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		<title>Producer Pie vs. Investor Pie &#8211; The Easy Way To Split Up Film Profits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes time to get the money from the investor, and to sign some paperwork, there&#8217;s a lot of different ways you can go. Sometimes a simple contract will suffice, spelling out the terms of the deal, and sometimes a more detailed, specific financial document may be required.  For filmmakers on our level, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 6 Web Sites You Should Be Using To Raise Money For Film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a filmmaker trying to raise money for your indie film, you need more than some good paperwork and a business plan (and, uh, not to mention a great script and great production team).  Raising money for film is a Herculean task, but I&#8217;m gonna give you several cool websites/apps that you should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your film&#8217;s synopsis in your business plan: Do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re writing your own film business plan from scratch, you&#8217;re probably a producer or director, or someone extremely close to the film. Chances are, you may even be in love with the script, the producing team&#8217;s awesome vibe, and that heart-pounding excitement of getting a film off the ground.  So that means there&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to List Comparable Films in Your Film Business Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In every film business plan, it&#8217;s always good to include a list of films similar to yours, which have already made it out into the world and become a success either financially or critically. The idea is that you want to show potential film investors a business plan that shows that a film like yours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising indie film money with Product Placement &#8211; Why it doesn&#8217;t work.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, okay, the title of this post is pretty harsh. There&#8217;s technically nothing wrong with product placement in any film, unless it&#8217;s blatant and gross and, well, product-ish.  But here&#8217;s three things to watch out for when accepting a company&#8217;s product placement offer. 1) Know that no company is going to give you cash to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://film-business-plans.com/raising-indie-film-money-with-product-placement-why-it-doesnt-work</link>
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		<title>Why &#8220;We hope it gets into festivals&#8221; should not be in your film business plan.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re serious about raising film money from serious film investors (or at least film investors who don&#8217;t laugh you out of their office), you&#8217;re going to need to own up to at least one simple fact: Hoping your film gets into a film festival and gets sold is not, repeat, NOT, a viable film [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://film-business-plans.com/why-we-hope-it-gets-into-festivals-should-not-be-in-your-film-business-plan</link>
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		<title>Do I even *need* to start a film company?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re setting out to produce a feature film, and you&#8217;re serious about finding film investors and making money with the film, you&#8217;re going to probably want to set your film company up as an official, you know, company. But first, before you start researching  all the different directions you can go when starting up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://film-business-plans.com/do-i-even-need-to-start-a-film-company</link>
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		<title>How to write your own film business plan (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1 Your Film Details Section The next section is your Film Section, where you detail what your film is about. This includes a brief summary of your film, maybe the film&#8217;s logline, synopsis; whatever you think best conveys your film to potential investors. Keep it brief and don&#8217;t overwhelm them. You may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://film-business-plans.com/how-to-write-your-own-film-business-plan-part-2</link>
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		<title>How to write your own film business plan (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to Write a Film Business Plan (An Overview) I&#8217;ve been raising money for films for almost 25 years now and am always asked about what goes into a film business plan, or worse, am asked to write one for a fellow filmmaker. So here&#8217;s the skinny on how to write your own film business [...]]]></description>
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