Telepathy Film Productions LLC.

Film Financing for Films & TV

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

TELEPATHY FILMS

PRESENTS

 

 

Two Picture Louisiana Horror Slate

 

 

 

 

THE PICK UP

 

and

 

ALL OUT OF LOVE

 

 

September 2009

 

 

Producers: JD Valenti and Rob Walker

 

Director: Rob Walker  

 

8140         Van Nuys Ca. 91409

 

818-535-9876

520-891-7101

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confidentiality Statement 

                                                                                                                    

 While the information contained herein is believed to be accurate, Telepathy Films Production LLC (the “Company”) expressly disclaim any and all liabilities for representations or warranties, expressed or implied, contained herein, or for omissions from this memorandum or any other written or oral information provided or made available by said parties.  Estimates or projections contained herein shall not be relied upon as a promise or representation as to future results.

 

This memorandum is intended solely for the persons receiving it in connection with the 

feature length motion pictures presently entitled The Pick Up and All Out Of Love (“Pictures”) and is not authorized for any reproduction or distribution without express written consent by the Company.  The memorandum and other information provided to persons receiving this memorandum shall be disclosed only to such employees, agents or other representatives of the recipient who shall reasonably need to know the same in connection with their evaluation of an investment in the Picture.

 

All copies of this memorandum and any other information given to persons receiving this

memorandum shall be returned to the Company upon request if a transaction with the Company is not consummated.  The information contained herein is proprietary, non-public information which may not be used other than for the purpose of evaluating the investment in the Picture and must be strictly confidential.  The receipt of this memorandum acknowledges compliance with the above.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pick Up

Suspense/Thriller/horror

ALL OUT OF LOVE

Teen comedy

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Telepathy Film Production  is a Limited Liability Company ("The Company") engaged in the development and production of the independent motion pictures “THE PICK UP” and “ALL OUT OF LOVE.” Telepathy’s principal objective is to make entertaining and ground-breaking films that will be commercially exploitable to a mass audience.

Telepathy will execute independently financed motion pictures where the Domestic Theatrical Distribution is controlled, thereby increasing the motion picture's value with subsequent licensing and sales worldwide.

Telepathy will achieve financial returns through the copyright ownership and exploitation of two feature length motion pictures by supplying the escalating demand for U.S. independent film product budgeted in the $3-8m range.

Telepathy Films will achieve success by delivering competitive content designed for the market.

The established Hollywood Studios' overhead costs and climbing production budgets of $60m+ continue to place the studios in the predicament of not having enough production funding to satisfy the demand of motion pictures by the theatre chains and their customers. The Studios' marketing and distribution expenses have escalated to an average of over $100 million per motion picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

 

THE PICK UP   (Horror/Suspense Thriller)

 

The son of a mass murdering, hunting aficionado takes after his dad and hunts down deer and human prey.  Will the hunter get caught by his game? 

 

ALL OUT OF LOVE  (A Raunchy, Sexy New Teen Comedy)

 

When Jack Thomas’s girlfriend utters the word, “Marriage”, he…well, freaks. He turns to his loyal friends for solace and advice. Needing a way out and not having the guts to break up with her on his own he and the boys develop childish mind games to get her to end it.

 

Will a night out with the guys and an uncanny new friendship for his girlfriend make the relationship just a memory or cause a change of heart that adds guests to the wedding list?

 

 

STEPHEN KING

ON WHY BIG BUDGET STUDIO PICTURES ARE RARE TO SCARE

 

“While walking back to my Boston hotel after a surprisingly well-attended Tuesday afternoon showing of Bryan Bertino's horror thriller The Strangers, I found myself musing on what's scary and what's not. Whatever it is, The Strangers had enough of it to do incredibly well at the box office. But what makes such a little film with only one star (Liv Tyler) work in the first place? That the question interests me shouldn't amaze anyone, since I've worked in the scare-'em-silly field for years. And it must be of vital interest to Twentieth Century Fox, which this summer releases two movies in the genre with much higher budgets: The Happening and The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The Happening was better than I expected, but it wasn't as scary as The Strangers. As for The X-Files (out July 25)? Children, I have my doubts.

One thing that seems clear to me, looking back at the 10 or a dozen films that truly scared me, is that most really good horror films are low-budget affairs with special effects cooked up in someone's basement or garage. Among those that truly work are Carnival of Souls, Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, and The Blair Witch Project. All cost almost nothing to make and earned millions, while their sequels and remakes were crap (Dawn of the Deadin both its incarnations being the exception that proves the rule)”

 

 

THREE RULES TO PROFIT!

