New Year Greetings!
The Policy Development Officer emailed me a copy of the Proposal Requirements and the Funding Application for the Small Capital RFP I spoke of in my last blog post. Requests for up to $100K will be considered. You will need two (2) contractor quotes rather than three.
I have been assured that both documents will be posted shortly on the Homelessness Partnership Initiative web page.
Showing posts with label new grants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new grants. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Information Sessions for the Intellectual Property Development Fund
As of this writing, the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) still has room for people interested in learning about the new Intellectual Property (IP) Development Fund. Two of six sessions have been filled.
As a matter of practice, I urge my clients to attend grant information sessions. They are immensely instructional. First, they give you straight-on information about funding agencies, the grant stream and the granting application. Program Officers are usually in attendance and they will tell you exactly what they are looking for in a grant application. I like to know exactly what people want. You may even get an opportunity to ask them specific questions about your marketing plans or your pitch package. Second, it is a good place to meet other filmmakers and share war stories - there is much to learn from the experiences of others. And, third, these sessions will add to your overall knowledge of film financing in Canada - a critical component of film-making.
Here's the OMDC web page where you can register for one of the sessions.
http://www.omdc.on.ca/Page5575.aspx
These dates are still available.
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Time: 10 am – 12noon
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 10am – 12 noon
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 2pm – 4pm
The location for these sessions: 175 Bloor Street East, North Tower, 3rd Floor.
There are a number of bars within walking distance for those of you who find the need for a restorative drink or two.
As a matter of practice, I urge my clients to attend grant information sessions. They are immensely instructional. First, they give you straight-on information about funding agencies, the grant stream and the granting application. Program Officers are usually in attendance and they will tell you exactly what they are looking for in a grant application. I like to know exactly what people want. You may even get an opportunity to ask them specific questions about your marketing plans or your pitch package. Second, it is a good place to meet other filmmakers and share war stories - there is much to learn from the experiences of others. And, third, these sessions will add to your overall knowledge of film financing in Canada - a critical component of film-making.
Here's the OMDC web page where you can register for one of the sessions.
http://www.omdc.on.ca/Page5575.aspx
These dates are still available.
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Time: 10 am – 12noon
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 10am – 12 noon
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 2pm – 4pm
The location for these sessions: 175 Bloor Street East, North Tower, 3rd Floor.
There are a number of bars within walking distance for those of you who find the need for a restorative drink or two.
Friday, December 11, 2009
A Shift in the Wind
There’s been a small shift in the wind for Ontario’s screen-based producers. Funding is now available for approved activities that bring film, television and digital media project closer to market ready status. Successful applicants will receive a rebate for approved marketing and development activities initiated after March 31, 2009 and up to and including March 31, 2010.
Yesterday, Aileen Carroll, Ontario Minister of Culture announced the creation of the Intellectual Property Development Fund, worth $10 million. This funding stream is in welcome contrast to most other programs that focus almost entirely on production.
The Development Fund has a ceiling of $150K per corporate group.
Eligible activities consist of a wide range of marketing activities.
The following list is snipped from the website of the Ontario Media Development Corporation:
"snip"
• optioning or acquisition of story rights
• concept, story and character creation (including initial design work for characters, settings and set-ups, and preliminary layouts and storyboards for a demo or pilot and packaging purposes).
• creation of design, game design documents and technical specification documentation
• Research for script and story purposes, treatments and outlines
• script writing (from outline to polish) including story editing and script work-shopping
• creation of prototypes/electronic proof-of-concept/demos/animatics/pilots/coding/ testing
• creation of proposals for submission to financiers (budgets, schedules, script breakdown, financing plans, etc.)
• creation of business and marketing plans to secure further development or production financing
• creation of Series Bibles, pitch packages and marketing materials
• market research including: focus groups, audience research, prototype testing and assessment.
• Packaging including research and travel related directly to location scouting, producing a demo or pilot, preliminary casting, and attending at markets for the purpose of pitching to prospective financiers and co-production partners.
"snip"
Information sessions will be held in January and February. Go to www.omdc.on.ca for dates and times and for more information about the Development Fund.
Yesterday, Aileen Carroll, Ontario Minister of Culture announced the creation of the Intellectual Property Development Fund, worth $10 million. This funding stream is in welcome contrast to most other programs that focus almost entirely on production.
The Development Fund has a ceiling of $150K per corporate group.
Eligible activities consist of a wide range of marketing activities.
The following list is snipped from the website of the Ontario Media Development Corporation:
"snip"
• optioning or acquisition of story rights
• concept, story and character creation (including initial design work for characters, settings and set-ups, and preliminary layouts and storyboards for a demo or pilot and packaging purposes).
• creation of design, game design documents and technical specification documentation
• Research for script and story purposes, treatments and outlines
• script writing (from outline to polish) including story editing and script work-shopping
• creation of prototypes/electronic proof-of-concept/demos/animatics/pilots/coding/ testing
• creation of proposals for submission to financiers (budgets, schedules, script breakdown, financing plans, etc.)
• creation of business and marketing plans to secure further development or production financing
• creation of Series Bibles, pitch packages and marketing materials
• market research including: focus groups, audience research, prototype testing and assessment.
• Packaging including research and travel related directly to location scouting, producing a demo or pilot, preliminary casting, and attending at markets for the purpose of pitching to prospective financiers and co-production partners.
"snip"
Information sessions will be held in January and February. Go to www.omdc.on.ca for dates and times and for more information about the Development Fund.
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