Tessa Mckenzie: Filmmaker in New York City, New York.

For just $30, I’m sharing the insider secrets I spent YEARS chasing—how to find and secure investors for your film. This isn’t vague advice or fluff. It’s actionable steps and resources that I wish someone had shared with me when I started.

For just $30, I’m sharing the insider secrets I spent YEARS chasing—how to find and secure investors for your film. This isn’t vague advice or fluff. It’s actionable steps and resources that I wish someone had shared with me when I started.

Hi Community,

I’m Tessa Kendall McKenzie, the Producer and Creator of For Love of the American Dream, a feature film inspired by a true story. Our GoFundMe campaign is live, and we’re raising funds to create a trailer and secure investor-ready analysis to bring this project to Hollywood!

Subject: Let’s Support Each Other’s Dreams!

Okay, I have a question what would be the process to contract a well known artist for the soundtrack for a motion picture. So, I’m trying to stay ahead of my steps. So, so far our music producer open the discussion they told us to sent them an LOI breakdown of what we offering. What come next in the discussion, how do we offer a well known artist to do a soundtrack. What else come in the discussion. Any intel would be greatfully appreciated. I know all about the movie, the points and all. But, soundtrack is a different beast.

I'm a producer, but my writher and I been working very closely to can get our script produce. So, I'm talking with a new studio right now, the goes is for them to let me produce my movie, and then I will let them know I want my writer to work the movie with us. From the writer point of view what would be the transition to work with me the producer on the package, to go work on making the actual movie for studio. I have a clear picture in my head what the requirement are for me as a producer, but for him as a writer, as far as compensation, contract, duties. Thank for anyone guidance, my writer been my right arm through out the entire painful process, so I want to make sure I can repay him moving forward.

This is a brand new topic to me, Content Partner unite with a studio. From a legal point of view, what should my steps be? So, I'm in discussion with a new Studio, she has the connection, I have the script content for a feature film. So, my idea was as long I'm still the Producer of my movie, we can do anything under her studio umbrella's, her studio can get all the credits. So, what should I be in look at for. Anyone familiar with it?

I have everything ready to go full package and some, but a trailer is required. How do i get like 50k to 100k for my feature film. We just divided the points did the projection, we even willing to offer some points for soft money. Anyone know how do go to get some money to shoot a professional trailer.

I'm producer, I do want to do right by my writers. I remember in school they thought us that they is 3 way the writers getting paid. By the producer to do the job, if the movie doing good at the box office and if the movie won an Emmy is that correct? So, when we do the work to hired contract between myself and the producer, do I asked the lawyer to included if the movie do good in the box office the writers should be paid a bonus of so and so? I'm genially do not know, I just want to do things by the book. Thank you, for everyone advice.

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