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The Art of Film Funding

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The Art of Film Funding Podcast is to educate and inform filmmakers. Author/Grantor Carole Dean interviews top professionals from the film industry for up-to-date information on film funding, production, marketing, and hybrid distribution. You will learn how to crowdfund, make an ask for funding, save money on your budgets, hear top attorneys discuss new US and state tax funding and stay abreast of current trends in the industry. Carole is President and Founder of From the Heart Productions, the non-profit dedicated to providing independent filmmakers the information and help they need to get their films funded. Carole started and runs the three yearly Roy Dean Film Grants giving $25,000.00 each in cash and goods and services. She is author of The Art of Film Funding, Alternative Financing Concepts, second edition.

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Our special guest today is Elizabeth Ai, an award-winning Chinese Vietnamese American filmmaker. Ai writes and produces independent feature films and branded content for companies like ESPN, VICE, and National Geographic Channels and her work has won an Emmy. She has produced numerous documentary and narrative features including A Woman's Work: The NFL Cheerleader Problem and Saigon Electric. Today we'll discuss her directorial debut, NEW WAVE, a hybrid feature documentary about 1980s Vietnamese New Wave and a hidden past, which premiered in competition at the 2024 Tribeca Festival. Her film was awarded a special jury mention for best new documentary director, with the jury praising her powerful and emotionally honest storytelling.
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The Art of Film Funding

Join us on The Art of Film Funding with our guest Joan Scheckel as she explains what the fundamental building blocks of a story are and how to use them. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions... more
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As a housewife, Carole Dean, took a $20 bill and turned it into a $50 million a year industry when she coined the phrase ?short ends? and began buying and selling film left over from production. She was instrumental in the birth of the... more
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Dissecting Docs covers Ground Operations, Dulanie Ellis, Uranium Drive In, Growing Cities, Every Three Seconds, Mr. Dynamite: James Brown. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more
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Dissecting Docs covers Penny, Alive Inside, Casting By, Particle Fever, The Prosecution of an American President. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com
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Sam Dlugach, samdlugach@mac.com top Hollywood colorist shares how to prevent pitfalls in post production that can be averted with a good colorist onboard early. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please... more
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Kent Hamilton has 25 years of experience insuring films. He covers what you can't shoot without, E & O, and what packages give you the best price and coverage. Kent's email is kent@frontrowinsurance.com. For more information about Carole... more
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Dissecting Docs covers 112 Weddings, Maidentrip, Life Behind the Camera, The Case against 8, the Winding Stream Sponsored by FTH. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more
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David Raiklen, Music Composer for Fox, Sony, and Disney, shares ideas and guidance on finding and hiring the right person for your film. Please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com for more information about Carole Dean... more
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Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul & Selling Outside the USA by Sheri Candler who explains new ways of successful film sales. Please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com for more information about Carole Dean... more
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Lee Rudnicki, Attorney/Producer/Filmmaker shares legal advice from a filmmaker's perspective. Please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com for more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions.
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