At my age, it is getting more and more difficult to get anyone interested in investing in any of my film projects. I have never really done anything mainstream, but I feel my work in medical documentaries has assisted in bringing awareness to a particular demographic. There is a system of infinite banking that had I known about when it first arrived on the scene, would definitely had made my life easier. It involves owning and becomoing my own bank. I mortgaged a piece of family property and have funded my bank. Since then, I am enjoying the sense of security.
It is no great secret that obtaining funding for an unknown’s movie project is next to impossible. It is like seeing a steam shovel digging a huge cavity in a city lot and attempting to imagine the 80 story building emerging. I heard about infinite banking and wished I had been informed on it many years ago when the fat cats did. If I had my own bank with my own resources, funding would be a snap. As for now, I’ll just have to resort to begging or giving up more of a share of the film than I would like to.
Call me sneaky, underhanded, manipulative or whatever. I had to do it. I came upon an online viewing of the incredible Surrey condos by Waterstone a few months ago and I knew I wanted to film there. I convinced my producers (in a sort of self-serving way) to shoot a documentary about this beautiful area of Weatern Canada and their way of life. Let me tell you, as fate would have it, it turned out to be one of the best works in my career. The people were so accommodating and the condos left such an impression, I’m going to purchase one.
I was totally rapt in a documentary about a mining company in Canada, when my phone rang. It was my brother’s fiancee who was in Manila. Now, this coincidence blew my mind because I was right at the part in the film that this mining company was signing contracts to take over an excavation in the Philippines. That seemed pretty eerie to me that she would call at that exact moment. Now, to put the icing on the cake, she totally shocked me by saying that my brother just took a job at this very dig site. He wanted to let me know that he wouldn’t return as planned and would talk to me about it next week, since he was involved in an orientation program at the time.
The whole world should be made aware that a caring company in Canada, Metropolitan Fine Printing, has made the move to eliminate all processes in their plant that involved producing toxic waste. This is called green printing. As a deeply involved person in the world of film, I would like to propose that my industry follow this lead. I’m sure that many toxins are created by the manufacture of film and other products related to the movie business. The public is what makes any business exist. Why not increase the chances of the public existing. We all know that what goes around comes around.
One of the funniest scenes I have ever seen was in a B movie from the UK. It was supposed to be serious, but to me it was hilarious instead. They showed these secret agents (a la James Bond) sneaking into an auditorium filled with foreign dignitaries. They, of course, were to be unnoticed. Well, they had these rolling kitchen carts being used like the Trojan horse to smuggle them in. Not only were they ridiculously conspicuous, but three of the four of them were grinning so profusely, they burst into laughter. I’m sure they found the premise as funny as I did.
All the special effects utilized in today’s movies are absolutely remarkable. The action flicks are blowing my mind. Trucks transforming into robots and seemingly indestructable movie idols are more than I have ever anticipated in my life-long love of cinema. Having said that, I am probably even more impressed, if not stunned, by the overwhelming progress that has been made in the world of medical science. With things like stem cell culture and isolation of cells, who knows where we are headed?
It is almost like we are living in a science fiction film.
The worst thing that can happen to a movie project today is to have shabby scenery diminish the integrity of a scene. If you have ever been on a back lot of a studio, you would have noticed how bad some of the buildings must have affected some of the older films. I consulted with a Calgary home exterior renovation company recently to help me develop efficient ways to make my sets look authentic. One thing that never fails in any endeavor is the quality and amount of the effort put into it. I’m glad I thought of seeking advice.
Moving mountains, reaching the sky, dividing rivers are all simple tasks when compared to trying to raise funds for a small, unheard of movie production company. Most anything, short of extortion and other capital crimes fails. As an artistic brained person, I find the process of asking people for money on the highest end of the pain scale. Miraculously, I finally brought in sufficient dollars to get my pet screenplay started. I was fortunate enough to contract with a very proficient and magical b2b telemarketing company to save the day. Since my little flick seems to be doing well, I will certainly use them again.
Creating a business plan can range from practicality to dreaming. Sales projections are sometimes nothing more than a prayer. Learning your market and evaluating how to utilize your capital to develop a sales force to attain a certain amount of sales is very difficult to plan. This Is why I decided that the best way for me to have control of my growth would be to hire a b2b telemarketing firm as my sales force. This way I wouldn’t have to deal with draws, payroll taxes and training. As it turns out, it may be the smartest and most productive move I ever made.