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Lesson 10
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Assignment #10
David Wickenden Target Market
· List of similar TV series.
1. Reacher
2. Dexter
3. The Equalizer
4. Terminal List
5. The Old Man
· Producers
1. Jessica Daniel
2. Jennifer Kawaja
3. Julia Sereny
4. Daniel Grou
5. Elsie Cousineau
6. Andrea Glinski
7. Jocelyn Hamilton
8. Armand Leo
9. Sarah Dodd
10. Penny Gummerson
11. Patrick Tarr
12. Giles Blunt
13. Aubrey Nealon
14. Alison Lea Bingeman
15. Jennica Harper
16. Jeff Renfroe
17. Nathan Morlando
18. Patrick Whistler
19. Noelle Carbone
20. Peter Geiger
21. Sam Hill
22. Paula Wagner
23. Thomas Vincent
24. Sean Ryerson
25. Marcy Ross
26. Aadrita Mukerji
27. Christopher McQuarrie
28. Don Granger
29. Dana Granger
30. Dana Goldberg
31. David Ellison
32. Bill Bost
33. Agatha Warren
34. Scott Sullican
35. Dennis Bishop
36. Adam Fierro
37. Arturs Rusis
38. Drew Z. Greenburg
39. Michael Cuesta
40. Jim Leonard
41. Chip Johannessen
42. James Manos Jr.
43. Arika Lisanne Mittman
44. Charles H. Eglee
45. Daniel Cerone
46. Jace Richdale
47. Scott Reynolds
48. Shawn Perterson
49. Melissa Rosenberg
50. Many Coto
51. Clyde Phillips
52. Chad Tomasoski
53. Wendy West
54. Lauren Gussis
55. Tim Michael C. Hall
56. Gary Law
57. Scott Buck
58. Robert Lloyd Lewis
59. Jphn Goldwyn
60. Sara Colleton
· What I learned from this lesson is that you need to find producers who create similar work as you have. Finding contact information is frustrating.
· Title: Defending Innocence
· Genre: Thiller
· Logline: A PTSD psychiatrist hunts down child abusers while her RCMP best friend hunts for her.
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SUBJECT: Monica’s Target Market
What I learned doing this assignment which is new to me is to also use actors in their other movies to find producers.
TITLE: TRAFFICK/STOP
GENRE: Action/Adventure
LOGLINE: An undercover cop infiltrates a human trafficking ring to take down the main trafficker in order to discover what happened to her sister who disappeared in his company.
Make a list of five or more
movies that are similar to yours and five actors that you might want to
play your lead characters.MOVIES
Eastern Promises
Taken
The Transporter
End of Watch
Babylon A.D.
Trade
Eden
Skin Traffik (A HITMAN IN LONDON)
Took me about 15 minutes to find 30 producer contacts.
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Terrell’s Target Market
What I learned doing this assignment is I was already doing this but only scratching the surface. I learned how to go deep into IMDB for producer sources.
Title: The Darkness
Logline: When two foreigners travel to the Philippines they discover that every monster, every spell, every curse, every backwater belief is 100% real.
Genre: horror
5 Similar Movies
1. Geisha of Death
2. Aurora
3. Nocebo
4. The Vacation
5. Midnight in a Perfect World
5 Actors for the leads
1. Kim Seon-ho
2. Kylie Verzosa
3. Ruby Ruiz
4. Gloria Diaz
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Producers (the asterisk are producers with deeper horror experience)
