Maria Tanjala (Co-founder of Big Couch) Digital Media Day 2016
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Crew up. Optimize budgets. Make films.
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Crew up. Optimize budgets. Make films.
MariaTanjalaCo-founder
IrinaAlbitaCo-founder
Global film industry faces changes & challenges
Resourcesdiminish
Unemployment
‘HitorMiss’mindset
Raising finance becomes critical
hurdle
In the new world, ‘misses’ make
money too
Recruitment is a suboptimal
scattered process
Big Couch empowers creatives through crewfunding
Database of crews Filmmakers
Crewfunding Crews accept reduced rates
in return for profit shares and deferred payment
Producer benefits
• Optimize budgets up to 20% • Bring breakeven point forward • Take away legal hassle • Recruit vetted crews
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Unique offer – case study
Filmbudget £500,000
RecruitmentwithoutBigCouch £200,000
RecruitmentwithBigCouch £100,000
Crewfunding = reduced fee + shares
£400/day
£200/day % Defer Profit shares
+ +
Films that used Profit Share Models
Achievements
Philip Rymer
Partner at Lewis Silkin law firm
Steve Clark-Hall
Executive Producer &
Creative Skillset Mentor Awards
Marc Samuelson
PACT’s film rep & Deputy Chair Film Committee BAFTA
Richard Holmes
Creative England Executive
Real time matching algorithm
Our Key Performance Indicators perfectly align everyone’s interests on set
Standardize the
process
Bring transparency
Vet crews and producers
Build trust
The Big Couch community becomes a strong marketing tool
Distributors
Financiers
Global audiences
Discover exciting upcoming films and filmmakers
Crews & Filmmakers
Engage with key players in the industry
Customers
Film Television Corporates
12% commission on
crewfunding
Equity portfolio
10% commission on
other recruitment
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Transparent fees
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Big Couch is a unique proposition at the intersection of film and recruitment
Film Industry
Recruitment Industry
• £1.2bn spent on UK film productions
• Film entertainment sector: £62bn in 2015 and growing 5% annually
• 47% of the workforce are freelancers
• UK film directly employs 70,000 people
• £6 billion spent on crew in the film sub-sector globally
• UK has the 3rd largest filmmaking market in the world
Shared economy is the future
3846 film & video projects successfully funded in 2014
Loca;ons
Indu
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By 2020 > 40% of the American workforce, or 60 million people, will be freelancers
Get in touch: [email protected]
