Louise Levison says you only need an expected income breakdown. Waterfall to Company (Expected Income Breakdown) This is not something that all people writing business plans for films include, however, I feel that it’s an important document that gives an angel investor a simplified snapshot of the entire revenue picture before diving into some of the more gory details. This page is a summary of all the money that will come into your project, and how it will go out and come back to the production company and the investor, loosely organized by what comes in domestically vs internationally, and what media right types bring in what money. It’s not something that should be effectively created for it’s own sake. It’s important to note, that you can’t just make a topsheet budget, it comes as a byproduct of making a detail budget for your film. Unlike the rest of these documents which should be made by an executive producer, the top sheet budget is best made by a line producer or UPM. In case you don’t, It’s the summary budget of your entire film that should take up no more than a page. If you’re reading this, hopefully, you already know what a topsheet budget is. ![]() Each document should take up only a single page. ![]() This is a section that you’ll want to write before you write the financial text section of your plan, as it will have a great impact on that section and potentially other sections of the plan. ![]() In the final part of my 7-part series on writing a business plan for independent film and media, I’ll be going over all of the financial statements you’ll need in your business plan.
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