H Y P O T H E T I C A L F U N D I N G P O S S I B I L I T I E S

BY JAC K S W I N G LER

BR I T I SHF I L MI NDU ST RY

To receive funding from the BFI, one must apply using the form provided online, obviously as it is British it only supplies British films with funding. It uses national lottery money and has a £4 million yearly budget to spend in distribution. If you make sure that the film is British with it filed with British actors or physically filmed in Britain or with British traditions then you can receive a relief on tax along with the help on funding. They can also help with showing your film in local venues and cinemas, cheaply and easily. There is also a chance that you can work in the 'Aardman Development lab' and use their experienced knowledge and equipment to create and animated film such as Wallace and gromit. But as our film isn't animated we couldn't use this facility.

LO C A L C O U N C I L S

Local councils will often put money towards a short filmmaking initiative, especially if it deals with social exclusion or aids the local community in some way. This way they can advertise their area and attract new residents and also have some advertisement at the end which benefits the community by getting them into the film.

C H A R I T I E S

Raising awareness for different charities and for their respective causes and what they stand for means the public can see first hand what the illness or malnourishment is like by watching the problem on screen. They audience can see how the actors struggle with the change and how everyone if affected by it. Charities will endorse a film with partial funding on the condition that the actors raise awareness for the charity and it is advertised at the end of the film.

C R O W D F U N D I N GCrowd funding is a simple way of getting funding through online sites to reach a large amount of people worldwide. You can build up a page to advertise your project and add a trailer and show off what you have completed, it is then advertised on their website and the general public can put money towards it, or pay a certain amount to get a certain benefit such as paying £50 to get an autograph from the actors or £100 for a meet-up and smaller fees like £5 for a free copy of the film. This money all helps pay for the project and helps keep it afloat and can even provide it with more features with better effects and more known actors.