O kay, so yo u’ve written this great script that you want to produce. You’ve been to a couple of our events and think…I can do this. Now what? Where do you begin?
Join us Nov 8th at AZ Virtual Studios from 10am to 1pm as we welcome Marc D Evans, producer/screenwriter/consultant as he breaks it all down for us. From script to distribution…he will give us a crash course on the nuts and bolts of the process.
During this seminar we will tackle the following points:
• So you have a script…Now what?
•… Show more Developing your material
• Finding Talent
* AKA How to decide which of your friends get to work on the movie and which ones don’t.
• Plan, Plan, Plan!
• 1,001 Ways to Finance Your Film
• Distribution Options
• Studio Financing
• Sales Agents and Split Rights Financing
• Private Placements/Angel Investors
• Self‐Financing or Crowd‐Sourcing
• How to use Bank Debt
• How to find and use tax‐incentives and other “soft money”
• Film Economics and Assessing Risk Exposure
* “How do I know if my movie is making money or I’m getting ripped off by the distributor?”
* Will I make a profit?
This event will hold a MAXIMUM of 25 participants so don’t wait to RSVP.
About Marc D Evans :
MARC D. EVANS is currently working as an independent producer, screenwriter, novelist, and consultant to the film industry.
From 2004 to 2012, Evans served as co-CEO of Intrepid Pictures, which he co-founded in 2004.Intrepid was one of the first multi-picture independent companies to raise and deploy Wall Street capital, securing $125 million in equity and debt financing. During Evans’ tenure, Intrepid developed, produced and co-financed eleven movies, which were distributed worldwide by major and mini-major studios such as Rogue Pictures, Universal Pictures, Lionsgate, Relativity Media and numerous international distributors, and included such worldwide hits as “The Strangers” and “Safe House.” Evans also produced the upcoming Relativity Media release of “Oculus.”
Prior to Intrepid, Evans served as Chief Financial Officer for Revolution Studios from 2000 to 2004. Evans was instrumental in the start-up and growth of the company, and was responsible for general corporate finance and strategic planning, production, distribution, treasury, business development, video game/interactive rights, merchandising and operations. Evans created the financial and production infrastructure to effectively produce and release ten pictures per year. He also successfully secured $250 million of equity financing and completed four separate financing transactions over a three-year period, including a $200 million receivables-backed facility and a $450 million revolver with JPMorgan Chase Bank.
Prior to joining Revolution Studios, Evans spent four years at Turner Pictures and the Turner Network Television Originals Group where he served as vice president of finance and strategic planning. In that role, he was responsible for managing the company’s finances and operations. Additionally, he supervised the deal making, budgeting, financing, production and distribution of 8 to12 made-for-television films per year. He was also instrumental in developing and managing the one-hour drama-series strategy for the network.
Prior to Turner, Evans served two years with The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group as senior business planner, where he specialized in evaluating and managing production, distribution, development, acquisition and co-financing deals for film projects, in addition to strategic planning for both The Walt Disney Studios and Miramax.
Before entering Hollywood, Evans spent two years as an environmental consultant in Washington, D.C., before working as a video game developer for Bethesda Softworks.
Evans holds a BA in political science from Stanford University. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Jessica, and their two children, Allison and Fletcher.
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