Pitch deck for horror feature The Living End. Details on the concept, market, and distribution potential.

4. When an indie rock band goes on a
recording retreat to a secluded beach house,
their angst-ridden music comes horrifically to
life.
Under attack by masked intruders, soon
their careers aren’t the only thing they’re trying
to save.

5. Jon Rizik
Writer/Director
- Studied Film at
Northwestern
University
- Previously directed
a micro-budget
feature film as well
as multiple shorts
Evan Rindler
Producer
- Studied Film at
Northwestern
University
- Received grant
funding
- Produced multiple
projects

6. - Pre, Shooting & Post + 10% contingency
- Local crew, 23 day shoot in February
- 30% = $210,000
- Guaranteed for Investors

7. HBO’s Girls
James White
FX’s The League
The One I Love
Brass Teapot
Starz’s Power
Cheap Thrills
Rescue Dawn
The To-Do List
Jennifer’s Body

8. - Males/females 18-24, active online presence
- averaged 4.5x their budget in worldwide gross*
- 24 million tickets sold as of Aug. 2015
- Indie Rock band The National has +75 mill listens on Spotify
*based on films with available budgetary information

9. - Set visits/interviews from horror blogs during production.
- Crafted Spotify playlists available during production
- Original music produced for film available online
- Film festivals help create word of mouth with their screenings,
Q&A sessions and ubiquitous press coverage.

10. - Theatrical, VOD and iTunes quickly
- Promote the film once for all platforms
- Continue to build Audience
- Minimize costly DVD/Blu-Ray manufacture and sales

11. Full Investment + 20%
Even split between investors & filmmakers

12. Distributor advance pays full cost of budget.
Example - You’re Next, It Follows.
All profits split between distributor, investor, and filmmakers.
30%-35%-35%
Sales Agent makes mult. deals (airline, tv, foreign)
9-16 months after production starts

13. Distributor advance covers partial budget. Profits split between
distributor and Investors until investment recouped.
Then, 30%-35%-35% split.
Sales Agent brokers multiple deals - TV, Foreign, Airline
18 months+ after production start

14. $18.5 mill domestic/$26.9 mill Worldwide Box Office
$3.9 mill Video Sales
Investor total: ≥ $7 million
$14.5 mill domestic/$20.6 mill Worldwide Box Office
$1.8 mill Video Sales (recent release)
Investor total: ≥ $5 million
VOD & TV rights unknown for both projects

15. - Casting, hiring crew, locations
- Begin marketing plan
- Primary shooting
- Continue Marketing Plan
- Editing, sound design, coloring
- Festival submissions
- Focus group test screenings

16. - Hire Sales agent, shop film
- Build buzz on festival Circuit
- Theatrical/VOD landing
- Foreign/TV/Airline deals made
- Engage with fans
- First run revenues
- Second Run
- Long term release on Video and Netflix

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19. Slide 1 links:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/08/the-10-most-profitable-movies-of-the-last-five-years/
Slide 3 links:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/as_aboveso_below/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lazarus_effect/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_vatican_tapes_2015/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deliver_us_from_evil_2014/
http://www.cinemascore.com/
Slide 5 links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N1kSw1k4d0
Slide 7:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3571592/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243233/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3046705/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372366/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2215447/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Slide 8:
http://esd.ny.gov/BusinessPrograms/filmCredit.html
https://www.epfinancialsolutions.com/

20. Slide 9:
http://www.valmorgan.co.nz/audiences/profiles/horror-movies/
http://www.the-numbers.com/market/2015/genre/Horror
Slide 10:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/tag/set-visit/
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/news?name=the-best-horror-blogs-you-should-be-reading
http://www.usanetwork.com/suits/music
http://www.raindance.org/7-essentials-for-a-press-kit/
http://www.sundance.org/about/press
Slide 11:
http://www.indiewire.com/article/what-the-success-of-it-follows-means-for-indie-film-distribution-20150402
http://www.techhive.com/article/2909553/small-movies-are-opening-in-theaters-and-online-at-the-same-time-
but-blockbusters-arent-and-they-wo.html
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/mark-jay-duplass/
Slide 13:
http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Youre-Next
http://stephenfollows.com/what-are-the-average-film-distribution-fees-2014-survey/
http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/It-Follows#tab=summary