Film Acquisition & How to Get Film Industry Executives to Buy Your Film
A film can be developed or produced in a variety of ways. A studio can engage a writer to produce a script based on a concept or the film rights to an existing literary property. The development team at the studio collaborates with the writer to create the plot. It should be noted that the majority of scripts generated by studios are never produced. Other movies begin with a script developed outside the studio. A script is written here by a writer who is either self-employed or contracted by an independent producer. It may then be bundled with other components, such as a cast or crew, and offered to the studio for finance and distribution. Other films are conceived and produced independently of the studio that will eventually distribute them. To fund production, these independently produced productions are frequently reliant on financiers or pre-sale distribution arrangements (selling off various overseas distribution rights). The producer then enters into an acquisition deal with a di