Tokenizing Film Finance with Marc Iserlis
Update: 2023-05-09
Description
Marc Iserlis is a film/TV producer and documentary filmmaker joins Village Global's Head of Investor Relations Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi). Marc is currently building tokenized film financing at Republic, an alternative fundraising platform.
Takeaways:
- Marc’s ambition is at Republic is to allow individuals to join in the success of film production through an equity "fan raise" that allows fans of a particular project to invest directly in its production and share in the project’s success.
- The rise of streaming platforms and recent changes in how films are financed has resulted in commoditization.
- China and India’s film industries are rising stars but the US is still the global leader in big films.
- Telling a good story is perhaps the hardest thing in the world to do.
- An audience appreciates subtlety in storytelling. Writers know the right things to withhold from an audience to make it satisfying.
- Stage is an actor’s medium, film is a director’s medium, and TV is a writer’s medium.
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Takeaways:
- Marc’s ambition is at Republic is to allow individuals to join in the success of film production through an equity "fan raise" that allows fans of a particular project to invest directly in its production and share in the project’s success.
- The rise of streaming platforms and recent changes in how films are financed has resulted in commoditization.
- China and India’s film industries are rising stars but the US is still the global leader in big films.
- Telling a good story is perhaps the hardest thing in the world to do.
- An audience appreciates subtlety in storytelling. Writers know the right things to withhold from an audience to make it satisfying.
- Stage is an actor’s medium, film is a director’s medium, and TV is a writer’s medium.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup
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