Get Your Film
Packaged and Financed.
A live seminar on pitch decks, investor psychology, and building a package that gets your project made.
Format: Live Virtual Seminar
Host: Austin Spicer
Registration: Free
Most films never get made.
Not because the story is bad.
Because the package is wrong.
The Pitch Fails
Most filmmakers pitch their film as a creative idea. Investors are evaluating a business proposition. These are not the same conversation.
The Package Is Incomplete
A great script is not a package. Investors need attached talent, a defined market, financial comparables, and a distribution strategy before they say yes.
The Room Goes Quiet
Most filmmakers do not know what different investors are actually looking for. The same pitch that excites one investor puts another to sleep.
Three hours that change how you approach every investor conversation from here forward.
The Pitch Deck That Gets Meetings
What a pitch deck actually communicates to an investor and how most filmmakers get it wrong. How to build a market-positioned pitch that speaks the language of capital, not just creativity. The difference between a pitch deck that gets filed away and one that gets a follow-up call. What every slide must answer, and in what order.
Investor Psychology and What They Actually Want to Hear
Not all investors are the same. A family office thinks differently from a private equity firm, which thinks differently from a high-net-worth individual who loves film. Understanding the psychology behind each investor type changes what you say in the room and how you say it. What investors are really evaluating from the moment you start talking. How to speak to risk before they ask about it.
Building Your Complete Film Package
What a professional package actually contains and what each element communicates. Budget calibration and why most filmmakers budget wrong. Casting strategy that serves the financing, not just the film. Financial comparables that are real and defensible. The distribution lane that matches your budget tier.
This seminar is for filmmakers who are serious about getting their project made.
If any of those describe you, this seminar was built for you.
Austin Spicer
Writer-Director, Dreamland Studios
Austin Spicer is the founder of the American Film Association and the writer-director behind Dreamland Studios. He has spent years building at the intersection of creative filmmaking and film finance — developing original IP, building investor relationships, and packaging projects for serious capital conversations.
He built the AFA to give filmmakers access to the knowledge and relationships that are usually reserved for people already inside the system.
This seminar is the condensed version of what he has learned from being on both sides of the table.
This is not a lecture.
You leave with tools.
Your Pitch Deck Framework
The exact structure for a pitch deck that speaks to investors in the language they actually respond to.
The Investor Psychology Map
A clear breakdown of the different investor types and how to adjust your approach for each one.
Your Package Audit
A checklist of every element a professional package requires so you know exactly what you have and what you still need.
Budget Calibration Method
The framework for figuring out your actual budget tier based on financial comparables, not wishful thinking.
Your Next 30-Day Action Plan
A concrete plan for what to do in the next 30 days to move your project from where it is to investor-ready.
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Your project deserves to get made.
Three hours is not a long time. But the right three hours, at the right moment, changes the entire trajectory of a project.
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