Learn more about this by watching these videos produced by Emily Best (Seed&Spark).

You will find lots of practical tips for your film no matter if you do a crowdfunding campaign or not. It´s important to think about this already at an early stage of script development. This will help you to shape your project.

https://www.seedandspark.com/education/crowdfunding-class#Who-is-Your-Audience

Independent producers have the opportunity to apply for a potentially lucrative grant from the MEDIA Development Fund to develop movie projects that have international marketing potential. In 2014 MEDIA launched the fifth round of its Program Creative Europe with a budget increase of 4 Million Euro. The aim of the program: To strengthen Europe’s audiovisual industry. Individual projects in the area ‚Movies‘ can apply for up to 60.000 Euro. Bonus points are awarded, for example, to projects aimed at the Under-16’s. However, competition for these program funds is intense. If you wish to be successful nonetheless, you should consider the following:

Do not submit too soon
Only enter your project into the race when the material has taken concrete shape and you’ve attached a number of partners (internationally renowned creatives, co-producers or distributors) to your project. Formal letters-of-intent from your partners will strengthen your application.

Clearly identify any weaknesses of the material submitted
Rather than gloss over any weakness, do identify problems and articulate concrete suggestions for solutions. Be clear about the direction you wish to take your project.

Identify and name the partners you wish to attract to the project to add value to your script
For example, if your author has been unable to deliver a convincing exposé, treatment or first draft script, then look for a strong partner who will significantly improve the quality of the project. Identify and name the script consultant or dialogue writer you’ve attracted to the project and add their letter-of-intent and filmography. Explain clearly why you’ve chosen this particular person to join the creative team.

Make sure your MEDIA submission is coherent
We notice tim
e and again that the proposed project phases do not match proposed costs in the requested funds calculations. A likely reason for this is several people, such as production manager and producer, will have contributed to the submission. It is therefore important that the whole application is carefully proofread for consistency and coherence. Check whether all proposed tasks have been sufficiently considered in the costs.

Do a detailed time plan
Include a time plan in your submission. You should allow sufficient time for each phase of development. Take care to make this time plan realistic, such that everyone involved in the development of your project is able to stick to it and deliver.

Identify your target group as closely as possible
You should reveal and elaborate on who the specific target group for your movie is. Explain which measures will be taken to reach this group. Consider who could be an attractive partner when it comes to marketing your film. Examples would be interest groups or forums.

„BuchScout – Agency For Film Adaptations“ is headquartered in Berlin. It specializes in screen adaptations of novels and in the development of feature films for the national and international market. Its tasks include searching for novels, analysis of adaptation potential, negotiation of film rights and contracts, film script creation and analysis, editing, support, and development of presentations for media outlets, distributors and funders in German, English and French. Most recently BuchScout‘s Suzanne Pradel has worked on the feature film „Galloping Mind“ by the Belgian director Wim Vandekeybus (first cinema release: September 2015 in Belgium) and on the adaptation of Hape Kerkeling’s German best-seller „Ich Bin Dann Mal Weg“ (“I’AM OFF”. Cinema release: December 2015, German box office hit).

The German bestseller adaptation “I’M OFF THEN” – about the losing and finding of a German comedian on the Camino de Santiagohas – reached its dream goal of 1.5 million viewers and is still going strong in 5th place at the box office after a month in theaters.

 

The comedy about the losing and finding of a German comedian on the Camino de Santiago has been released in Germany on December 24th, 2015.

The BuchScout Agency is happy to announce that the film made its way on the Spiegel´s Top Ten Cinema Charts.

 

Read the interview with the main actor Devid Striesow in the German magazine Stern.

http://entertainmentcenteronlines.blogspot.de/2015/12/devid-striesow-over-im-off-stern.html

Dear Partners, Colleagues and Friends,

BuchScout wants to wish you merry Christmas and countless happy moments for the New Year! A strenuous but pleasant year comes to an end – a year in which we rejoiced in many successful projects and so feel assured of its continuation with you throughout 2016.

Here some of our highlights:

On December 24, 2015: The adaptation of the successful best-seller „I Am Off Then“ by German stand-up comedian Hape Kerkeling, directed by Julia von Heinz, and produced by UFA Cinema, will celebrate its theatrical release in Germany.

On September 9, 2015: The international coproduction „Galloping Mind“ by Belgian choreogrpher, author and director Wim Vandekeybus and produced by Savage Film, celebrated its successful theatrical release in Belgium.

The critically acclaimed and Juliane Bartel Price award winning TV Drama „It´s Your Turn“, by Sylke Enders and Lars Eidinger, produced by Zentropa, was aired again successfully in August on German T.V. Channel ARD’s „FilmWednesday“.

Following up on on his nonfiction book „Placidity – What We Can Gain When We Get Older“, which was lauded by literary critic Dennis Scheck and on top of Der Spiegel’s bestseller list in 2014 and 2015, we are pleased to announce the publishing of the philosopher Wilhelm Schmid’s new nonfiction work „SexOut – And The Art To Start From Scratch“, by Insel Editor this July.

We’d like to thank you for the fruitful collaborations this year and we’re looking forward to launching new, fascinating projects with you in 2016 and seeing them come to life on our small and big screens.

Your BuchScout Team

 

I am frequently asked by authors : Is my novel suited to being made into a movie? How would that work? It is fair to say that, overall, it is much less likely for a novel to be made into a movie than for it to be published. It takes at least a year before a producer may acquire the option rights, and then another one to three years before the movie based on the novel is eventually filmed. This obviously demands some degree of patience from the author. So what can the author do if they’re convinced their novel has movie potential?

STEP 1: HAVE IT EVALUATED BY AN INDEPENDENT EXPERT.
The author should seek out an experienced film Dramaturg to determine whether the novel has the potential to be adapted into a movie. This is done for a fee. When choosing a film Dramaturg the author should pay close attention to their references.

STEP 2: LOOK FOR AN AGENCY.
If the author has been advised their material has the potential to be adapted into a TV or Feature Film, they can try and sell the novel themselves, or they can seek out an Agent to market and negotiate the film rights for them. This Agent should be a specialist in dealing with the film industry.

STEP 3: SEARCH FOR A PRODUCER.
The Agent will then search for a suitable producer or Media outlet (‚partner‘) for the project.

STEP 4: NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACTS.
If a suitable partner is found, the agency will then negotiate the necessary film rights and contracts on the author’s behalf.

STEP 5: FILM ADAPTATION.
A film script is produced based on the novel. Then, if the partner has successfully financed the film, shooting begins and the novel thus finds its way onto the small or big screen. If you have any further questions, or if you already own the film rights to a successful novel and are committed to adapting it to the screen, then do not hesitate to contact us at www.buchscout.net.

The BuchScout Agency is an internationally active Script Consulting and Sales Agency for film rights. We specialize in dramaturgic advice on ambitious movie projects, script adaptations of novels and international co-productions, as well as evaluating the film potential of novels. Most recently BuchScout‘s Suzanne Pradel has worked on the feature film „Galloping Mind“ by the Belgian director Wim Vandekeybus (first cinema release: September 2015 in Belgium) and on the adaptation of Hape Kerkeling’s German best-seller „Ich bin dann mal weg“ (“I’ll Be Away”. Cinema release: December 2015).