Marketing Plan - Social Media. The Sparks Foundation
Media hypothetical funding possibilities
1. 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
B Y J A C K S W I N G L E R
2. B R I T I S H
F I L M
I N D U S T R Y
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.
3. L O 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.
4. 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.
5. C R O W D
F U N D I N G
Crowd 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.
