Here are the top 15 items to have in place if you want to greatly increase your odds of receiving funding for your project:
- Synopsis
- A copy of the script
- Project plan fully developed
- Executive Summary to include distribution, marketing and shooting location
- Budget Plans
- Distribution Rights
- Professional Bios on talent and professional team members
- Class A or B actors committed to the project
- Letter of commitment from your actors, producers and/or directors
- USA entities: tax incentives and projected revenues
- An Letter of Intent (LOI) from distributor(s)
- List of any pre-sales commitments
- Private Placement Memorandums (PPM) in place
- 10%+ invested of your own funds in the project to date
- 10%+ of the budget liquid cash to being the closing with POF's