get a quick overview on how to start getting your money to make your film today.
Full video: https://youtu.be/8PuFXerJfT0