B Savitt
New York, NY (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Senza Pictures
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Location:
New York
Industry:
Entertainment
Year Founded:
2000
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
Founded in 2000 by producer and entrepreneur Brandi Savitt, Senza Pictures is a full service development and production company. We specialize in creating, developing, and producing original content including feature films, dramatic and documentary television, as well as innovative video and web content for advertisers and music companies. Senza works with top talent and has business alliances with leading production companies, top marketing teams, and distributors around the world. Senza is looking to raise capital for a slate of four feature films each with strong packages and advantageous financing structures. Senza also plans to grow the infrastructure of the company by expanding our core staff to support more production and increase our in house marketing division. (URL removed).
Our current feature film slate includes projects that range from $6-$25million per picture. By combining classic financing structures with global production partnerships, pre-sales, domestic tax incentives, and cost effective and innovative target marketing strategies, Senza’s goal is to reduce risk by increasing incentives and security for our investors upfront while focusing on ensuring the commercial success of the motion pictures we produce.
The first film in the slate scheduled for production is the supernatural thriller The Dreamer (see attached proposal). Senza and Tornasol Films (Madrid) will begin shooting The Dreamer October 2008 in Galicia, Spain. One third of the film’s $6million budget and 100% of the total cash flow has been secured. We are looking for the remaining $4million of the budget to guarantee production and initial premarketing expenses while we pre-sell the remaining international markets. Up & coming Spanish director Norberto Lopez Amado is attached to direct, and we are currently working with a high profile casting director to cast our lead talent.
In addition to our slate of projects, Senza is also looking to expand the company on a macro level by increasing our yearly production and growing our sales and marketing staff to develop and implement an in house marketing and distribution branch that will work in conjunction with traditional domestic and foreign distributors to maximize exposure and sales of both original and acquired film & video content.
We believe that now is the time to take advantage of the changing entertainment market and that there is great opportunity to help reestablish new industry standards and profit as new technology redefines the face of delivery, marketing, and exhibition of film, TV, and ancillary content.