Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on assessing the role of Executive Producers. Author Jeremy Juuso is the founder of Jeremy Juuso Consulting, a firm specializing in the writing of film business proposals as well as educating investors on the basics of the movie business.
"Among the EP batches, films with at least one EP who had previously EP’d two or more films opened a bit better than those with less experienced EPs. (I excluded projects with no EP listed.) The projects with experienced EPs had a median opening weekend per screen average of $4,675, whereas the median for the less experienced EP group was $3,626."
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FOLLOW UP - Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on the demographics of 2010 TV pilot scripters. Author Neely Swanson is the former Senior Vice President of Development for David E. Kelley Productions and presently an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in the writing division.
"Most of the Overall Deals go to writers who have created shows in the past, in hopes that lightning will strike twice, as it sometimes does. Again, of the 141 deals mentioned, 73 went to writers who had previously created series; and of those 73, 13 or 18% were women. I judged (and keep in mind, “hit show” is subjective) 33 of the remaining Overalls were given to writers to keep them working on shows that were important to the network or studio, of which women accounted for 8 or 24%."
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Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on Sundance 2010 assessments. Author Gary Rubin has over twenty years of experience in the motion picture and television businesses, having held an array of positions that cross the entire gamut of distribution, acquisitions/ production and management. Prior to forming First Independent Pictures, Rubin served as Executive Vice President, Sales and Acquisitions, for Artisan Entertainment.
"It’s the end of the decade, and that means two things: 1) we are about to be deluged by critics top ten lists for the year and 2) many of these critics will be doing Best of the Decade lists as well. How about a look back over the last ten years through a distributor’s eye?"
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Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on movie revenue margins. Jeffrey Hardy, president of FilmProfit, LLC, is the co-author of FilmProfit software and the sole author of The FilmProfit Guide To Film Distribution Deals, a respected primer to the deals in the key film distribution markets.
"We are now thirteen years after the advent of DVD and our chickens are coming home and wanting to roost. These “blockbuster-oriented” decisions are leading us into a headwind of valuation, and pricing movies for retail is a loss proposition."
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Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on the demographics of 2010 TV pilot scripters. Author Neely Swanson is the former Senior Vice President of Development for David E. Kelley Productions and presently an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in the writing division.
"Of the 66 pilots I documented, 13 pilots had at least one female writer as part of the “created by” team; however, of those 66 pilots, only 7 of them were written entirely by women. You can do the math yourself, but this works out to a high of 20% involvement by women when writing alone and/or with men; and just 11% when written by women without male participation."
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Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on Business Plans for Movies. Author Jeremy Juuso is the founder of Jeremy Juuso Consulting, a firm specializing in the writing of film business proposals as well as educating investors on the basics of the movie business.
"Well, if you are deciding on a specialty release in 2010 and don’t care about awards, a good starting point might be to explore holiday weekends. And if you do care about awards, take a look at November and December."
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SUNDANCE REPORTS
Take a look at these great Sundance related blogs recently added by Baseline Research’s contributing film industry professionals.
Past Notable Sundance Acquisitions (free white page download)
The Wisdom of Bringing A Film to Sundance
Films Debuting at Sundance
Make The Most Out of Attending Sundance
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Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on the shifting relationship between feature films and home entertainment. Author Ellen Pittleman is a veteran studio executive, who most recently served as SVP, International Co-Productions and Worldwide Acquisitions for Paramount Pictures.
"The US market can be illustrative in looking at this theatrical/video relationship. US Box Office represented $10.6B in 2009 while home entertainment logged in at $20B in consumer spending. That is compared with the peak 2004 DVD market of $24.9B when domestic theatrical revenue represented $9.45MM."
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Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on the branding behind actors. Author Neely Swanson is the former Senior Vice President of Development for David E. Kelley Productions and presently an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in the writing division.
"The marketing department weighs in on the possibility of selling a film project before a greenlight is given. Can’t package, won’t make. Paula Wagner was recently quoted as saying “Studios will make a movie out of Tide (laundry soap) if they think it’ll work.” Of course this has had a dreadful impact on Independent Films and/or the Art Film Market. It takes a giant leap of faith to distribute films like “Precious.” Can you imagine what the marketing meeting on that film would have been?"
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Baseline Research just announced the Release of the Q1 2010 Entertainment Deals Report:
Baseline Research's Q1 2010 Entertainment Deals Reports are ready for purchase. Newly updated to reflect all the latest changes in the Hollywood Film, Television, and Digital deal landscape that took place over the final quarter of 2009, take a look at all our new Deals Reports! Baseline Research Deals Reports feature a comprehensive listing of over 600 first-look, second-look, co-finance, and housekeeping deals currently being sponsored by the U.S. studios and mini-majors. With an unrivaled look at the landscape within the film, television, and digital media industries, these documents break down the companies for which Buyers provide overhead.
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