Awesome would love more info on pitching and investors :)

Please more on investing and pitching!

I've always taking the upfront approach when asking for money for a film. It doesn't mean I'm going into a bank or to an agel investor saying "Give me money to make a film," but I come prepared with a budget, ready to answer their questions, and I always try to make sure they know they will indeed be rewarded fir their investment (copies of the film, souvenirs, etc.). Mostly I use Indiegogo or Kickstarter to raise money to make a film.

I'm no expert, but a good start would be practical experience in plain old sales... NOT digital marketing! I mean face to face with customers on limited time and budget and learn how the greats can sell a ketchup popsicle to women in white silk gloves... Learn to talk that way. As a GM it's kind of a critical skill to learn to read your room relatively quickly, too. A good GM can seamlessly toss plot-hooks from one adventure to the next without hesitating. It's hit and miss at best, and requires enough prep and improv' but a decent GM can do it... A GREAT GM can tell instantly if he's not landing the hooks, if he's disengaging Players... AND he can salvage their attention by moving on, figuring out when and where to "gloss over" some things, and balance it for others where he needs the effect down to the gritty details. We have to avoid disengaging Players. Those who don't engage, don't have passion for the Characters... and reduce the Game to a dice rolling competition... instead of motivating grown adults with sensibilities to Play Pretend First. This pitching process seems kind of different, but if you can't sell a product you believe in, you're probably not going to land a pitch for a story you (hopefully) believe in being good. There's a LOT of entertainment out there already... audiences do get tired of saturated markets, too. Investors aren't so different from customers worried about how much juggling they'll do over buying a car, let alone what would cause them to make an upgrade, price and all. Social Skills ARE deteriorating as fast as attention spans... SO starting from customers who actually WANT the product you're trying to sell helps... Practicing with Players who already have a friendly connection and WANT to engage helps... I've noticed customers tend to disengage when I pitch "strong"... SO energy has to be carefully moderated, too... AND of course, as with anything in sales, you won't be able to put the energy of passion into a product you can't believe in, yourself... Sorry, but it's a definite readable fact of human nature. You might be able to sell red-hot garbage, but you'll just do far better at selling qualities you personally believe in. AND that's about the energy you can bring. You don't get to cheat either. That only turns into stress and shows easily as bad. Sorry for the length(?) but it's a bit more complicated (to me) than just "trying to sell a movie"... AND it IS where I started... so far. ;o)

Please create more content on film finance.

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I would like to get money from Steven Spielberg and Scorsese.Spielberg say he want to see Bible stories that's not Moses's s made

How do you talk someone into giving you money for a movie? What has worked for you?

Yeah. So full of crap. Everything this guy says, i've done fully and completely. He's wrong. This IS how it should be, BUT ISN'T how it is...He says you have to have passion and be a great story teller. BS! That's how I approach EVERY meeting i've ever had and I keep getting the same, lame-ass losers who think that "passion" is a bad thing. I keep getting told that i'm "too close" to the story. That I "care to much" about this story and that being a real professional is about distancing yourself and being able to treat it like a job. That "Passion" is that same thing as talent and, I KEEP GETTING TOLD, that talent and a buck will get me a cup of coffee...HarHarHar! So funny...But seriously. This is MY experience when dealing with executives. I don't know what THIS guy is talking about. This is NEVER what THEY say when you're in the room with them. When you're in the room with them and taking them on the ride through your story and getting deep with characters and meanings and purposes...They turn off. They want to hear about stupid stuff and don't like when you are so "passionate" about the thing you are asking for funding for...