Serious investors ask what the tax code does for them before they ask about your cast. Ten minutes on the two tax benefits behind that question, then fifteen minutes of your questions, answered live.
How to produce and fund a film, from someone who funds films.
They start with “What does the tax code do for me?” Most producers have no answer. In ten minutes you’ll have two, from someone who funds films.
Most states pay back a share of what you spend there. Learn the difference between refundable and transferable credits, and why to pick your state before your locations.
A 35% credit can put closer to 26% into your budget once it’s sold or borrowed against. Learn to count it the way lenders do.
Bonus depreciation lets a qualified film be deducted in the year it’s released. See why that changes the investor conversation.
In a hypothetical structure, an investor’s federal tax savings can reach up to twice their cash. We’ll show the math and what has to be true for it to work.
At-risk rules, passive-activity rules, timing and valuation: where tax-driven deals go wrong, and who you need on your team.
Fifteen of the thirty minutes are live Q&A. Bring your state, your budget and your question. Carmelo co-founded Act One Media, a film finance company that has structured $69M+ across 22+ projects, including Unarmed.
Educational content only; not legal, tax or investment advice. Examples are hypothetical and simplified. Nothing on this page is an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security.
Free. No credit card required. Replays for registrants.
You have a script, maybe a director attached, possibly even talent interested. What you do not have is the financial framework to make an investor feel confident. This session fixes that.
You have run the Kickstarter. You have maxed the credit cards. You have asked family and friends until the well ran dry. There is a better way, and it does not require begging.
You took the meetings. They said they were interested. Then silence. The problem is not finding investors — the problem is that your pitch does not give them a reason to say yes.