1. Pedring Lopez
2. Rex Lopez
3. Roy Lopez
4. Troy Montero
5. Jason Price
6. Wesley Villarica
7. Maia Yambao-Lopez
8. Ava Yap
9. Peewee Baisa
10. Gary Barrozo
11. Rico Concepcion
12. Vincent Del Rosario III *
13. Vic Del Rosario Jr.
14. Veronique Del Rosario-Corpus
15. Federico Fernandez *
16. Vicente Paolo Fernandez
17. Yam Laranas *
18. June Torrejon-Rufino
19. Jared Connon
20. Daniel Bekerman *
21. Tonee Acejo
22. Alvin Yapan
23. Jose Mari Abacan
24. Annette Gozon
25. Nora Javellana
26. Katia Montenegro-Pla
27. Lily Y. Monteverde
28. Jocelyn D. Bracamonte *
29, William Lao
30. Roselle Y. Monteverde
31. Bianca Balbuena *
32. Brunella Cocchiglia
33. Maxime Cottray *
34. Cloé Garbay
35. David Gilbery *
36. Patti Lapus
37. Armi Rae Cacanindin
38. Quark Henares
39. Bradley Liew
40. Rica May Salvador
41. Ronald Arguelles
42. Iana Bernardez
43. Carlo L. Katigbak
44. Ginny Monteagudo-Ocampo
45. Rica May Salvador
46. Linggit Tan
47. Elaine Uy-Casipit
48. Ruby Ruiz
49. Shanty Harmayn
50. Hermie Go
51. Brenda M. Bayhon
52 Ivy Noda
53. Ethel Cais
54. Niña De Castro
55. Valerie S. Del Rosario
56. Aljhun Virgo
57. Iris Lee *
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Terrell Harris.
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Deb’s Target Market
The Plastic Bag
Logline: A plastic bag passes from one owner to another and affects each life in a significant way.
What I learned – It’s astounding how many producers can be connected to similar projects and actors. This was an eye-opening exercise and the research was simple.
Lesson 10 part two:
What I learned: It doesn’t take long to find the producers that want to be found. I stopped at 50, just to complete the assignment, but my goal is to get at least 300 that I can market. The key is filtering for Genre, Production release date, and budget.
Similar movies:
Lady Bird – 10 mil.
Eli Bush
Evelyn O’Neill
Scott Rudin
Jason Sack
Alex G. Scott
Lila Yacoub
Directed by: Greta Gerwig who also made Little Women: (budget $40 million)
Produced by
Denise Di Novi
Adam Merims
Arnon Milchan
Rachel O’Connor
Evelyn O’Neill
Amy Pascal
Robin Swicord
Starring Saoirse. Ronan – who was in The French Dispatch –
Ben Adler
Wes Anderson
Frédéric Blum
Roman Coppola
Jeremy Dawson
Christoph Fisser
Henning Molfenter
John Peet
Octavia Peissel
Steven Rales
Charlie Woebcken
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) budget $8 million
Albert Berger
Michael Beugg
Jeb Brody
David T. Friendly
Bart Lipton
Peter Saraf
Marc Turtletaub
Ron Yerxa
Note: I cut this short – because there was no need to list the hundreds of people I found.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by
Deb Johnson. Reason: my list was incredibly long - and I didn't want to burden the system
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What I learned doing this lesson was patience. I was lost most of the time, then finally figured out how to get to the info I needed.
Lin’s Target Market
The 26th Apprentice
Logline: In 1974 a young, petite woman forces her way into a 4 year, all male, electrical apprenticeship program where she is clearly not wanted and gains their respect, changes their opinion of women in the trades and becomes the first woman electrician journeyman in the state of California.
Genre: Bio/Drama
Movies:
– North Country
– The Zookeeper’s Wife
– Only the Brave
– Geronimo: An American Legend
– Antwone Fisher
Actors:
– Ella Anderson
– Emma Myers
– Florence Pugh
– Thad Luckinbill
– Danny Ramirez
North Country
Producers:
Helen Buck Bartlett … executive producer (as Helen Bartlett)
Doug Claybourne … executive producer
Nana Greenwald … executive producer
Chris Salvaterra … production executive
Jeff Skoll … executive producer
Valerie Flueger Veras … associate producer (as Valerie Flueger)
Nick Wechsler … producer
This movie was directed by Niki Caro. Niki’s projects include:
The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
McFarland, USA (2015)
Whale Rider (2002)
The Zookeeper’s Wife
Jeff Abberley … producer
Julia Blackman … executive producer: Scion Films
Marc Butan … executive producer
Jessica Chastain … executive producer
Diane Miller Levin … producer
Mickey Liddell … executive producer
