Indie Film Financing

Passion and commitment to produce an Indie film is usually the driving force that sustains the desire to succeed, "to get it on the screen". Outside of the creative impetus, there is a myriad of details that must be managed and in place to bring to fruition that passion and commitment; in part, distribution, marketing, legal, and accounting.

When all of the elements that comprise the film as a whole are complete, the film is ready for funding.

Our interest at Samuel A. Longo is to provide funding for independent film producers - film producers who have developed a quality script that we believe will succeed by applying our capital disciplines and financing techniques. Our focus then, is to develop and build a capital infrastructure as the foundation that will form the basis for the film's production financing, print, advertising, media funding and security interest for the lenders/investors. It also provides for cash and revenue management in real time.

Where to begin: provide us with a treatment/summary of the script and brief outline of the development status of the film.

For a practical application of the due diligence necessary to develop the capital infrastructure review the Q&A in the EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW.

Entertainment Marketing and Financing

In addition to film finance, Samuel A. Longo will consider marketing and funding other entertainment related projects, such as:

• Television series
• Media related opportunities
• Documentaries
• Theater
• Concerts
• Creative and cultural events
• Special situations in the arts

Our interest is in quality projects that have an economic value and purpose, and in that sense contribute something positive -- locally, nationally or internationally.

The capital disciplines and financing techniques apply here as well.