About Me

I am a citizen of the world. I believe every culture adds meaning and power to everything they do as it contributes to our world's development. I was born and raised in Colombia, South America. I began to study and develop as a filmmaker in Madrid, Spain and continued to grow as a professional in the United States. I believe filmmaking is not a job, but a life style that triggers passion and gives meaning to my life and the life of others. I am a versatile filmmaker for I believe my craft is not only one of the most beautiful art forms humanity provides to the world, but also it is a mass influence business that changes every day. It is intriguing for me how this business impacts the world's economy and how it moves across multiple platforms: the big screen, TV, and the internet. Thus, I contribute to filmmaking in the creative aspect as a director, but also in the business aspect as a producer. Ultimately, this is my goal: I am here to network and get to know you, work with you, and build a better world through our craft.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Film Financing

All filmmakers dream in making films and pushing them out there for the public, yet how is that some movies make it to the big screen and are distributed to a larger market and some others don't? Simple. Before distribution and before production, it is important to understand every film needs to be properly financed and have the right funds that takes to deliver your creation into a product.

I did a fast research and found several online choices which served me and can serve you to possibly fund a project. Here are the gold miners: 

1. Funded.com

It is a website designed to connect you to different types of investing options such as angel investors, venture capital, start up funding, and business funding (to expand). Also, it instructs you about certain steps on how to build professional business plans to show, create patents and trademarks, and make an overall impact.


2. Filmunderground.com/EFilmFund

This is a website that on the opposite of IMDB, it literally connects filmmakers by area and interest. Also, it provides several courses which teach how to fund your films, and you never know what investor might be lurking.



3. GoBigNetwork.com

Now this website only connects investors with filmmakers and other business owners. They allow you to create a business plan, even teach you steps on how to do it right, and contact specific investors or just ask for funding in a special post that allow investors interested in your project to come in. This is a great website for people who are starting with a new business or who intend to somehow grow in a market and sell a new product.


Overall, film funding is not an easy task. As a filmmaker, you must attract investors by offering special details in your business plan that show they most certainly will get their money back. Do you plan to have any starts or B-list actors in your film that might attract audiences? Do you have their letters of intent? Do you have any sort of bond with a distributor already? Do you have a business plan for your feature? How do you plan in making revenue out of your film?

This are questions we all should ask ourselves in order to prepare and get the funds we all crave to finance our next big project.
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