 

MARKETING, MARKETING, MARKETING!!! These films that were made with 4 and 10 million dollars may have spent 1 million or maybe 3 million on the production itself, just filming it, the rest of the money or majority of the money went to Marketing. Commercials, Trailers, advertisement ads, spots in theaters, fast food chains etc.  The Pick Up & All Out of Love will not only will be  good scary stories but will have Marketable name talent starring in them and this will do what most independent films do not do. SELL.  Most independent films rely on film festivals or sell to low level distribution companies to go straight to DVD, this route is great but with our cast and stories we feel we will obtain a medium or large Distribution deal.  Our scripts have interest from very powerful companies and producers to get us a great distribution deal with a guaranteed release ranging from 500 to 3000 screens nationwide.

 

Horror/Thriller Film Market

 

Demand for Horror/Thriller films is growing faster than the demand of other films for general release for PG-13 and under films. Yet there are very few films released annually by the studios aimed at this market segment. In the US, there are 40 million adults from the age of 18-35 and men represent this largest segment of this group. The late teen and early 20 men are the one who are attracted to the blood, boobs, and gore that horror films provide. This audience provides the majority of the income to purchase a single ticket to view Horror films. Hollywood has slowed their overall annual production in this market. Most of the Major Studios serve the audience with a big tent-pole action, comic popular themes, and CG animation films which is a guaranteed dollar with big name stars and special effects. Now horror on the other end of the spectrum has killed the box office with a great story and no name talent because everyone always likes a good scare. With our story and our production value we feel we can fill that void for the audience that craves horror.

1.      The Horror Market is an underserved market.  Most films are aimed at Action, Romantic comedies, Kids films and CG animation.

2.     This market segment has historically generated strong returns. The audience loves a good scary movie and if it is good they statistics show they will go see it again and take a friend.

3.     This Market generates historically higher margins in video/DVD sales. This is where we will make a good return since our film is rated R most the 18 and under crowd cannot see our film unless with an adult but with video and DVD the 18 and under crowd usually spikes the ROI because of access to their access to parents Blockbuster and Netflix accounts.

4.     A successful picture in this segment generates substantial additional value.  A reasonably successful title opens on-going opportunities for low cost movies and direct-to-TV DVD sequel or copycat low budget horror. You do well theatrically you will create an interest for sequels or spin offs. Our low budget and our name talent along with our story will help obtain a higher ROI because of the rating and the popularity of the Slasher/Stalker films that are doing well now in the box office

5.     This is a Market that major studios have left untapped. Studios tend to take a gamble these days onAnimation/Cartoon, Action Comic Superhero films, Romantic Comedies and or Kids films. So this market is prime to do well in when the studios are less interested in low cost, independent, non-“event” style product, opting instead for tent-pole films to drive homeruns.

 

COMPARATIVE FILMS

 

HORROR

Halloween                  Budget $20m            Worldwide gross $59.4m

Cry Wolf                    Budget $1m              Worldwide Gross $10m

Wolf Creek                 Budget $1m              Worldwide Gross $10m

SAW                           Budget $1.2m           Worldwide Gross $55.2m

The Strangers              Budget $10m           Worldwide Gross $66.8m

 

TEEN COMEDY

American Pie          Budget $11m          Worldwide Gross $202m

 

Mean Girls              Budget $17m          Worldwide Gross  $121m

 

Confessions of a Teen Age Drama Queen

                                Budget $15m         Worldwide Gross $29.3m

Road Trip                Budget $15.6m       Worldwide Gross $106m 

 

 

 

 

THE CAST

Brandon:  Michael Copon (Night of The Demons and Scorpion King 2)

Frank: Bill Moseley – to be seen in such A-listed fare as "Grindhouse," "Devil's Rejects," and "House of 1,000 Corpses." He has gone from supporting acting roles to currently starring in a Corbin Berenson horror vehicle called, "Dead Air."

Bonnie: Chelan Simmons (Final Destination 3 and Good Luck Chuck)

Vincent: Michael Berryman – notable appearances include "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "The Devil's Rejects," and "Weird Science." His very recognizable face transcends all genres; from "Star Trek 4" to starring in two Motley Crue videos!

Clown: Michael Madsen.

 

KEY PRODUCTION TEAM

 

Telepathy Film Productions, LLC, is an independent motion picture production company assembling creative and business professionals with common goals. In addition to The Pick Up and All Out of Love, TFP will also produce the upcoming motion picture, “Burn OFF”.  Cassius Vernon Weathersby will be the executive producer for “Burn OFF”. Weathersby, producer of Universal Pictures, “D.C Cab”, New Line Cinema’s, “House Party 4” and 2004’s $80 Million-dollar hit and currently the eleventh highest grossing box office dance genre motion picture of all time, “You Got Served” for Screen Gems/Sony Pictures. 

