Hello there,
Different to movie coin, we are not looking to partner with studios and film distributors, we actually want to be as far away from them as possible. This project is for independent moviemakers that don't want to be involved in the Hollywood-like accounting scheme; our business model removes the Recoupment Waterfall and the non-creative interference.
If a Creative User already has a movie, they can choose put it up for sale and receive income right from the first sale, they don't have to wait the considerable amount of time (up to 5 years) that the Recoupment scheme has, since there are not intermediaries collecting there cuts first, only the automated deducted platform fee.
If a Creative User wants to finance their project, they can one of the 3 methods offered:
- A Production Fund, where the crowd, in this case the platform users, will decide voting upon the catalog of projects in display on the Pitchboard which ones will get part(or total) of such fund. One or more projects may be funded in each round.
- A Presale, where the user can buy the movie before it is made, in order to support its Creative Users with the production of the project. These users will be called Patron Users.
- The help of a Production Pool made by users that are interested in movie production. These Investing Users get the opportunity to take part in the financing of the project, in exchange for a percentage of the profit generated by the product.
In order to control the delivery of the product in deadeline and quality, a smart contract will be always in control of the funds provided for such production, releasing portions of the fund according to an initial set up where the Creative Users must register expected milestones. At each milestone, the Creative Team must document and upload the progress of the films production to the platform, this material will be available only to the Filmgrid Team, the Patrons and or Investing Users, who may supervise the production of the film and will have the option to call a vote to cancel funding if the results are underwhelming; if consensus is reached to cancel the funding, remaining funds in the dispersion contract at the time of cancellation will be distributed in equal parts among corresponding Patron Users, or in proportion to the participation in the budget in the case of the Investing Users.
Creative Users that get their project cancelled, will gain a bad reputation within the platform which will prevent them to gather more funds in future endeavours.