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Script to Finance Workshop

That killer script you've been working on for years isn't going to produce itself. It's up to you to take action. What's your plan? Are you waiting for someone to come along and express interest? Keep waiting. Or

You may never have another opportunity like this to learn about financing, selling and licensing the rights to your screenplay.

You will never invest so little to get so much out of a session. Here's where you take off your writer's hat and put on your producer's hat. This is where you take control of your own destiny!

What we will cover:

- Scheduling & Budgeting
- Using Production Board for Re-writes
- Financing Your Script to Become a Project
- Selling Your Script
- Licensing Rights

About Yanni Skiotes

Ioannis "Yanni" Skiotes of Yanni Enterprises, Inc. is an accomplished writer/producer whose 30 projects included 4 sales, 1 option, and 4 scripts for a renown studio.

His screenplay and stage play "If Loving You Is Wrong", using a remake on the megahit title song, is capturing the eye of industry pros and investors in both media. An exhibition stage performance was met with a highly pleased audience.

This Writer/Producer Workshop shows techniques he used to gain investors and lenders on his film project. Focus will be on constructing a project that combines advanced screenwriting with financial tools to produce a quality film attractive to studios and distributors, methods to attain investors and entice lenders to obtain complete financing.

ProDev Series

As part of the new Professional Development series, this course is equivalent the successful completion of a 4-hour training course on the use of standard methodologies to facilitate the budgeting of feature-length and short-form films and other video projects.