Business Planning and Strategy

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• We analyze your project, position it and turn around a professional business plan that shows you and your project in a totally professional and success-oriented light.

• This is what we do, we're not "going to school" on your dime or your time. In fact, we will focus on guiding your plan to be the best it can be.
• We take every project to heart. Your success is our goal
• Facts, not hype, drive us, and drive our work for you. We can do it all for you, or just do the heavy lifting
• Our Strength is in helping you (and your investors and buyers) understand:
  - The Film's Markets
  - The Film's Audience
  - The key decisions that will affect you and your film's future

"Dear Jeffrey, You've covered everything we've talked about and done so thoroughly. The information you've provided in the Gen "X" and Gen "Y" audience analysis is impressive. The business plan you've created is a truly impressive piece of work - professional, thorough, and creative. I also appreciated that you valued my input and kept me informed and updated every step of the way. It was indeed a pleasure to work with you."

Sincerely, Jurgen Heimann," www.brilligprods.com

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What We Provide You:

The outline below lists the contents of an average business plan. It does not apply to all plans, as the elements of each plan are custom designed to best promote the strengths of an individual film. Each film company and project bring a different set of talents, strengths and weaknesses to the table, and thus each plan has an individual set of emphases.

Introduction

Introduces the objectives of your project, and establishes the framework for the market.

1. Mission Statement For Your Movie
2. Executive Summary
3. Motion Picture Market Statistics Overview
4. Domestic Markets Growth
5. The Birth Of An Independent Film
6. The Rise Of Independent Filmmaking
7. Numbers of Films Released by Key U.S. Major and Independent Distributors

The Product

Introduces investors to your film, and then outlines the progression of a hypothetical independent film. Outlines a distribution and a festival strategy custom designed for your film.

1. Synopsis Of Your Movie
2. The Process Of An Independent Film: From An Idea To The Theaters
   1. The Steps Of The Process, From Conception Through Post-production
3. Gaining Distribution For Your Movie
   1. Distribution Strategy
   2. Target Domestic Distributors
   3. Target International Distributors
4. Festival Strategy (if any)
   1. Target Festivals, North America and Foreign

The State Of Motion Picture Markets

Describes the current state of the global film market. Details the individual income streams available to your film, and what factors determine your film's potential revenue.

1. Domestic Primary Markets
   1. Domestic Theatrical Exhibition
   2. Ancillary Markets
   3. Home Video
      1. DVD As A Growth Factor In Home Video
      2. Revenue Sharing In Home Video
      3. Pay Per View Impact on Home Video
   4. Pay and Free Television
   5. Free Television
   6. Pay Per View/VOD
2. Foreign Markets
   1. Top Motion Picture Export Markets For U.S.
   2. Independents In Foreign Distribution
   3. Foreign Pay And Free TV

Accessing The Audience For Your Movie

Analyzes movie audience demographics. Identifies and focuses upon your film's target audience, as determined through analysis of your project.

1. Movie Audience Demographics
   1. Analysis of Target Audience
   2. Why This Audience?
   3. Movie-going Habits and Interests
   4. General Consumer Habits
   Potential Crossover Audience

Exhibits

Contains all relevant attachments including biographies, supporting letters, and relevant articles. Also contains financial analysis of pictures comparable to your project, and financial projections for your film.

• Management Biographies
• Producer
• Writer
• Director
• Director Of Photography
• Production Team And Advisors
• Producer
• Casting Director
• Comparable Pictures Reports (See ROIs)
  1. Film One
  2. Film Two
  3. Film Three
  4. Film Four
  5. Film Five
     1. Domestic Box Office
     2. Domestic Home Video
     3. Domestic Ancillaries
     4. Foreign Incomes
• Projections
  1. Revenue Models (Low/Expected/Better -- See Projections)
  2. Assumptions
  
  

  Total Of » 60-90 Pages

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