New On-Demand Course
S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
The 7 Steps to Fund, Produce and Distribute
Are you a filmmaker who keeps self-funding your films?
Are you a seasoned filmmaker or just starting out?
Do you have a budget but don't know how to find the money for the film?
Are you stuck not knowing how to raise money to make your next film?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then this on-demand course is for you.
I'm Joanne Butcher
Film Business Coach and Consultant
"Are you ready to take a leap of faith and make the film you've been dreaming of making?
Have you given any thought to how to make your films financially viable? Profitable?
Is it time to finally tell the story you were always meant to tell?
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EXPERIENCE IN FILM PRODUCTION
"As an expert in fundraising, Joanne has supported her clients through various channels including investors, major donors, grants , foundations, corporate sponsorships, and over 40 successful crowdfunding campaigns.
Joanne is now putting her experience to the page and has written a book,
”Getting Your Films Funded, Produced and Distributed Globally.”
Our Core Values
Kindness
Most of the filmmakers I work with are making films because they are true artists, and have an important message for the world. We are all the type of people who prefer to treat others with kindness. In particular, Filmmaker Success LLC has no tolerance for intolerance of any kind.
If you are going to run a great set, you will need to practice kindness to your cast and crew, to your investors, or donors and everyone involved in the production.
Strategy
To me, strategy is everything. Part of my story is that I spent 7 years in bed, too sick to work. For the first few years that I was coaching, I was still very ill. This long experience of illness, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, means that I have learned how to use more strategy and less willpower in order to get films made. When it comes to raising money, I am particularly interested in working strategically to raise the most money in the least amount of time and with the least amount of effort.
Effectiveness
Making a film and getting it to distribution is a huge task. We look for as many ways as possible to save time, money and resources in order to complete the film in as timely a manner as possible without sacrificing quality. All our films are made for very modest amounts of money and make a great impression despite the budget.
Delivery
Filmmakers often find themselves stuck in certain places and don’t realize that they are not alone. Thousands of other filmmakers are stuck in exactly the same places! My goal is to help filmmakers sail past those stuck places and achieve the goal of delivering their films to a distributor in order to reach the audience. Whether you are stuck at the script stage, production, or post -production, the final step has not been reached until your film is in distribution and available to be seen by audiences.
Make Movies. Make Money. Make the World a Better Place.
Filmmakers are the most creative people in the world. Whether you write, produce, direct, act, compose scores, storyboard (the list goes on!), I truly believe that you have a unique story to tell and that that story can change the world.
Where I most often see independent filmmakers (second and third feature filmmakers
not excluded) struggle, though, is in turning that creativity into a well-made, successful, and financially viable film.
And that's where I come in.
With my experience in marketing, fundraising, and producing, I have guided clients through writing Nicholl's award-winning scripts, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars, producing the films they've always dreamed of, and transforming their overall thought processes around creating.
My clients currently have 13 films in distribution, with 5 more on the way later this year. Others have nationwide programming on PBS, and many are working on internationally produced documentary and narrative feature films.
My B.U.L.L.E.T.P.R.O.O.F coaching program helps you HEAL from a lifetime of NARCISISTIC ABUSE.
The struggle is OVER, after reading this book the path to
funding your first Block Buster will be CLEAR!
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