 

                                                       Jeremiah Vaughn , Producer - CSA Casting Director

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Jeremy attended Auburn State University. His passion for people and serving the needs of others brought him to such positions as Drug Counselor and Intake Coordinator, which later led him to his present passion in the entertainment industry. Jeremy’s skills and talents when it comes to dealing with people, leadership and motivation serve as a strong basis for his role as Executive Producer.

Jeremy started in the film business 10 years ago at Saban Entertainment working on scenery and later as an office assistant on their hit show, “The Mighty Morphing Power Rangers”. Jeremy now known to friends as JD, worked as a Production Assistant on such shows/films as, ”Power Rangers”, “Showtime”, “Bubble Boy”, “Waste Deep” and a handful of others.

      After those great experiences, JD moved onto principal casting and started his casting company called Take Action Casting. TAC has assisted in the casting of such films as, “Herbie Fully Loaded”, “Fast and Furious 3” and provided audiences for the Steve Harvey Show. Parlaying the success at TAC he started a production company called Telepathy Film Productions, LLC, in late 2005. TFP has packaged several film projects in the past including, “Kentucky Horror Show” and “Alone”. TFP is proud to announce that they recently acquired two projects that they expect will take them to the top, "Burn OFF", a horror/comedy and "THE PICK UP", a horror/thriller. 


 

 

                                                                           Rob Walker, Producer/Director

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Rob started in the theatre, directing 100+ productions and writing 10 plays. He managed the Half Moon Theatre in London for 7 years where he won the Binky Beaumont Best Young Director Award.

He directed in London's West End: PAL JOEY, Mr. LAUREL & Mr. HARDY, the Capone thriller, ON THE SPOT, his own Rock N' Roll musical YAKETY YAK! and his translation (from the Italian) of CAN'T PAY? WON'T PAY! starring Alfred Molina, which ran for two years at the Criterion Theatre.

Rob also directed HAMLET, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE TEMPEST and TAMING OF THE SHREW - the latter in Hebrew at the Habima Theatre, Israel's National Theatre.

Rob then worked in TV, mostly with the BBC, winning a BAFTA for Best Miniseries for DIE KINDER with Miranda Richardson and Frederic Forrest. He also won Best Miniseries for BLIND JUSTICE at the Royal Television Society. 

He directed Movies of the Week (WILD THINGS with Karen Young was chosen for the London Film Festival), episodic, documentaries and even a talk show about politics and history with Tony Benn.

Rob wrote the feature, “BEYOND BEDLAM” with Elizabeth Hurley, wrote and directed “MAYHEM!” and “BORDER WARS”. He directed, “CIRCUS” (Columbia Tri-Star) with Famke Jannsen, Eddie Izzard, Peter Stormare, Fred Ward and the cult classic, “GOTHIC VAMPIRES FROM HELL”.

Last year, Rob directed, “AFTER MIDNIGHT”, a spooky thriller, “MOTHER'S DAY” and “KILLER WEEKEND” with Eric Roberts. He is Executive Producer of two of the most eagerly awaited horror movies of 2009, “KENTUCKY FRIED HORROR SHOW” & “THE ICEHOUSE”. His “SIERRA MADRE”, loosely based on “TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE” and his UFO script, “BEYOND”, are both due for production in New Mexico in 2009.

Rob is presently attached to direct “EVIL HEART with Pam Anderson, Eric Roberts, Dean Cain, Lauren Holly & William Heard and “THE FALLEN” - creature feature - with Dean Cain, Peter Stormare & Tito Ortiz (the MMA star).

 

 

 

 

                                           Allan Ebert – Producer,

                                                                                 Business and Legal Affairs Director

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 Allan practiced law for nineteen years on the East Coast specializing in entertainment, business, immigration and contract law. He was awarded the Abraham and Rebecca Sive Award for outstanding work in the area of business law and developed dozens of profit and non-profits companies in the areas of trade, entertainment, human rights and technology. He had an office for a time in Ethiopia where he facilitated corporate relations between Ethiopian and U.S. companies as well as processing entertainment contracts and visas for East African artists and entertainers. He has traveled extensively in the world marketing technology products and organizing special entertainment events. He formed the company Connectors Enterprises, Inc. a global company of entertainment, technology, and trade in 2006 and has worked with artists such as T-Pain, Jay Z, Ja Rule, Mario and others. “Crazy Like A Fox” starring the video vixen Angel Freshgenet (Lola Luv) is a 2008 movie he co-produced. He is currently readying production for Telepathy Films, All Out Of Love and The Pick Up.  Allan is a graduate in Political Science from Brooklyn College and earned his J.D. from Antioch School of Law, Washington D.C. 

