The Independent Filmmaker's Guide to Writing a Business Plan for Investors, 2d ed.

by Gabriel Campisi

Filmmakers need more than heart, talent and desire to realize their dreams: they need production capital. Finding willing investors can be the most difficult step in an aspiring filmmaker's pursuit of higher-budget, entertaining motion pictures. This practical guide provides detailed instructions on preparing the most important tool for recruiting investors, a persuasive business plan. Included in this new edition are suggested ways to approach...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078646285X
• ISBN13: 9780786462858
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Get this book

If there's one book you should get in order to reach your goal of getting funding for your film or television project it is this one. I don't know of any other book out there with such detail and step by step instructions about getting the most important element of producing a film, funding. You can have the greatest idea, cast, team together in the world but if you don't have the tools you learn about in this book you'll find it an uphill battle. I've recommended this book to all my friends and colleagues in the businesss. I stake my reputation on it. Go out and get this book today! (Jeff Rivera, author of Forever My Lady)

Understand what potential investors seek

Most books for independent filmmakers focus on rudiments of the artistic industry. Gabriel Campisi's The Independent Filmmaker's Guide To Writing A Business Plan For Investors provides even the most novice filmmaker a very fine tool for understanding distribution deals, sales, and the business end of making a successful film proposal. Use The Independent Filmmaker's Guide To Writing A Business Plan For Investors to assemble a winning business plan based on proposals which work - and understand what potential investors seek in such a proposal with a title which packs in interviews with successful independent filmmakers and industry executives alike.

Great Book For Indie Filmmakers!

This book is well-written and straight to the point. If you're an independent filmmaker living in the U.S.A. and have a project that you need to get FUNDED, well, you're going to need a plan of action and a well-written business plan, whether your investors are friends and family or unknown doctors and lawyers.This book takes you through the process, shows you what you need to compile, and gives great resource information for doing just that. There is also an excellent SAMPLE BUSINESS PLAN that you can use as a nice blueprint for your own personalized plan.Mr. Campisi has been in the movie business a long time and has raised funds for quite a few business ventures (inside and outside the biz), so his knowledge and information is invaluable. This book cuts right to the chase and will get you motivated and on the road to securing funds for your project. It's a long and uncertain road, but this book, along with a few others, is a great way to get your business plan underway so you can get down to the business of making a movie!Well worth the money.

Essential Reading

This book gets to the heart of the matter when it comes to telling students/readers what works and what doesn't, what is necessary and what isn't, when it comes to searching for funds for your project. A lot of the information appeared to be common sense, but then I realized it was the writer who made it appear so simple. I read another book where you had to be an accountant or attorney to make heads or tales of the information. This book spells everything out in plain English and makes you fully comprehend what you're reading with creative examples and comparisons. This book is essential reading for anyone seriously interested in taking the next step as a filmmaker.

Very Useful For Filmmakers

The information in this book is very real and can be applied to any film or movie project. The data is priceless. Sometimes the information seems to be repetitive in some chapters, but the writer (Gabe Campisi) definitely knows what he is talking about from his own experience, not theory. It is backed by all the interviews in the back of the book with others (filmmakers) that reiterate what Campisi says. Refreshing to see others in the industry verify the author's knowledge.