Sources of Finance

Finance

A crucial part of pre-productions sequences is to assess the financial where bouts of the production.

Potential sources of finance.

•          Expenditure - money that is getting spent.
•          Requirements - things that must happen so that you are allowed to enter or get something.

Sources of funding

Funding

TV channels

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 all support shorts.

Funding is direct - Money you get help with your project

• Commissions
• Grants

Funding is ‘in kind’ - resources that you get for free to help you with your project.

• Development
• Screening support
• Competitions

Commissions - A person giving money to help fund their project. 

• BBC 3, original shorts 
• BBC 2, it’s my shout

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

National

The British film institute only funds feature length projects

Does not fund standalone shorts

Regional

British film institute funding partners

•          Creative England
•          Creative Scotland
•          Film agency for wales
•          Northern Ireland screen
•          Film London
•      Etc.

Local government funding

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

Private funding

Cinema companies

•         Odeon
•          Curzon

Media companies

•          Sony
•          Virgin Media

Other

•          BMW