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	<title>Film Funding Blog</title>
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	<description>Film Financing Information provided by Sharp Angle @filmbiz101.com</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Black List Combines Filmmaking and Indie-Inspired Brand Building</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-marketing/147/the-black-list-combines-filmmaking-and-indie-inspired-brand-building/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>filmbiz101</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The film and multimedia project The Black List is terrific idea.  It looks like it very nicely combines documentary filmmaking, social media/web 2.0, and good old fashioned brand building. You can catch the first film installment on HBO, if you did not see it at Sundance or SXSW.
Here is some background information:


Project Overview
The Black List [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business of Film Conference - Houston, TX  (Sept 20, 2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/146/business-of-film-conference-houston-tx-sept-20-2008/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>filmbiz101</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Film Financing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SWAMP and TALA present the Business of Film Conference 2008, a day-long event focusing on the business of making movies. This information-packed conference features panels and discussions with professionals from the film, legal and financial worlds that address a wide range of topics, including budgeting for film, funding resources, music rights, distribution and much more!
CONFIRMED [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding Documentary Films: Houseparty or Grants?</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/144/funding-documentary-films-houseparty-or-grants/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FilmBiz101</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Film Financing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Film Grants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a great article on financing a documentary feature film over at The Independent:

I recently talked to fundraising expert Morrie Warshawski, whose  	book   The Fundraising Houseparty: How to Party With a Purpose and Raise Money for  	Your Cause, is now out in its second edition and includes new  	sample [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribeca Unveils Ambitious Online Film Distribution: Reframe</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-distribution/137/tfi-unveils-ambitious-online-outlet-reframe/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lmccauley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tribeca Film Institute, financed by the MacArthur Foundation, is beginning to digitize and deliver films from indie documentary, foreign, and experimental filmmakers. It will be interesting to see if this takes off or not.

Hoping to launch a viable new revenue stream for a wide swath of independent films and filmmakers, the Tribeca Film Institute has unveiled Reframe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube a Disappointment to Google?</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/digital-entertainment/143/youtube-a-disappointment-to-google/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>filmbiz101</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Television trade publication TVBizWire is reporting the following tidbit about YouTube:

YouTube Ad Revenue Falls Short for Google WSJ
Worldwide revenue from YouTube, which is likely to total about $200 million in 2008, has fallen short of Google’s expectations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt admitted some big advertisers are uncomfortable with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on the Film Production Incentives in Washington State</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/141/film-production-incentives-in-washington-state/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>filmbiz101</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is more detailed information on Washington FilmWorks, from their website:
Dedicated to helping filmmakers bring their vision to the small and big screens, Washington FilmWorks (WFW) is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (6) organization that offers funding assistance to commercials, television and feature films shooting in Washington State. 
Offering up to a 20% return on all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Incentives Brings Film Revenue to Spokane</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/138/movie-industry-brings-revenue-to-spokane/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lmccauley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not Hollywood, but Spokane, Washington has a film industry that is certainly helping to spark the economic life of the city. Filmmakers in the area will often spend 85% of their budget locally, and when the budgets reach $5M dollars that can be a significant amount of money.
How does it work? As one local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Most Common Ways to Finance Your Film (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/83/top-5-most-common-ways-to-finance-your-film-part-ii/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cchen39</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing our description of forms of film financing, we now examine Independent Distributor Financing and Talent Agency Financing. Based on &#8220;How to Fund Your Film&#8221; by Robert C. DiGregorio, Jr. imageMATTE Executive Producer
Part II:
Independent Distributor Financing is a more co-dependent form of financing. Because these distributors are not affiliated with a major studio, when submitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financing Your Film Through The Internet?</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-financing/136/financing-your-film-through-the-internet/film-funding.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lmccauley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a blog post that suggests a few different options for financing films at least partially through internet sites: http://cinematech.blogspot.com/2008/04/internet-film-financing-evaluating.html
Here&#8217;s a short description of the three sites mentioned:
IndieGoGo : Free, but they take a cut once the target goal is reached. 
ArtistShare : So far mainly used by musicians, but at least one filmmaker has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Promote Your Film Online</title>
		<link>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-marketing/135/how-to-promote-your-film-online/film-funding.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.filmbiz101.com/film-financing/film-marketing/135/how-to-promote-your-film-online/film-funding.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FilmBiz101</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some online and social network film marketing tactics that we think are very effective. It may help you and your team generate some additional marketing ideas.
Darfur Now Documentary
From Participant Productions:
http://prod.takepart.com/social_network/action/darfurnow/
Wal Mart Movie
This is Robert Greenwald’s film:
 http://www.walmartmovie.com/
Four Eyed Monsters
Check out this post on our blog:
Four Eyed Monsters

MySpace examples
 http://www.myspace.com/aninconvenienttruth?
 http://www.myspace.com/climatecrisis
Facebook examples
 http://www.facebook.com/pages/This-Darling-Life/14420535055
YouTube examples
 [...]]]></description>
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