Ideas for funding our short film - YEH MANZILEIN HAI KAUN SI ?

Ideas for funding our short film - YEH MANZILEIN HAI KAUN SI ?
The biggest obstacle most filmmakers face when they want to make a movie is the problem of money: with hefty price tags for equipment, cast, staff, and shooting privileges, production costs can quickly run into the tens and hundreds of thousands of rupees. It's especially difficult to raise money for short films, as they rarely offer much of a return on investment. However, if we are smart about keeping costs down—using Digital Video (DV) instead of film, for example, or employing amateur actors—it's possible to fund our pet project by following these steps.
1. Resourcefulness. Let's make the most of the resources we have locally by listing all the locations, props, actors, equipment and crew available locally and use this to develop a cost effective idea.

2. Let's Create a realistic estimate of how much our short film will cost.Let's  be liberal with our cost projections.

• A serious pitfall for many short film producers is cost overrun after they have raised their initial goal. It's better to spend more time raising too much money than to find yourself in a situation where your film is half-done and you are out of funds.Incorporate your film company if you plan on raising more than Rs.200,000.

3. Incorporation will create separate bank accounts for our film and for our personal life. If our film goes bankrupt, funds from our personal accounts will not be liable for collection.
4. Let's Create a separate bank account for our film fund.
5. Lets draw up a business plan to present to potential film investors.
6. Let's create a website or social media outlet to give our film a public face and so that film investors can regularly view information about your project.

• Our business plan  should include detailed information about production costs, anticipated shooting time, locations, and predicted revenue. Provide a detailed budget. 
• Let's be sure to include information about our selves and the other people working on the film. We should also indicate other sources from which we hope to raise money. Film investors will want to know that our team is responsible and that we will have enough money to cover all our costs.

7. Let's Apply for public and private grants that fund films.

• Let's find out some well known institutions that provide film grants . Let us also seek out local arts groups and corporate foundations.

8. Let us approach local businesses and professionals who have contributed to independent films in the past.

• Let us ask these businesses and professionals for a modest amount of money. Let us be  frank about our expected costs, and let us  not promise any return on investment.

9. Let's Investigate "crowd funding" projects , websites on which artists can post projects and raise small funds from thousands of interested supporters.

10. Let's Invite our investors to witness our film production and include them as much as possible in the process.

Although a single grant or generous gift may be enough to cover production costs, we will most likely have to raise money for our short film from several different sources. We will have to change our approach to potential investors based on their experience with the film world and how much money we hope to raise from them: for example, an experienced film investor might appreciate the chance to become personally involved in production, while a corporate foundation will put more emphasis on a professional business plan.