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Finance YOUR Movie!

How to raise money for an independent feature, documentary, short film, or web series even if you’ve failed before. Discover the step-by-step process (secrets, tips & strategies) including WHO are the best potential investors, WHERE to find them, WHEN to contact them and exactly WHAT to say when you approach them. This show will give proven advice to anyone looking to raise between $25K to $2.5 million for their project.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
18 minutes
Episodes
333
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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33. Pros & Cons of Raising Money for Your FIRST Feature

33. Pros & Cons of Raising Money for Your FIRST Feature

There are some challenges to raising money for your very FIRST feature project, but there also some advantages. Host Scott duPont explains along with some valuable advice.

00:07:31  |   Tue 30 Jun 2020
32. Small Town Guy Raises Millions for His Own Films!

32. Small Town Guy Raises Millions for His Own Films!

Don't listen to negative people...you CAN do it! Canadian filmmaker Jamie Rauch (host & author of "The Art of Filmmaking”) shares how he raised millions himself and explains the importance of the “3 …

00:19:42  |   Tue 30 Jun 2020
31. Repetition is the

31. Repetition is the "Mother of Skill"

The practice of “repetition” is not always fun, sexy or exciting and often not popular, but Scott duPont shares why it is so powerful and important in the process of raising movie money.

00:06:16  |   Wed 17 Jun 2020
30. Fifty Reasons Why People Want to Invest in Your Movie

30. Fifty Reasons Why People Want to Invest in Your Movie

Host Scott duPont shares a powerful tool that he has successfully used to raise money for his last four (4) film projects. This is an episode you won’t want to skip!

00:11:47  |   Wed 17 Jun 2020
29. World’s # 1 Wealth Coach Shares Success Tips on Raising Movie Money!

29. World’s # 1 Wealth Coach Shares Success Tips on Raising Movie Money!

JT Foxx (the World’s # 1 Wealth Coach) who has raised massive amounts of capital and invested in films as well, shares success strategies independent filmmakers can use to raise their own movie money

00:17:17  |   Wed 17 Jun 2020
28. Click and Listen NOW or You Could Lose a Potential Investor!

28. Click and Listen NOW or You Could Lose a Potential Investor!

Scott duPont shares the critically important strategy of using “Click Bait” to quickly grab the attention of potential investors while avoiding the mistake most first-time filmmakers make, which coul…

00:11:37  |   Tue 16 Jun 2020
27. What do Pancakes Have to do with Financing Movies?

27. What do Pancakes Have to do with Financing Movies?

Host Scott duPont recounts a valuable lesson trying to make pancakes (and trying to raise movie money) when not following a few simple steps that have been proven to work.

00:14:11  |   Tue 16 Jun 2020
26. Charles Everitt - Serial Movie Investor (Part 2)

26. Charles Everitt - Serial Movie Investor (Part 2)

duPont continues his informal chat with serial movie investor Charles Everitt.

00:14:44  |   Tue 16 Jun 2020
25. Charles Everitt - Serial Movie Investor (Part 1)

25. Charles Everitt - Serial Movie Investor (Part 1)

Host Scott duPont has an informal chat with serial movie investor Charles Everitt who has invested in about ½ dozen independent films with different filmmakers.

00:19:35  |   Tue 16 Jun 2020
24. Daily “ENERGY” Hacks Before You Call Potential Investors

24. Daily “ENERGY” Hacks Before You Call Potential Investors

Host Scott duPont shares his routine and TOP 10 “ENERGY” Hacks he does every morning before he begins a long day of calling potential investors.

00:18:54  |   Thu 04 Jun 2020
23. Try and Get Potential Investors to Say No

23. Try and Get Potential Investors to Say No

duPont explains the problem of a a long, drawn out “Maybe” and the importance of why you need all potential investors to say Yes or No.

00:13:46  |   Thu 04 Jun 2020
22. Yikes…Should I Hit Up My Boss for Money?

22. Yikes…Should I Hit Up My Boss for Money?

How risky is it to hit your own boss up for money? A lot less risky that you would ever think!

00:10:48  |   Thu 04 Jun 2020
21. Some Investors Like Writing Big Checks vs. Small Ones

21. Some Investors Like Writing Big Checks vs. Small Ones

Host Scott duPont addresses from the potential investor’s perspective why in some cases, they prefer looking at a bigger budgeted film and writing a larger check vs. writing a smaller check for a low…

00:07:34  |   Thu 04 Jun 2020
20. David Giuliani - Getting a Film Loan with No Collateral!

20. David Giuliani - Getting a Film Loan with No Collateral!

Guest David Giuliani shares how he is able to assist smaller independent filmmakers in many cases get money to fund their entire production or supplement additional funding without any collateral!

00:14:32  |   Thu 04 Jun 2020
19. STOP Before It’s Too Late!

19. STOP Before It’s Too Late!

Host Scott duPont cautions all filmmakers to make sure they have their business plan, pitch deck, etc. as good as they can possibly be BEFORE approaching investors and shares real world mistakes that…

00:15:28  |   Tue 26 May 2020
18. How Do I Raise the Money for my First $1M Film?

18. How Do I Raise the Money for my First $1M Film?

duPont shares thoughts and strategies for first and second time filmmakers on how to make the big jump up to $1million+ films.

00:10:47  |   Tue 26 May 2020
17. How Much Did YOU Invest as the Filmmaker?

17. How Much Did YOU Invest as the Filmmaker?

Have you YOURSELF invested in your film yet before you ask other people to invest? If not, you might pause and rethink it.

00:09:56  |   Tue 26 May 2020
16. Jon Zietz - Raising Money for His First Feature Film

16. Jon Zietz - Raising Money for His First Feature Film

Guest Jon Zietz (President of Think Visual Group) reflects back on how he got the money to fund his first feature film. He also talks about his model of balancing high end commercial & corporate clie…

00:18:04  |   Fri 22 May 2020
10. Louise Levison - Your Business Plan

10. Louise Levison - Your Business Plan

Louise Levison (author of “Filmmakers & Financing”) shares advice from 30 years of writing successful film business plans including the one that led to the most profitable independent film in history…

00:16:24  |   Fri 15 May 2020
11. Your Project’s Legal & Point Structure

11. Your Project’s Legal & Point Structure

Host Scott duPont gives an overview for 1st time filmmakers on typical indie film business structures as well as profit participation (“point” structure) models.

00:24:46  |   Fri 15 May 2020
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