Three different ways short films can make money
For some great war stories from award winning filmmakers like Gabriel Miller whose short “The Procedure” played Sundance and SWSX this year read this terrific article on Indiewire.com
About Elliot Grove
Photo Credit David Martinez / BIFA 2018
Few people know more filmmakers and screenwriters than Elliot Grove. Elliot is the founder of Raindance Film Festival (1993) and the British Independent Film Awards (1998). He has produced over 700 hundred short films and five feature films: the multi-award-winning The Living and the Dead (2006), Deadly Virtues (2013), AMBER (2017), Love is Thicker Than Water (2018) and the SWSX Grand Jury Prize winner Alice (2019). He teaches screenwriting and producing in the UK, Europe, Asia and America.
Elliot has written three books which have become industry standards: Raindance Writers’ Lab: Write + Sell the Hot Screenplay, now in its second edition, Raindance Producers’ Lab: Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking and Beginning Filmmaking: 100 Easy Steps from Script to Screen (Professional Media Practice).
In 2009 he was awarded a PhD for services to film education.
Hi, I had a question about “beware the non-exclusive contract” – the linked article talks about exclusive distribution contracts, is there a separate issue with non-exclusive contracts?
Non-exclusive contracts means you can place your content on other sites.
Hi Elliot,
Thanks for this interesting article
I have found at least one film maker who has made a living out of them. Don Hertzfeldt describes his DIY process here. Cheers Jack
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5v7d8/don-hertzfeldt-world-of-tomorrow-2-interview
helpful Thnx…dear ..
Hi. I was wondering if someone was doing a short film dealing with a social issue and wanted to partner with a non-profit, would it be best for that person to do an LLC or a non-profit for the film? Also would you have to do a non-profit/LLC for every project or just an umbrella company for them to be under? Thank you.
Hi JAson – the short answer is yes, most likely. the long answer is you should really get the advice of a lawyer and accountant . Hope that helps!