Entertainment Financing: From First $ to Distribution of Profits

MGMT X 403.34

This course covers the financial aspects of each step of the motion picture value chain (from development through profit participation) and considers the implications of financial choices.

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What you can learn.

Understand the implications of how financial choices affect your profits
Explore the practical aspects and procedures of film financing and its connection to budgeting
Learn the distinctions between production, distribution, and marketing costs
Become knowledgeable about various international and domestic distribution agreements

About this course:

This course covers the financial aspects of each step of the motion picture value chain (from development through profit participation) and considers the implications of financial choices. Designed to give you a general understanding of how financial deals are structured, topics include how film financing is secured, connecting the production budget to the financing, when a completion guarantor is required, and the various types of domestic and international distribution arrangements. You also learn about third-party profit participation agreements and the practical aspects and procedures that underlie them; terms and definitions that impact bottom line considerations, including contingent compensation; distribution fees and expenses; the producer's share of profit; distinctions between production, distribution and marketing costs; and how these costs may significantly impact recoupment and profits.