Saturday, 2 November 2013

Post 21 - Film Funding

Short films in general are forgiving in their nature to miss out on character development, be rather simplistic or have short production time, however there is less freedom to expand a universe or flesh out ideas. In relation to film funding, including too much in a film idea, leaving it confusing and sub-par, lowers the chance of a film-maker having their film funded.

Finding someone to fund your script or finding the money to fund it yourself is a difficult task, film-makers in more recent years can rely on social media outlets and websites such as 'Kickstarter' which is a global project contributing website that helps projects raise the funds they need. Also using social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, film-makers can get their ideas seen to a greater audience than ever before.

Within the UK, the BFI work with the National Lottery provide ways for film-makers to gain funding. This development was done so that the BFI could support film-makers across the UK, through 'film production, distribution, education, audience development and market research'

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