Finance

A pivotal segment of the pre-production formula is to evaluate the financial reasonability of the proposed production.

·        Potential sources of finance

·        Requirements- Expenditure

Sources of Funding

Funding

TV Channels

·        BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 all back up short filmmaking.

·        Sometimes financing can be an immediate procedure.

·        Sometimes funding is "in kind" (you won't have a whole load of cash, however get some other sort of assistance to really decipher some cash).

Commissions (singular amount to make the film with) (e.g. BBC2 Original          shorts, "It's My Shout").

·        Development (e.g. Channel 4 executive improvement program).

·        Screen support (e.g. ITV and Odeon anti-bullying shorts).

·        Competitions (e.g. BBC3 The Fear).

Government funding.

·        National.

·        British Film Institute directly fund feature length projects.

·        BFI does not fund directly.

Governments who supply funds for shorts are coming progressively greater through the UK Film Council, yet there are extra sources that is quite a challenge and to work your film around the motivation. Numerous sources hope to subsidise advanced shorts as contradict to ventures that need to shoot on film, taking into account the contention some directors had proposing they adhere to a less expensive medium, for example, short film. This was to diminish the shot of insolvency if it somehow managed to happen.

Regional

Film Institute Funding Partners

·        Creative England

·        Creative Scotland

·        Film Agency for Wales

·        Northern Ireland Screen

·        Film London

Local Government Funding

London Borough film funds (e.g. Wands worth, Croydon, Camden)

Private funding

Cinema Companies

·        Odeon

·        Curzon

Media Companies

·        SONY

·        VIRGIN MEDIA

Other

·        BMW