The Art of Film Funding

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Jason Brubaker, is a contributing author of The Independent’s Guide to Film Distributors and he is the founder of Filmmaking Stuff, a professional resource for independent filmmakers. He currently serves as the manager of business development at Chill where he helps indie filmmakers leverage the social window to get their movies seen and selling. For more information ab...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Jon Reiss, is a media strategist for navigating the new distribution and marketing landscape.  He has some of the most current information for filmmakers explaining how to use our new economic landscape. For more information about Jon visit http://jonreiss.com/If you would like to know more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions visit http://fromtheheartproduc...

Send us Fan Mail Guest Adrienne Gould, writer, designer has been successful in creating and achieving goals for years.  Adrienne shares her famous six step formula for goal setting.  Whatever your goals, you can use this to clearly define and create them. If you would like to know more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions visit http://fromtheheartproductions.com/    

Send us Fan Mail Producer and director, Norman C. Berns, steps away from reelgrok.com to explain why films have so many producers. And which one does what and why…. He’ll explain the responsibilities of all those different producers and try to answer the universal question plaguing all filmmakers – who’s really running the show, the producer or the director? For more information about Norman Berns...

Send us Fan Mail Carole Dean & Claire Papin are back with a great discussion:  Your community (audience) is your source of money for making the film and selling the download and DVD.  Your financial success can be created by developing your community while making the film. Knowing your audience can get you distribution and money.  We cover how to identify your community, how to reach them and...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Malloy & Carole Dean discuss their upcoming Intentional Filmmaking Class. Tom tells how he raised over 14 million. Please email caroleedean@att.net any questions for the show. In addition to his work as an actor and filmmaker, Tom is an accomplished author whose book BANKROLL: A New Approach to Financing Feature Films is considered the “gold standard” of indie film financi...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest is the founder of Writers Boot Camp, Jeffrey Gordon. He will give us tips of screenwriting and explain his unique screenwriting coursework, including more than 100 proprietary writing tools and exercises that represent a language for creative collaboration in the entertainment industry. Thirty Writers in the Boot Camp alumni have had movies made in the past 18 months alo...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Peter Broderick, is a leading distribution strategist, who consults with filmmakers and media companies to develop strategies to maximize distribution, audiences, and revenues. Peter discusses his latest distribution strategies. For more information about Peter visit www.peterbroderick.com. If you would like to know more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Corky Kessler, ESQ, is a leading film attorney who works for Deutsch, Levy & Engel. He discusses legal issues, marketing and distribution of films, and has extensive experience in the entertainment industry on a worldwide basis. Corky regularly speaks on the business and legal aspects of feature film development, including tax incentives. To learn more about Corky v...

Send us Fan Mail How can you use the laws of attraction to manifest?  Carole Dean, author of The Art of Manifesting, and founder of From the Heart Productions, shares some of the ways the laws work. You will learn what you can do on a daily basis to improve your life.  You are manifesting daily, the trick is to manifest what you want, not what you don’t want! For the new Intentional Filmmaker’s cl...

Send us Fan Mail Our topic is on film financing from a producer who raised over 15 million.  Get into the specifics of first money in, where to find donors, how to approach them, how to attach your talent and more, with our guest Tom Malloy. For more information about Tom visit his website at http://www.bankrollthebook.com/about.htmFor more info about From the Heart Productions and Carole Dean vis...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, David Raiklen, shares brilliant tips on Successful Crowdfunding. This talented music composer also works as a producer to bring funding to films.  He has been very successful in managing campaigns to reach $50,000 and $100,000.00. Please join us for this amazing conversation! If you would like to learn more about David please visit his website at http://www.davidraiklen...

Send us Fan Mail We will be talking about documentary film funding with music composer/filmmaker Helen Hall. She will be covering some of the ways to get funding as well as what she is doing to build her audience and promote the film while producing. To learn more about Helen visit her website at http://picturesofinfinity.net/To learn more about From the Heart Productions and Carole Dean visit htt...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Morrie Warshawski, is a consultant, facilitator, and writer who has spent 30 years specializing in the nonprofit sector.  We are discussing his book, SHAKING THE MONEY TREE: The Art of Getting Grants and Donations for Film and Video Projects - 3rd Edition.  Our focus is on raising money for documentaries. For more information about Morrie visit his website at http://www...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Britt Penrod, is the Vice President of Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. He will be discussing studio rentals, state tax incentives, saving money on productions and how to get the most production value for your budget. For more info about Britt visit http://ow.ly/fkkYvFor more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit http://ow.ly/fkl5E

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Jerry Deaton from AudioKut.com, explains how to get the best sound possible and arrive in post with the least problems possible.  This show is for emerging and experienced filmmakers because Jerry shares lots of little-known information that can benefit you. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please be sure to visit our website at http://www....

Send us Fan Mail THE WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION SHOWCASE announcesTheWIFTS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY AWARDS on DEC 1st 2012. Founder Elspeth Tavares, and Carole Dean, lifetime achievement award winner, introduce the nominees. For more information about the event go to http://theWifts.com For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions visit http...

Send us Fan Mail David Vasile is the founder, owner and President of Dazzle Entertainment LLC. He's also been president of Somerset Entertainment. Dazzle's consulting division provides management consulting, content development and mergers / acquisitions services. Dazzle’s independent film division represents a catalog of over 200 films world-wide and averages 5-9 new releases each year....

Send us Fan Mail Corky Kessler, ESQ, a leading film attorney who works for DL & E. He has extensive experience in the entertainment industry on a worldwide basis. Corky regularly speaks on the business and legal aspects of feature film development, including tax incentives. He has returned from China with $200 million in film financing.  During this show he will explain what the parameters are...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, David Raiklen, is a producer/composer/songwriter/host. He began studying keyboard and composing at age 5, and wrote, directed and scored his first film at age 9. David studied composition at USC and Cal Arts. Among his mentors are Oscar winner John Williams and Pulitzer Prize winner Mel Powel. He’s worked for Fox, Sony, Disney, Sprint, Mattel, Warner Bros and PBS. David...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Morrie Warshawski, works with nonprofits and filmmakers having difficulty realizing their full potential.  He helps them create roadmaps to a better future through strategic planning.  His work is characterized by a commitment to the core values of creativity, thoughtfulness, transparency, and tolerance.  Warshawski has worked in the field for over thirty years as an ad...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest is Jason Brubaker, he’s the author of Filmmaking Stuff: How to Make, Market and Sell Your Movie Without the Middle-Man. Jason is a Hollywood based Independent Motion Picture Producer and an expert in Video On Demand distribution. His focus is on helping filmmakers make, market and sell movies more easily by growing their fan base, building buzz and creating community aro...

Send us Fan Mail Our guests are Dean Grant award winner Suzanne Mitchell and finalist Helen Hall. Both are documentary filmmakers who share tips on producing and financing in today’s economy.  Each filmmaker has worked on their film for many years and they share how to overcome obstacles, financing tips, marketing and distribution concepts.

Send us Fan Mail Internationally renowned speaker and story consultant Fernanda Rossi will be talking about how to make a sample that gets your project off the ground both financially and story-wise and how to structure your film once you have shot all that footage. She has doctored more than 300 fiction scripts, fundraising samples and documentaries, including two nominated for the Academy Award®...

Send us Fan Mail Norman C. Berns (ncberns@gmail.com) has a 35-year track record of producing award-winning films, from features and documentaries to TV series and commercials. He was the line-producer on television’s first super-gritty, “reality” cop show, The Street, for Universal and the CBS series, Wish You Were Here”. He earned an Emmy creating “Intermission Features” for The Metropolitan Oper...