Katie McNeill … co-producer
Jennifer Monroe … executive producer
Jamie Patricof … producer
Joanne Sennitt … executive producer: Scion Films
Pete Shilaimon … executive producer
Michael Tollin … executive producer (as Mike Tollin)
Robbie Tollin … executive producer (as Robbie Rowe Tollin)
Kevan Van Thompson … executive producer
Kim Zubick … producer
Only the Brave
Producers:
Lorenzo di Bonaventura … producer
Bruce Franklin … co-producer
Erik Howsam … producer
Thad Luckinbill … producer
Trent Luckinbill … producer
Emma McGill … associate producer
Michael Menchel … producer
Dawn Ostroff … producer
Jon Schumacher … co-producer
Ellen H. Schwartz … executive producer
Molly Smith … producer
Jeremy Steckler … producer
This movie was directed by Joseph Kosinski. Joseph’s projects include:
Top Gun: Maveric (2022)
Oblivion (2013)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Top Gun: Maveric
Jerry Bruckheimer … producer
John K. Campbell … associate producer: Jerry Bruckheimer Films (as John Campbell)
Emily Cheung … associate producer
Tom Cruise … producer
David Ellison … producer
Don Ferrarone … associate producer
Dana Goldberg … executive producer
Don Granger … executive producer
Tommy Harper … executive producer
Christopher McQuarrie … producer
Chad Oman … executive producer
Melissa Reid … associate producer
Mike Stenson … executive producer
Oblivion
Jesse Berger … executive producer
Peter Chernin … producer
Emily Cheung … associate producer
Dylan Clark … producer
Bruce Franklin … co-producer
Steve Gaub … co-producer
Duncan Henderson … producer
Joseph Kosinski … producer
Mike Larocca … co-producer
Barry Levine … producer
R.J. Mino … co-producer
Dave Morrison … executive producer
Justin Springer … executive producer
Tron: Legacy
Sean Bailey … producer
Bruce Franklin … associate producer
Steve Gaub … co-producer
Justis Greene … co-producer
Donald Kushner … executive producer
Steven Lisberger … producer
Jeffrey Silver … producer
Justin Springer … co-producer
Brigham Taylor … production executive
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Tasha’s Target Market
What I learned doing this assignment is it only takes 15 minutes to find 50 producers. It only takes 15 minutes to find 50 opportunities. Also, doing a search on keywords from your title will most likely yield a large and comprehensive list of movies that are similar to yours. They might not all be blockbusters, but they will have producers attached to them.
Title: Dating with Demons
Logline: Lonely-heart Bethany would like a shot at love, but her possession really messes up her dating life.
Genre: Horror
Five (or more)Similar Movies
1. My Best Friend’s Exorcism
2. Bad Exorcists
3. The Pope’s Exorcist
4. The Exorcism of God
5. Jennifer’s Body
6. Exorcism of the 7th Demon
7. Exorcist Master
8. Teenage Exorcist
Five or more Actors:
1. Lili Reinhart
2. Kathryn Newton
3. James Ransone
4. Manny Jacinto
5. Joseph Quinn
List of Producers
1. Tripp Vinson
2. Beau Flynn
3. Atilla Salih Yücer
4. Christopher H. Warner
5. Ryan Turek
6. James G. Robinson
7. David Gordon Green
8. Stephanie Allain
9. Eddie Siebert
10. Macdara Kelleher
11. Michael Patrick Kaczmarek
12. Jeanette Volturno
13. Jason Reitman
14. Mason Novick
15. Daniel Dubiecki
16. Kevin J. Messick
17. Ali Mendes
18. Ron McLeod
19. Lauryn Kahn
20. Marc Silvestri
21. Roger Mincheff
22. Andre Lamal
23. Carol Kottenbrook
24. Scott Einbinder
25. J.S. Cardone
26. Malek Akkad
27. David Thwaites
28. Rick A Osako
29. Sean Gowrie
30. Ryan Freimann
31. Zanne Devine
32. Jamie Lee Curtis
33. Nathan Miller
34. Isaac Klausner
35. Steven Schneider
36. Samson Mucke
37. Angela Mancuso
38. John Baldecchi
39. Seth William Meier
40. Phillip Dawe
41. Betsy Sullenger
42. Sean Robins
43. Todd Garner
44. Andy Fickman
45. Bryan Brucks
46. Lindsay Williams
47. Grady Hendrix
48. Michael Flynn
49. Joe Torres
50. Joe Siedl
51. Alvaro Gonzalez Kuhn
52. Adrian Geyer
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Ken’s Target Market
What I learned during this lesson is how to search through IMDBPro, and also while searching, that the low budget Producers offer their contact information more frequently than do mid-range budgets of 15 million+.
