The film market has two sides of the
coin. One side of the coin is for the high budgets movies, which have the support
of the big film studios from the production until the distribution of the
product. For that reason the success at the box office, or at least the recovery
of the production budget, is guaranteed. On the other side of the coin is the
market of independent filmmakers who have to struggle for the exhibition of their
product in the theaters to try to recover the investment on the production
process. The path for the independent filmmaker it is not easy because the
economic resources are limited and there are a lot of expenses involve in the
production, postproduction and distribution.
The independence film’s financial
support has been found by crowdfunding, an important option to get money for
the movie. Another excellent option is to get incentives and subsidies from different
organizations, but in many cases this money is not enough. To find and investor
that will receive a percentage of the movie profits is one of the most popular
choices because it represents a low risk. Actually, there is a trend in the
last years, to have more support from private investors than from bank loans
because they offer better
rates depending on the deal.