 

 

 

Motion Picture Industry Overview

 

A.    Introduction

 

The motion picture industry is a constantly changing and multi-faceted business. It consists of two principle activities: production and distribution. Production deals with the development, financing, and creation of the motion picture. Distribution consists of the advertising, publicizing, licensing, promotion, reproduction, delivery, and in sequential order of markets, the exhibition of the completed film.

 

B.     Development & Production

 

Development of the motion picture involves the acquisition of the literary material, usually the screenplay, by the production company. Once financing is acquired, pre-production begins which involves engaging creative personnel, finalizing the shooting schedule and budget, and securing locations. Because of the nature of The Pick Up and All Out of Love creative personnel have already begun to be attached to the project during the process of securing the financing. Production itself is when principal photography begins which is the actual shooting of the film. Post-production occurs usually after the entire film is shot and includes the adding of optics, music and sound and special effects. Music soundtracks and picture are synchronized to produce the negative from which release prints are struck. Trailers and advertising campaigns are created directly relating to the distribution and exhibition of the film.

 

 

C.    Distribution

 

Once post-production is complete, the motion picture is ready for distribution. While the major studios, such as Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount, Universal, MGM, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, distribute their own films, independent producers must license their product to distribution companies and/or major studios to distribute their film. These rights include domestic and international distribution for theaters, home video, pay-per-view or cable television, syndicated television or any combination of media and markets. Independent international distribution of a film generally involves the acquisition of rights from the production company and the licensing of distribution rights to sub-distributors in foreign markets.

 

The economic life of a feature film may last for decades, but generally the majority of the revenues are earned over the first three year period. The first year’s revenues will consist primarily of theatrical revenues, as well as ancillary revenues from possible merchandising and soundtracks. The second year’s revenues usually consist of some theatrical and most home video and pay television revenues. The third year may consist of syndicated television revenues.

 

D.    Risk Factors

 

In deciding to invest in The Pick Up & All Out of Love, prospective investors should consider the following factors: The business of producing and exploiting a motion picture is speculative in nature with certain degrees of risk. No assurances can be made as to the commercial success of any particular film. The revenues derived from the film depend primarily upon the movie going audience, which can not be predicted. The competitive nature of the film industry, the possible box office failure of a motion picture being distributed, and the inability of a distributor to distribute any motion picture properly, collect revenues and make the distribution successful are

subject to substantial risk. In addition, the commercial success of a film also depends on general economic factors and other tangible and intangible factors, all of which make it impossible to predict the degree of success of any film with any degree of certainty. However, also consider this:

 

The Motion Pictures Association of America (MPOAA) 2008 Theatrical Market Statistics reports domestic box office reached the highest total in history at $9.8 billion in 2008, up 1.7% over 2007 and up 6.8% over five years ago. (MPAA 2008 Theatrical Market Statistics).

 

In addition,

 

MPAA member’s releases made up 26% of releases in 2008, while independents released 73% of films domestically. That means that of the six hundred and ten films released in 2008, four hundred and forty four were shot and directed by independent film makers. (MPAA Theatrical Market Statistics).

 

 

 

E.     Success Factors

 

The Independent Film Industry has been exploding, capturing an increasing share of the $9.5 billion domestic box office revenue. So much so that it has garnered the respect and attention of the major studios which have either bought independent production companies or created their own. There is now a proliferation of distributors, festivals, markets, and publications dedicated to the independent filmmaker. The Managers and production team will exploit all appropriate avenues to ensure the success of THE PICK UP  & ALL OUT OF LOVE There are significant elements in these two films which will increase the potential success of the project. The extensive experience and critical acclaim of the Director and production team will ensure that a high quality film is delivered on time, within the budget and with maximum exposure for distribution. Impressive contacts within the film industry will significantly contribute to the film’s potential.

 

It is important to note that the history of the industry demonstrates that everyone starting out to make a film, from the established entrepreneur with the multi-million dollar studio spectacular to the first-time producer with a low-budget film, stands a chance at having a hit.

 

A study that researched the success-to-failure ratio of producers and directors over a period of twenty five years, examining some 300 pictures, both major and independents, arrived at the “absolutely inescapable conclusion that the ratio of success-to-failure is the same for any producer or director over a given span of time regardless of reputation.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

Telepathy Films, LLC plans to take a tested and proven product by implementing the skills and experience of its seasoned team to develop, produce and market two exciting films. Please join the team and become a partner in our success and rewarding endeavor.

 

 

 

JD Valenti 818 535 9876

Rob Walker 520 891 7101

Allan Ebert 202 409 4669

Telepathy Film Productions LLC

8140

Van Nuys, Ca. 91409