Similar projects:
American Psycho
Bad Teacher
Fargo
Dexter
Cocaine Bear
Possible Actors:
Jenna Ortega
Lily Bird
Millie Bobby Brown
Sabrina Carpenter
Lily-Rose Melody Depp
I have a list of 50 Producers, do you want me to type that here? Took me a three hours, but on IMDBPro it’s easy to wander, sometimes good, other times, not so much.
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Bob Kerr: Target Market
What I learned from this assignment is my script is in a genre that has not had a lot of films produced. This means the field is wide open. I am aware of two films that are in production that have a rowing element. My script is the first about a women’s crew at the dawn of Title IX.
Will have to get on iMDBPro to find the producers that I can pitch.
1) Five movies and 5 actors I could consider for source masterial:
a) The Novice
b) Boys In a Boat (In production)
c) Lessons in Chemistry (In production)
d) Oxford Blues
e) Remember the Titans
Actors:
Female role: Male role:
a) Isabelle Fuhran a) Adrian Peck
b) Leslie Armstrong
c) Elaine Cullen
d) Jasmine Carter
Producers: Will need to get on iMDBPro to mine this market.
Title: With All Their Might
Genre: True story/sports
Logline: A single mother finds her way to the first ever rowing crew and leads them to victory.
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ASSIGNMENT 10 Sheila Rinear – Target Market
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Title: Sons
of TreasonLogline: Against the political turmoil that builds to The Hundred Years War, a gifted Mystic interprets the dreams of the English King in search of his own true identity and of his place in this King’s world.
Genre: Historical Drama
What I
learned with this assignment: How incredibly valuable a research tool IMDB is!Make
a list of five or more movies that are similar to yours and five actors
that you might want to play your lead characters.Movies similar to mine:
· Kingdom of Heaven
· Braveheart
· The King
· Outlaw King
· Lincoln
· Mary, Queen of Scots
· Harriet
· Henry V
· Robert the Bruce
Actors to play lead characters:
· Chris Hemsworth
· Maggie Gyllenhaal
· Regé-Jean Page
· Gal Gadot
Producers to approach for my movie:
1. Karim Abouobavd
2. Mark Albela
3. Bruce Devan
4. Lisa Ellzey
5. Jose Luis Escobar
6. Teresa Kelly
7. Branko Lustig
8. Henning Molfenter
9. Terry Needham
10. Denise O’Dell
11. Thierry Potok
12. Ridley Scott
13. Ty Warren
14. Joel Edgerton
15. Dede Gardner
16. Jeremy Kleiner
17. David Michod
18. David Minkowski
19. Christina Oh
20. Anita Overland
21. Brad Pitt
22. Sylvia Warmer
23. Liz Watts
24. Bill Bennenson
25. Rebecca Cammarata
26. Debra Martin Chase
27. Pen Densham
28. Gregory Allen Howard
29. Shea Kammer
30. Kristina Kendall
31. Charles D. King
32. Elizabeth Koch
33. Jeffrey Lampert
34. Josh McLaughlin
35. Michele Panelli-Venetis
36. Daniela Taplin Lundberg
37. John Watson
38. Tim Bevan
39. Liza Chasin
40. Eric Fellner
41. Amelia Granger
42. Debra Hayward
43. Alex Oakley
44. Kate Parkenham
45. Jane Robertson.
46. Ildiko Kemeny
47. Richard Brown
48. Brian Coffey
49. Steve Golin
50. Danny McGrath
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What I learned is… it’s easier to get producer’s contact info than you might think
Title: Kaleidoscope
Logline: A teenager must save herself and her family from an evil, reality-bending kaleidoscope that turns their home into an inescapable maze of horrors.
Movies that are similar:
Insidious
It Follows
Oculus
Lights Out
Sinister
Truth or Dare
The Wretched
Actors to play lead characters:
Kendall: Emilia Jones, Madison Iseman, Verity Marks, Madison MacIsaac
Nora: Lily Rabe, Madchen Amick, Darby Stanchfield,
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