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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.

The Art of Film Funding The Art of Film Funding

    • TV & Film
    • 4.8 • 12 Ratings

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.

    Psychology for Screenwriters by William Indick

    Psychology for Screenwriters by William Indick

    Tune in to learn how to build conflict in your film script.

    To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Learn how Catapult Film Fund works with Megan Gelstein

    Learn how Catapult Film Fund works with Megan Gelstein

    Lean about critical early stage mentorship & film funding. 

     

    To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

    • 51 min
    Brendan Bubion discusses how to make impactful short documentaries

    Brendan Bubion discusses how to make impactful short documentaries

    Filmmaker Brendan Bubion, a Digital Video producer at KCET, has a passion for telling stories in local communities that often go untold or unseen. He discusses how to make impactful short documentaries, citing his own films, “Growing Up Behind Barbed Wire,” about the experience of two Japanese-American girls who were forced to live in incarceration camps during WWII and “Con Su Pluma en Su Mano,” about the life and work of LA Times journalist Gustavo Arellano.

    • 47 min
    The Redford Center, programs, and benefits for filmmakers with Heather Fipps

    The Redford Center, programs, and benefits for filmmakers with Heather Fipps

    The Redford Center, programs, and benefits for filmmakers with Heather Fipps.

    Heather Fipps shares criteria for support.

    To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

     

    • 57 min
    Marketing & Media Strategies for Indie films with CM Conway

    Marketing & Media Strategies for Indie films with CM Conway

    Join us and learn marketing and media strategies for Indie films, plus dynamic publicity ideas from C.M. Conway.

    C.M. Conway, filmmaker of "How to Successfully Fail in Hollywood" now available on Prime Video and FunnyFailureFilm.com.

    To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.

    • 58 min
    How to interview for a successful funding trailer with filmmaker Michael Torres

    How to interview for a successful funding trailer with filmmaker Michael Torres

    How to interview for a successful funding trailer with film editor/director/producer Michael Torres. 

    For more info about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

     

    • 52 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

The Joy Jones ,

A heart-centered gem

Every episode offers practical information or useful insights from guests, and authentic, heart-centered encouragement and interest from the hosts.

Jazzeejeff ,

Thankful

This podcast helped me find the resources to fund my first short film. I’m so thankful I found it!

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