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Nic CollinsDirector/Writer/Editor/Actor

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary.

Introduction..

Artist Mission Statement.

Artist Vision Statement...

Industry Overview...

Artist Bio, History and Functions..

Other Key Players

Booking Log..

Artist Branding

Training

Press Kit

Video Reel.

Booking.

Representation Strategy..

Social Networking Sites/Promotions..

Special Events/Benefits/Charities...

Partnerships with Other Artists.

SWOT Analysis

Goals..

Financials..

Conclusion

Appendix...

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Nic Collins: Management Plan

Executive Summary

Nic Collins filmmaking-whether its on a short film, music video, or an interview-hasbeen excellent. His work has been featured on The Wall Street Journals website, Journeysstores, NBC Short Cut Film Festival, Dragon*Con, Firestarter Film Festival, and MetropolisFilm Festival. Besides directing, Nic can also write, edit, and act for film. This management planwas meant to help set goals for furthering Nics web presence, establishing his brand, promotinghimself as a filmmaker, and getting booked for paying filmmaking jobs. Managers Bob Reisigand Tim Harnew set many goals for the last 3 months, and these are the ones that werecompleted: create Nics personal website (domain namewww.niccollins.combought, site isunder construction); create Nics business card; create Nics Talent Pool account; Help Niccreate his reel; hire a graphic designer (Emily Tobin) to create a logo for Nic; Hire aphotographer (Ben Fout) to take promotional photos; upgrade Nics IMDB profile; and help Nic

book and negotiate film jobs (ComPsych Corporation, Katz Company). Managements goals forNics future are to: promote the release of Nics short film,Nightmare, when it is released;continue to book Nic for film jobs that pay and have better notoriety; obtain agencyrepresentation for Nic. Since September, Nics new management has completed a lot of greatthings for his career, and now hopes to sign a management agreement with Nic so they cancontinue to help his career, and theirs as well.

Introduction

Managers Bob Reisig and Tim Harnew represent director, writer, editor, and actor NicCollins. As of right now, Bob and Tim are only working as freelance because this is their firstexperience as managers, and it is unsure if they want to pursue managing as a career at this point.Nic is a director from Chicago, IL, who has mostly worked on music videos and short films, buthopes to some day make his way into feature films. Most of Nics work so far has been done probono, so what hed like to have happen through management is obtain more paying film jobs.

Hed also like more high profile projects, as in for a big production company (Fox, NBCUniversal, etc.). Management has also set goals to increase Nics capability of marketing andnetworking with goals like creating a website and business card. Through this plan, Bob and Timhope to gain experience as managers, sign a management agreement with Nic, and help establishtools that will help Nics career in the long run.

For preliminary interview questions, see: Appendix A

Artist Mission Statement

Nic Collins mission is to make visually exciting films and intelligent, enticing story lines

for viewers of his work.
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Artist Vision Statement

Nic Collins vision is to become a successful film director in Hollywood making full-length feature films.

Industry Overview

Although the movie/film industry has suffered the in the past few years, it looks asthough it is finally starting to make a comeback. According to Plunkett Research, 2010 hadstrong numbers for the U.S. box office, and other entertainment industries seen improvement inconsumer spending. Analysts credit this to new forms of entertainment technology that have hadconsumers buzzing. Devices such as Ipads, Ebooks, and even Kinect for video games haveopened another door for the entertainment industry to connect with its consumers. The digitaltechnology is something that must be utilized by the Movie/Film industry.

An estimated 100 million homes and businesses have broadband internet connections, notto mention 75 million people are mobile Internet subscribers. In 2010 there were 293 million cellphone subscriptions in the U.S. and more than 5 billion worldwide. People want to be able to gettheir entertainment whenever they want and wherever they want. You can now watch moviesfrom your cell phone while youre on the train or waiting at the doctors office. Netflix and Hulu

are now what movie stores used to be.

3D Movies should also be mentioned; people will pay more money to go see a movie in3D. Many movie theaters already have 3D capable screens but televisions are now starting tobecome 3D enabled as well. All this new technology can be utilized to connect with consumersand raise profits for companies in the industry.

Filmmakers like Nic need to take into account it may be a better option to release a movie

online or through any digital media outlet since they are starting to become the new trend.Making a movie in 3D is also a good way to produce more revenue since consumers are willingto spend extra money to see a 3D film.

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Artist Bio, History and Functions

Nic Collins Bio

Chicago director Nic Collins work has accumulated a lot of buzz locally, nationally, andeven internationally. Hip-hop artist Vic Mensa and Kids These Days music video My Days,which was directed and edited by Nic, was posted on the Wall Street Journals website, has been

aired in hundreds of Journeys stores in Canada and the U.S., and was even displayed on thedefault page for popular social media site Tumblr. His short films have also garnered attraction,from venues such as NBC Shortcuts Film Festival, Dragon*Con, Firestarter Film Festival andMetropolis Film Festival. This summer, Nic wrote, directed, and is currently editing the short
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filmNightmare, which is scheduled for release in November 2011. Other notable works by Nic

are short filmLegacy (wrote/directed/edited), an interview with Mac Miller (directed/edited) anda local anti-littering PSA (wrote/directed/edited).

