Finance - Types of funding and research

Finance

An important part of pre-production process is to assess the financial viability of the proposed production.

Sources of finance

Requirements – expenditure

SOURCES OF FUNDING

Funding

•          TV channels
•          BBC, ITV and channel 4 all support short filmmaking
•          Sometimes funding is direct

•          Sometimes funding is “in kind”
•          Commissions (e.g. BBC3 original shorts, it’s my shout) – BBC commission some short films to be available on the BBC iPlayer.
•          Development (e.g. channel 4 director development programme)
•          Screening support (e.g. ITV and Odeon anti-bullying shorts)
•          Competitions (e.g. BBC3 the Fear)
•        Government funding
•          Is not available at a national level
•       British films institute directly funds feature length projects

·         BFI does not fund stand -alone shorts directly

·         Regional

BFI funding partne

•       Creative Scotland
•          Film Agency for Wales
•          Northern Ireland Screen
•          Film London

Local government funding

London Borough film funds (e.g. Wandsworth, Croydon, and Camden)

Private funding

Cinema Companies

•          Odeon
•          Curzon
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Media companies

•          SONY
•          VIRGIN MEDIA
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Other

•         BMW