Stories built to get made.
We develop contained, micro-budget films and series: ideas designed around what can actually be raised, shot and finished.
Two ways to work with us
Partner with us
For the right project, Prism comes on as a producing partner. We develop it with you, build the plan and the pitch, and take it into production. We take on a few partnerships at a time, so we’re selective.
Hire us
Need a specific piece to move your project forward? Hire Prism for it at a fixed price. You keep full ownership of your project, and we deliver the work.
Development services
Fixed-price work that gets a project ready to pitch, fund and shoot.
Pitch Deck
For writers, directors and producers getting ready to pitch investors, financiers or talent.
A deck written and designed by a producer, not just a designer. We shape the logline, synopsis, tone and comparable titles, characters, look and feel, why now, the team, and the budget and financing ask into a deck that reads in minutes and answers what investors ask first.
See a sample: the Walkers pitch deck (PDF, 2.8 MB). More available on request.
From $1,500. Final quote depends on scope.
- Story and positioning pass
- Deck writing
- Visual design and look book
- Budget and financing summary
- Two rounds of revisions
Ripomatic
For projects that need to show their tone before there’s footage.
A short tone reel cut from existing films, music and references, so financiers feel the movie in about two minutes. Built for private pitch meetings, not public release.
From $750. Final quote depends on scope.
- Tone and reference research
- Edit, music and titles
- One round of revisions
Sizzle Reel
For projects with footage, a proof of concept, or a subject to put on camera.
A pitch reel cut from your footage, or shot new, that sells the project’s world, its people and why it should exist.
Example: the pitch teaser for Dancing Art Dealer.
From $1,500 to edit your footage. Shooting quoted separately.
- Story structure and script for the reel
- Edit, color and sound
- Titles and graphics
- Two rounds of revisions
Budget and Production Plan
For projects that need to show they can actually be made.
A realistic top-sheet budget, schedule and production plan for a micro-budget shoot: the answer to the first question every serious investor asks.
From $750. Final quote depends on scope.
- Top-sheet budget
- Shooting schedule
- Production plan and crew outline
- A call to walk through it
Script Consultation
For writers who want a producer’s read before they pitch or shoot.
Notes on story, structure and character, with an eye on what the script will cost to make, so you can tighten the story and the budget at the same time.
Priced by project. Ask us for a quote.
- Full read and written notes
- Structure and character notes
- Budget-aware notes on scope
- A call to talk it through
Pitch Package
Pitch deck, ripomatic, and budget and production plan, built to match.
From $2,750. About $250 less than booking each separately.
Partnering with Prism
We work with writers and directors as creative producers. We solve problems with ideas before we solve them with money.
What we look for
Contained stories with a clear hook, a budget that can realistically be raised, and a team that’s ready to move.
What we bring
Creative development, producing, budgeting and scheduling, our crew network, and packaging for financing and festivals.
How it starts
Send us your project. We read everything and reply to the projects we can help.
The slate
SKIN
Feature thriller. During the grape harvest in Northern California wine country, an orphaned journalism graduate investigates a powerful winemaking family whose fortune rests on a secret blood-plasma trade with elite medicine. In development with writer Boise Esquerra.
In developmentWalkers
Horror-thriller short and proof of concept for an anthology series. Directed by Christina Woo, produced by Teddy Hawke.
Support WalkersBorrowed Time
A 22-minute arthouse short told in reverse. Written and directed by Mason Campbell; a Purple Light Pictures and Prism Entertainment production.
ProducedHave a project that's ready for a producer?
Tell us what it is, where it's at and what it needs. We read everything and reply to the projects we can help.