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169 Notes Introduction 1. For more information on this topic, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film. All references to this volume are to the third edition. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid., chaps. 7, 8 and 9. 4. See chap. 1, “Preliminary Considerations,” in the current volume. For more information on this topic, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film. 1. Preliminary Considerations 1. For more information on this topic, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film. 2. Prifti, Securities, 10–14. 3. Williamson v. Tucker. 4. Consolidated Management Group, LLC v. the California Department of Corporations. 5. SEC v. Merchant Capital, LLC; Holden v. Hagopian; and Williamson v. Tucker. 6. For a detailed discussion of these active-investor investment vehicles, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film, chaps. 3 to 6. Samples of an investor-financing agreement and a joint-venture agreement appear in my book Film Industry Contracts, 9–24. 7. For a more detailed explanation of this strategy, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film, 299. 8. For a more detailed discussion of these more specialized forms of film finance, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film. 9. For more information on net profits, see my book Feature Film Distribution Deal, 19–22, 80, 104–5. 10. For a more detailed discussion relating to the advantages and disadvantages of the four listed active-investor investment vehicles, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film, chaps. 3 to 6. Notes 170 11. See my article “Hard Money—Legal Liabilities May Arise for Independent Film Producers Who Rely on Contingent Promissory Notes.” Los Angeles Lawyer, May 2010, 26–32. 4. The Company or Investment Vehicle 1. For a more in-depth discussion of the features of an S corporation, see my book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film, third edition, 80–94. 6. Market Overview/State of the Industry 1. The Web sites for the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners are www.mpaa.org and http://natoonline. org, respectively. 2. For a more detailed list of such information sources, see my book Introduction to the Motion Picture Industry, chap. 4. 7. The Product or the Film Project 1. See my book Introduction to the Motion Picture Industry, chap. 3, “Internet Community Devoted to Film.” 2. Tulchin, “Selling Your Movie.” 3. National Association of Theatre Owners, http://natoonline.org. A fairly extensive list of currently active video and film distributors with online links appears at www.videouniversity.com. 4. Nielsen EDI is at entdata.com. 5. The Web site for Show Biz Data is showbizdata.com. 6. The Web site for Box Office Report is boxofficereport.com. 9. Financial Information 1. For more discussion relating to offering limited-liability protection to prospective investors, see my 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film, 71–72. 2. For an example of an investor financing agreement, see my book Film Industry Contracts, 9. 3. For an example of a joint-venture agreement, see my Film Industry Contracts , 15. 4. See Williamson v. Tucker and Consolidated Management Group LLC v. the California Department of Corporations. 10. Financial Projections 1. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 13. Appendixes to the Business Plan 1. Examples of such agreements are in my book Film Industry Contracts. 2. A sample letter of intent is in ibid., 39. 3. Examples of an investor financing agreement and a joint-venture agreement are in ibid., 9, 15. Notes 171 14. Where to Find Investors 1. See earlier discussions of Williamson v. Tucker and Consolidated Management Group v. the California Department of Corporations. ...
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