When it comes to the development of movies, you’ll hear things like “pitch”, “synopsis”, proposals, etc. Which is which? Read below.
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Pitch is a verbal, short, exciting, pitch. The maximum is three minutes.
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Treatment is a pros description of the project. Its about a page in length.
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Synopsis is primarily for fiction. [...]
There are different ways to finance your movie. The truth is the fewer the investors, the safer you are.
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What about documentary and non-fiction financing?
Email people for donations and financing
NEH (National Endowments of Humanities, a government grant)
Development can go up to $80,000 – but must be in the area of humanities (religion, literature, etc), [...]
Where do you find the cash for your movie? — There are so many ways to get financing!
You can use your own money. This is the only way where you probably won’t have anyone looking over your shoulder or calling the shots.
You can use you family and friend’s money, which can add a load of [...]