Baseline Intelligence

01/10/2013

An SSN Original:
5 Film-Related Books To Check out This Fall
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Yesterday we brought you ? 5 Twitter Feeds Book Lovers Should Follow ? and today we?ve got five film-related books for your coffee table or your...

16/04/2013

How to Save Big on Location: Your Starter Guide to State-by-State Tax Incentives

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Explosions At Boston Marathon, How To Save Big On Locations, 5 Writer's Rooms To Follow On Twitter, 'On The Set For 4/15/13'

04/04/2013

INFOGRAPHIC: JURASSIC PARK 3D
An analytic visualization of the recent crop of 3D re-releases with a spotlight on Jurassic Park 3D.

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23/10/2012

With partners from NBC, Bravo, Syfy, USA Networks, & Hulu to Panavision, Keldof, Universal Pictures & StudioSystem, the 7th annual SHORT CUTS Festival focuses on introducing culturally & innovatively diverse voices to the film and television industry. Learn more @ Facebook.com/ShortCutsFest

NBCU Celebrates the Importance of in Entertainment by seeking out the Next Generation of Talent...

16/10/2012

39 Films ... 60+ Industry Speakers ... 20 Panels ... 4 Parties ... 2 Happy Hour Mixers ... Live Script Reading ... Monologue Slam ... A Conversation With Devon Franklin … at the 2012 Hollywood Black Film Festival Oct 25-28, Hollywood, CA.

The Montalban 1615 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Parking next door is $10 The Hollywood Black Film Festival has announced the official screening venue for the 2012 festival will be The Montalban, 1615 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Located at the intersection of Hollywood & Vine, in...

11/10/2012

$10 Million TV Pilot aka Reboot gets an after-life as a Halloween special. http://bit.ly/WQARoY

This story first appeared in the Oct. 19 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. NBC has a big decision to make regarding its high-profile reboot of The Munsters. After two years in development and a pilot that sources say cost a whopping $10 million, the network is said to be unhappy with Mockin...

08/10/2012

Does Your Business Plan Pass the Common Sense Act? Find out the 5 best points to include in your plan here: http://bit.ly/OP5ifq

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08/06/2012

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times began, “The most reliable predictor of box-office success these days may not be a marquee name or a masked superhero. It's the PG-13 rating.”

03/05/2012

As most independent film producers now know, on April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the so-called Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606). The new law combines several pieces of stand-alone legislation and refers to each section as a Title.

05/04/2012

In June of 2010, I wrote a blog called The Decline of Western Civilization Part III: The Daytime Soap Opera in which I spoke of CBS cancelling their two longest running serials Guiding Light and As The World Turns. Given that I knew The Daytime Emmys invitation to air on network television had also been revoked, it was only a matter of time before shoes would be dropping from everywhere.

04/04/2012

We all know that the film home video/ancillary business is going through a major paradigm shift. The question still exists — where is it going and how soon?

03/04/2012

The new so-called crowdfunding exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (Section 302 of H.R. 3606 - the Crowdfund Act) allows issuers of securities to raise up to $1,000,000 during a 12-month period.

28/02/2012

Video on Demand (VOD) was much in the news a couple of years back when several of the studios, with Disney leading the charge, were demanding a sea change in their agreements with Theater owners. They wanted to shorten the time between theatrical release and Pay television On-Demand release of their films so that they could attempt to staunch the red ink flowing from their coffers due to a decrease in DVD sales.

03/02/2012

The phrase "chain of title" within the context of the film industry refers to a series of documents or agreements that establish proprietary (ownership) rights in a motion picture and all its parts. It is a collection of all of the documents that relate to the creation of and transfers of title to any property used in the making of the film.

19/01/2012

Independent producers seeking to raise funds to produce a motion picture and conducting a so-called exempt or private placement type offering in reliance on the SEC's Regulation D, often are asked the question by their prospective investors: "Can I resell these LLC units to someone else?"

11/01/2012

The independent business is looking good. For those of you who want to write business plans and raise money from investors, it is the best news of the year.

20/12/2011

The independent film box office sprang forward, as the clock moved backs an hour. The annual numbers are looking good for business plans. The year-to-date North American independent box office was 5 percent ahead of the same period in 2010, as of November 30th.

14/12/2011

Since filmmaking is typically a business venture that seeks to generate revenues on a worldwide basis and an increasing percentage of such revenues for many films appear to be coming from the international markets as opposed to the domestic marketplace (U.S. and Canada), it is not uncommon for U.S. based filmmakers to seek out opportunities to raise money to develop, produce and/or distribute one or more motion pictures exclusively from investors who reside in other countries.

09/12/2011

On November 8, 2011, the Senate read HR 2930 as passed by the House of Representatives for the 2nd time and placed the legislation on the Senate's calendar for further consideration. The bill, referred to as the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act, ostensibly seeks to amend the federal securities law to provide for registration exemptions for so-called "crowd funded" securities.

07/12/2011

I was recently introduced to a very rare and beautiful creature – a woman who works within the top echelons of an almost exclusively male below-the-line craft in both film and television. There’s no question that she is well-respected; her filmography bears that out.

06/12/2011

As the large number of audits relating to the accounting practices of film distribution companies seems to indicate, distributors appear quite reluctant to allow artists, producers, and investors to lay claim to profits unpaid, but agreed to, in contracts. It is not unusual for profit participants in successful movies to wade through the swampy dentistry of auditing and litigation (or threatened litigation) in pursuit of such profits.

29/11/2011

Proliferation of Digital (VOD/SVOD/ETC.) and the Further Fracturing of Markets

It has been true over the last forty years that as a new movie-viewing platform arrives, chances for consumers to hone their tastes, and to fine-tune their choices has expanded film viewing and expanded film income.

23/11/2011

The Fairy Tale of the 100 Episodes

18/11/2011

Spend Less & Make a Better Movie

14/11/2011

Financial projections are estimates of the future economic performance of a proposed business or venture. http://ow.ly/7t63f