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Case study, our business model and budget needs.

In 2003, the Finnish commercial production company, Woodpecker Films, published the short film 'Rare Exports Inc' online only. 

After a positive reception from an online audience, Woodpecker Film produced a thirty minute short film @Rare Exports:The Official Safety Instructions' in 2005.

The full feature length production @Rare Exports, A Christmas Tale' was produced in 2009 and released in 2010. Production budget was an estimated £1'800'000.

Theatrical release gross in year one.

Domestic: $236,347

Europe: $£'851,016

Worldwide: $4,087,363

Since then it continues to return profits, it's sold as a DVD and is streamed globally, including with major players like Amazon and Netflix. 

Our producer, and director are working in partnership with a small independent production company, www.barrowboyproductions.co.uk an independent North Wales based film and TV Production Company. We are all experienced professionals in our fields and are confident this project will lead to success. Our production plan has proven successful many times for other companies of a similar size and skill set, as below. We have already produced a teaser short scene and are now sourcing funding for the second stage, a proof of concept.

 

We are following a similar production strategy to this case study but will also incorporate social media promotion, a strategy that was in it's infancy for Woodpecker. We have successfully networked with social media influencers and large Social Media groups (with particular interest in Wales and/or neurodiversity) who are set to promote our teaser scene. 

We have produced a teaser scene already and are now using that as a promotional tool to building finance to take the next step of producing a thirty minute (approx) short. That short will appear in targeted film festivals in Europe and the US and be broadcast on mainstream UK media, although it will be a stand alone drama in it's own right it will, again, be used as a promotional tool to target larger investment for the full feature.

We have a more experienced producer, with knowledge of UK Gov tax incentives for film sponsors/investors  lined up to take the helm of the full feature when we reach that stage.

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