The quality and insight of Raindance founder Elliot Grove's Substack film finance blog made me republish it here, with Elliot's kind permission. If you want to get real about film making, you need to understand the film finance funnel, rich in detail as it is, and red in tooth and claw as it may seem. You can do worse than joining Raindance if you are an aspiring screenwriter or film maker who wants to skip the usual film making bull and make your mark as a film maker or scre