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ABOUT INDIE MAVERICK

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This is the financing model low budget filmmakers have been waiting for.
Bring the finances of the global community to you.

Filmmakers
Been trying to raise your film’s budget for years? Are studios, distributors or money men getting in the way of your artistic endeavours?

Here at Indie Maverick you have final cut, we don’t interfere in any way, you can sell your film wherever you want. All we do is help you get the money to put your vision on the screen. We ask for a simple title card on the film (not much to ask), for a trailer to stream off our site and to be able to offer the film for download, we take 30%, you and the investors get the other 70% of the download profits (although not before any cinema or DVD run, we don’t want to get in the way of you selling it for big bucks).

Investors
Are you always complaining about how terrible Hollywood films are? Do you think you know who will be the next hot filmmakers of tomorrow? Do you want to profit along the way?

Some Indie films you may have heard of:

FilmBudgetBox Office Takings

Clerks$25,575$3 Million
The Blair Witch Project$27,000$248 Million
El Mariachi$7,000$2 Million
Pi$60,000$3.2 Million
Stranger Than Paradise$90,000$2.4 Million

There are many more low-budget maverick’s that were made for peanuts and did good at the box office, including Mean Streets, Crocodile Dundee, The Living End, Swingers, Sex Lies and Video Tape, the list goes on.

Needless to say not every film becomes a huge success or makes a profit but there’s a lot of money to be made in films if you choose well.

As an investor you find filmmakers or projects that you like. Read the script, watch their previous films or show reels, watch their 2 minute video pitch, have a look at the cast and crew on board. Whatever it takes for you to work out who will be the next indie maverick. You get 70% of the films profits, the filmmakers get 30%. You get a limited edition DVD of the film, possibly signed.

Snapshot of how it works for FILMMAKERS:

  • STEP 1 - Upload your script, links to your other films/showreel, CV’s etc
  • STEP 2 - Record a 2 minute pitch video (optional, but highly recommended)
  • STEP 3 - Promote and Market your project to investors
  • STEP 4 - Once you reach your desired budget an Indie Maverick representative will contact you and begin to release your monies.
  • STEP 5 - Make your feature film
  • STEP 6 - Collect your Oscar®

Snapshot of how it works for INVESTORS:

  • STEP 1 - Find a script or filmmaker you believe in
  • STEP 2 - Buy points in the film from as little as $25
  • STEP 3 - Follow the films progress via the filmmakers on-line web diary
  • STEP 4 - Wait for the money to flow in
  • STEP 5 - Receive a limited edition DVD copy of your film (possibly signed) or a download (your choice)
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