“But all actors go through the process, it’s hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.”
Thomas Haden Church
Church gives good advice that I should remember in this process of creating our film. There will be failures, but we can not dwell on them or we will miss appreciating the achievements.
In one of my later posts I mentioned how directors Tyler and Michael had to film a proof-of-concept to acquire funding and start producing the film. A proof of concept or (POC) video is a video that proves to buyers or investors that the movie the directors are making will be worth their monetary investment.
I included a video below that talks about POCs in software. The concept of POCs when it comes to a movie or a software are the same; they are both trying to prove the quality of a product to a funder. In this video the narrator outlines what most POCs will contain and the different methods they use to convince their audience.
Creating a POC would be the method I would chose to convince a production company that my film is worth financing. My proof of concept would include a few high quality shots from our film that express our message of personal growth and independence while also expressing the light hearted comedy aspect of our film.
Shots of our main character goofing around with her friend, struggling with loneliness, and stating comedic one liners would all be included in our POC.
POCs can not only help establish the funding of a film, but get famous actors on board as well. Below I included a video about The Peanut Butter Falcon that includes clips from its proof of concept video. In the video it explains how the proof of concept video really helped to establish the actors that would be starring as major roles in the film.
After determining how to convince a production company that my film is worth financing the next step is determining what production company I will be convincing. This is something I will be discussing in my next post.
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