Marcia Allen

Founder & CEO

Ms. Allen is the CEO and founder of allen & associates. For the past twenty years she has been devoted to venture capital and corporate finance representing both investors and companies primarily in the small to mid cap arena. Her focus has been to build asset value through acquisition and internal growth funded by…

 

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 … Weiterlesen

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 … Weiterlesen

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 … Weiterlesen

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 … Weiterlesen