MOre on Line producing -2 production value

Searchlight – the co is still doing well, one of the last smaller co.

The bigger studios after they bought the smaller studios, like Weinstein, Miramax, could not sustain profits, n so they diversified into smaller studios – specialty studios

That failed too, n then they went straight to DVD

That is on the way out, or is out already and now they are looking at new media, and crowed funding.

MOVIES FINANCED BY:

EQUITY FINANCING

STUDIO & DISTRIBUTION FINANCING

BANK LOANS

PRESALES

KICKSTARTERS (CROWED FUNDING)

NEGATIVE PICKUP  - (THE DISTRIBUTOR AGREES TO BUY THE FILM, BUT PRODUCER HAS TO FIND FINNACING AND MAKE THE MOVEI)

This is the most common way of financing

Negative pickup, interparty agreement – involves 

Producer and distributor and bank and completion bond company

GOOD TRAITS OF A LINE PRODUCER?

Can deal with stress well,

Steady personality

Creative problem solving

Ready to take responsibility

Looks at the bigger pictures

LP is responsible for hiring BTL crew, tracks costs

People who report to LP is:

DP

Production manager (they have no creative input) manages MONEY

AD they take care of TIME

LP in turn reports to the PRODUCER AND STUDIO

TYPES OF PRODUCERS

EXEC Producer – they are involved with getting in part of the money

Producer – Controls the rights

Producers can’t be fired, they own the film

CO-Producer - sometimes lien producer gets the credit

Associate producer - could be a minority financer

Or some one in postproduction

Or manager of lead actor

Line Producer is the one who closes most deals, for directors, scripts, actors and all else working with legal.

 PROJECT IS GREEN LIT MEANS FINANCE IS IN PLACE, THERE IS SPENDABLE MONEY, CASH FLOW IS READY.

PHILOSOPHY OF PRODUVCTION - how the film should look how it should  “ look and feel “ e.g.  – should it be handheld, shallow depth of field,  

-       REMEMBER THE STORY HAS TO BE FROM SOEMONES POINT OF VIEW

PRODUCTION VALUES –

Look and feel

Subjective viewpoints

How money is allocated

How story and character are portrayed

It has to be believable and serve the story, not necessarily slick, as much as make you feel the way the character is feeling.