{
  "name": "FilmmakerOG Producer Intelligence Library",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://filmmakerog.com/resources",
  "last_updated": "2026-08-16",
  "description": "Producer-side film-finance resource vault index for filmmakerog.com/resources. Entries are listed only when a live canonical URL exists.",
  "audience": [
    "independent producers",
    "first-time producers",
    "emerging producers",
    "producer-side teams"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "film finance",
    "capital stack",
    "tax credits",
    "distribution",
    "business affairs",
    "AI and labor",
    "guild reserves",
    "investor recoupment",
    "waterfall order",
    "producer upside"
  ],
  "educationalBoundary": "Educational content only. Not legal, tax, securities, accounting, investment, or final deal-document advice.",
  "resources": [
    {
      "title": "Producer Intelligence Library (hub)",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/resources",
      "type": "collection",
      "summary": "Main resource vault for producer-side film-finance learning."
    },
    {
      "title": "Resources machine overview",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/resources.md",
      "type": "overview",
      "summary": "AI-readable overview of the resources library audience, topics, and boundaries."
    },
    {
      "title": "FilmmakerOG Calculator explainer",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/calculator.md",
      "type": "explainer",
      "summary": "What the free calculator models and what it does not replace."
    },
    {
      "title": "Producer finance glossary",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/glossary.md",
      "type": "glossary",
      "summary": "Short plain-language glossary for common film-finance terms."
    },
    {
      "title": "AI product brief",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/ai-brief.md",
      "type": "brief",
      "summary": "Canonical AI-readable product brief for FilmmakerOG."
    },
    {
      "title": "Your $3 Million Film Is Not Ready for $3 Million",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/your-film-is-not-ready-for-production-financing",
      "type": "article",
      "summary": "Production money executes a financeable project. Development money does the work required to make the project financeable in the first place."
    },
    {
      "title": "How to Build a Development Finance Plan Before You Raise Production Money",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/how-to-build-a-film-development-finance-plan",
      "type": "guide",
      "summary": "A development raise should state what the money buys, which evidence it must create, what unlocks the next financing stage, and what happens if the film never gets made."
    },
    {
      "title": "Your $3 Million Budget Is Not a $3 Million Finance Plan",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/your-film-budget-is-not-your-finance-plan",
      "type": "article",
      "summary": "The budget tells you what the film costs. The finance plan must explain where the money comes from, when it arrives, what it costs, and which assumptions are still unsupported."
    },
    {
      "title": "How to Stress-Test an Indie Film Finance Plan Before You Pitch It",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/how-to-stress-test-an-indie-film-finance-plan",
      "type": "guide",
      "summary": "A finance plan is credible when every source has evidence, a net cash value, an availability date, a cost, and a defined position in the deal."
    },
    {
      "title": "You Received a $2 Million Distribution Offer. What Is It Actually Worth?",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/what-is-a-film-distribution-offer-actually-worth",
      "type": "article",
      "summary": "A distribution offer is an exchange of rights for conditional cash flows. The headline price is only the first number a producer needs to calculate."
    },
    {
      "title": "The Film Finance Waterfall: When the Streamer Pays, Whose Money Is It?",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/film-finance-waterfall-when-the-streamer-pays",
      "type": "guide",
      "summary": "A sale above budget is not the same as profit. The waterfall decides whose money each dollar becomes."
    },
    {
      "title": "What Does 5% Backend Actually Pay?",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/what-does-five-percent-backend-actually-pay",
      "type": "guide",
      "summary": "The percentage is only the numerator. The contract builds the denominator."
    },
    {
      "title": "Sales Agent vs. Self-Distribution: Why Neither Model Guarantees You Get Paid",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/sales-agent-vs-self-distribution",
      "type": "article",
      "summary": "A sales agent sells to institutions and deducts market expenses off the top. Self-distribution sells to consumers and requires you to fund the marketing. Understanding the mechanics of both prevents costly distribution m"
    },
    {
      "title": "How to Choose Between a Sales Agent and Direct Distribution (Before You Lock Your Rights)",
      "url": "https://filmmakerog.com/blog/how-to-choose-between-sales-agent-and-direct-distribution",
      "type": "guide",
      "summary": "Do not sign an exclusive sales agreement or upload to an aggregator until you calculate your hurdle rate. This guide walks through evaluating buyer demand, auditing contract terms, and structuring hybrid deals."
    }
  ]
}