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Remembering the Investor Package Future. CONTENTS 3. Confidentiality Statement and Disclaimer 4. Executive Summary 8. Synopsis 9. Comparable Films 10. Reasons to Invest 13. Budget Overview 14. Recoupment/ Profit Time Frame 31. Finance Options 17. Distribution Strategy 33. The Team 23. Sales Projections 39. Casting Suggestions 27. Marketing Strategy 41. Previous Success 43. Appendix 1: Market Overview 49. Appendix 2: Distributor Letter of Interest 50. Appendix 3: Seat 25 Minimum Guarantees Contents 51. Appendix 4: TVOD Sales Breakdown 2. CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT & DISCLAIMER The reader of this Confidential Business Profile agrees to the following: 1. Reader agrees to hold all disclosed or proprietary information or trade secrets (“information”) in trust and confidence and will not divulge information to others, except to secure advice and counsel. All information and projections 2. Reader agrees to conduct all further inquiries illustrated in this document or otherwise into the subject of this profile exclusively through presented by Lagom Pictures are good Lagom Pictures, which is acknowledged by the faith estimates for the project. No agent reader to be the agency providing this or representative of Lagom Pictures information. Receipt of this confidentiality has made any guarantee expressly or agreement and disclaimer is hereby implied that a specific profit will be acknowledged. realized as a result of this investment. 3. EXECUTIVE “ SUMMARY Just beyond our senses are things so strange and fantastic they are beyond our imagination. But just because we can’t REMEMBERING THE FUTURE IS AN INDEPENDENT see them or understand BRITISH FEATURE FILM CURRENTLY SEEKING INVESTMENT. them, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. 4. A BO_ UT When a disillusioned science teacher meets a teenage student on the verge of discovering a unified theory of 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy = everything, she begins experiencing time in a higher dimension. But as the strange visions become more sinister, she must try to reconcile her past with the future and change the course of human history forever. C6H12O6 + 6O2 5. REMEMBERING THE FUTURE… Having taken their first feature from concept, The ambitious second feature through script, development and production, all film from British writers/ the way to distribution whilst running an online marketing campaign, the team behind directors Nicholas Agnew and Remembering the Future are ideally positioned to create the highest quality independent film for the Madeleine Cooke. Their highly most reasonable cost, and successfully bring the content to market. Having attended the best successful ‘no-budget’ first reviewed film festivals for filmmaker networking/ feature film Seat 25 has won education and festivals and events that have offered very specific networking and contacts numerous awards at relevant to Remembering the Future (such as the Raw Science Film Festival in LA, the British Science international film festivals, Festival and the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC), as well as attending film markets including 6 BEST FEATURE and carefully analysing the distribution landscape, awards, 2 BEST ACTOR awards the producers are able to apply their first-hand experiences to all areas of the production and its and an award for OUTSTANDING distribution. Having created their first feature under extreme financial limitations means Remembering CINEMATOGRAPHY. Seat 25 was the Future will be completed on time and within budget. The producer’s experience with distribution released internationally on means that only the best deals will be acceptable November 6th 2018. and contingency distribution strategies will be in place and under constant review. In addition, a strong online marketing campaign has already begun and will continue throughout production to distribution, offering content to engage our target audience and convert them into sales. 6. With the cost of high quality film production at an all- time low and a seismic shift in distribution methods towards accessible online sales and Video on Demand (VOD), shrewd low budget productions are able to create films of exceptional quality and substance and deliver them to consumers in the most targeted way, whilst keeping costs incredibly low. The base budget for Remembering the Future is £200,000 which includes a 10% contingency. This amount would enable the film to be shot to the highest theatrical standards whilst keeping costs low enough to reach profitability for investors. This will be no easy task, but the team behind Seat 25 have demonstrated that they can make small amounts of investment go a very long way! The highest proportion Because Remembering the Future centres around two women, one in their of the budget has been given to cast so that we can late thirties and the other in their teens and the plot is driven by a number secure two names in the lead roles and an