Film Finance

Film Finance

Film finance is an aspect of film production that occurs during the development stage prior to pre-production, and is concerned with determining the potential value of a proposed film. In the United States, the value is typically based on a forecast of revenues (generally 10 years for films and 20 years for television shows), beginning … 阅读更多

Filmmaking Traditional Process

Filmmaking is The practice of creating a movie, typically in the feeling of films meant for extensive theatrical display. Filmmaking involves lots of complicated and different phases such as an original narrative, thought, or commission, or via screenwriting, casting, shooting, audio recording and pre-production, editing, and viewing the final product prior to an audience which … 阅读更多

Hollywood Accounting

Hollywood accounting (also known as Hollywood bookkeeping) refers to the opaque or creative accounting methods used by the film, video, and television industry to budget and record profits for film projects. Expenditures can be inflated to reduce or eliminate the reported profit of the project, thereby reducing the amount which the corporation must pay in … 阅读更多

What Is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)?

A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a company with no commercial operations that is formed strictly to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring an existing company. Also known as “blank check companies,” SPACs have been around for decades. In recent years, they’ve become more popular, attracting big-name … 阅读更多

How Hollywood Accounting Can Make a $450 Million Movie ‘Unprofitable’

Here is an amazing glimpse into the dark side of the force that is Hollywood economics. The actor who played Darth Vader still has not received residuals from the 1983 film “Return of the Jedi” because the movie, which ranks 15th in U.S. box office history, still has no technical profits to distribute. How can … 阅读更多