exceptional of real scientific theories, the film will appeal to a broad demographic. The supporting cast. central character of scientist Charlie, will appeal to millennials and women and men up to 45+, whilst the ‘coming of age’ story of teenager Ashley, and the school setting will appeal to female and male audiences of 15 to The script for Remembering the Future is complete, those in their mid-20s. In addition, the science content will appeal to a having gone through six substantial edits, each based demographic with an interest in science and intellectual science fiction. on feedback from individuals working in the industry and table reads with professional actors. In November 2017, a proof of concept film was shot with Kate Remembering the Future is perfectly timed to take advantage of the Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead, Late Night Shopping) popularity of intellectual science fiction and the low budget independent playing the lead role and has been used to inform film revolution. It also features two strong female leads, championing the script edits and visual effects development. long overdue move towards more gender equality in the industry and narrative films that feature exciting and complex female characters. 7. SYNOPSIS After disgraced Quantum Physicist Dr Charlie Graham returns to her home town, she is forced to take up a teaching position at the local secondary school. Unhappy, and unable to sleep, Charlie begins experiencing vivid and unsettling memories of the past and, what seem to be visions of the future. As Charlie begins to experience these strange shifts in time, a brilliant but troubled new student, Ashley, arrives in Charlie’s science class. Struggling to fit in at school, and with a difficult home life, Ashley finds solace in Charlie when she comes to her with a “…and once we scientific question concerning higher dimensions. understand this As the two women grow closer, Charlie’s visions universe, we may find become more sinister as the lines between the past, present and future begin to blur. When Charlie’s we have only just physical world begins to be dragged into the fourth “ dimension, she is able to see both a tragic future for begun to scratch the Ashley and the chance for one of the greatest surface.” scientific breakthroughs of all time. 8. BEFORE I FALL (2017) X + Y (2015) COHERENCE (2014) I ORIGINS (2014) Budget Budget Budget Budget $5,000,000 Unknown $50,000 $1,000,000 Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Box Office Box Office Box Office Box Office $16,170,174 $1,202,437 $102,617 $852,399 SAFETY NOT UPSTREAM COLOR (2013) ROBOT AND FRANK (2012) FILMS GUARANTEED (2012) ANOTHER EARTH (2011) Budget Budget Budget Budget $50,000 $2,500,000 $750,000 $175,000 Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Box Office Box Office Box Office Box Office $584,881 $4,934,356 $4,422,318 $2,102,779 SUBMARINE (2011) TAKE SHELTER (2011) MONSTERS (2010) PRIMER (2004) Budget Budget Budget Budget $1,900,000 $4,750,000 $500,000 $7000 Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Box Office Box Office Box Office Box Office $4,581,937 $4,972,016 $5,639,730 $841,926 COMPARABLE 9. Why invest in an independent film? · Diversify your portfolio. Films aren’t correlated to the economic situation, and the movie industry has experienced strong and consistent growth. · Support a locally produced independent film. Remembering the Future is set and will be shot in large part in the rural South West of England, supporting the local economy and bringing the area to the attention of international audiences. In addition, the market share of independent UK films at the box office in 2017 was 9.5%, an increase from 7.4% in 2016 (source: BFI) · Boutique experience of being part of an exciting movie production. This is a unique, once‐in‐a‐ lifetime opportunity to visit the set, appear in the movie, be part of exclusive investor events, and have a lot of fun! REASONS TO INVEST 10. WHY INVEST IN REMEMBERING THE FUTURE 1. The right product · Solid script based on 6 substantial drafts, with professional feedback and tables reads with professional actors. · Clear target market: The film falls into the science-fiction genre, specifically the highly popular intellectual science- fiction sub-genre. · Broad general appeal: In addition, the high concept plays out in an ordinary, terrestrial setting and so will appeal to audiences who may not ordinarily chose the science-fiction genre (our previous film Seat 25 also fit this remit and has received excellent feedback in both test screenings and festival screenings from a ‘non-science-fiction’ audience). Remembering the Future also features 2 strong female leads which will appeal to audiences from mid-teens to 45+, as well as being written and produced by Madeleine Cooke, catering to the growing thirst for female voices in film production. 11. · Cultural Value: It is our sincere aim to inspire young women and men to embrace science and bring a spirit of scientific curiosity to the broader public.