Key Players

Bob Reisig, Personal Manager:

Bob Reisig is a musician, an actor, and an entertainment/talent manager. He has alsohelped on numerous film projects (Boom City comedy shorts), interned at Pressure PointRecording Studios (studied under engineers Brian Cabby and Steve Kovacs), and presented andproduced local live concerts. His knowledge and experience in music and film makes himsuitable to manage anyone in the aforementioned industries.

Phone: (630) 386-7378

Email: [email protected]

Tim Harnew, Personal Manager:

Tim Harnew is a guitarist/manager hailing the south suburbs of Chicago. He is a currentstudent at Columbia College Chicago working towards obtaining his Music Business degree. Inhis time there hes learned what it takes to get a music career started from the ground up. Healready has experience booking and promoting his own bands and is always open to workingwith new people.

Tim Harnew has been playing guitar for over 8 years and has much experience withdifferent genres of music as well as a vast knowledge of music equipment and the local musicscene. His most recent band Marietta had success in the Chicago area and played such venues asSubterranean and The Korova. He has recently partnered with Bob Reisig to manage film makerNic Collins.

Phone: (708) 277-5542Email: [email protected]

For other key players, see: Appendix BFor Bob and Tims business cards, see: Appendix C

Booking Log

Management has pursued film jobs for Nic through different venues of work and projects.The main goal within booking was to get a paying job, so no prospective employees wereapproached offering pro bono work. Also, some of the paying jobs that management contacted

were not in interest to Nic because of the nature of the job. The first job possibility thatmanagement was given from Chris Badowski, a web content specialist. It was a producing job,and the employer was seeking someone who also had a journalism degree, so it made no sense toget Nic a job as a role he wouldnt want and wasnt qualified for.


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Management also contact various film and video companies (JKS Productions, Manning

Productions, Video One Productions, 222 Films) but received no response. Other peoplecontacted, with no response, were Cindy Harris Kuhn (VP of Marketing at ComPsychCorporation) and Something In Construction (small record label in Chicago).

The contacts that management had the most success with booking were another employeeat ComPsych Corporation (Anita Madison, VP of Training and Consulting), artist KatzCompanys management (Kelly McCormick), and DJ Sean Mac (worked with Nic before on

short film City Of Angels). Management is currently in talks/negotiations to book Nic witheach of these contacts, and is hoping to secure employment soon.

A new strategy is being devised for booking by contacting more record companies andfilm companies, to reach out to Nics current strengths and his future goals.

For booking log, see: Appendix D

Artist Branding

The following logo was made by Emily Tobin, a graphic designer hired by management,to help brand the name Nic Collins as a professional filmmaker who will be recognized for hisname and his work.

It was chosen over a few other designs after management determining that it looked themost professional. Emily also created a business card design for Nic, which management thenprinted out copies for him to be able to give out for networking purposes. Nics fellow filmmakerBen Fout was also hired by management to take some promotional photos. These will befeatured on Nics IMDB, his website, and his social networking sites. These tools will continueto be used to help promote Nics name as a successful filmmaker in Chicago.

For other logos created in the process, see: Appendix EFor Nics business card design and promotional photos, see: Appendix F

Training

Nic Collins is currently attending Columbia College Chicago pursuing a degree in

filmmaking with a concentration in directing for his seventh academic semester in college. Heplans on graduating in May of 2012. Outside of school, Nic mainly has experience directing andediting music videos (My Days, Kids These Days ft. Vic Mensa; Got Me Gone, GLC), shortfilms (Legacy, Nightmare), and also filming interviews (music artist Mac Miller, Chicago


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filmmaker Davy Greenberg). With his experience and his education, Nic Collins has proven that

he has the skills and abilities to produce great film work.

Management has discussed with Nic if he needs any more instruction onfilmmaking, and he feels that he does not require any further classes or lessons. In the future,management would only like to suggest that Nic research the film industry in LA, if that is wherehe really wants to live a year from now. In addition, he is applying to attend Columbia CollegesSemester in LA program in the summer of 2012.

Press Kit

For anyone who is involved in filmmaking, an IMDB account is not only the personsbio, along with some general information and a photo, but most importantly is a list of any andall projects they have done and all of the work performed on those projects (i.e. directing,producing, acting, etc.). Nic already had an IMDB page prior to his current management, but it

had not been updated in a long time. Management paid for Nic to upgrade his profile so that hecould edit it himself. This is a screenshot of what Nic Collins IMDB page looked like beforemanagement edited it:

This is a screenshot of what Nic Collins IMDB page looks like after management editedit:


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Unfortunately, management and Nic could not update the IMDB profile view to theextent that they had wished because IMDB needs to approve everything. In the future,management will look into this further to help his IMDB profile look even better. Here is proofthat the information is on his IMDB resume, waiting for the sites approval:


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Video Reel

In order to book him for jobs, management decided that Nic should make a video reelshowcasing some of his best work. As a director and editor proficient in Final Cut Pro, Nic madehis own reel featuring clips from work hes done on short filmLegacy, short film/promo videofor artist DJ Sean Mac, short filmNightmare, and music video My Days by artist Vic Mensaand Kids These Days. This reel will help promote the great work that Nic can do, and help him

acquire jobs. This is a screenshot of Nic Collins Vimeo page athttp://vimeo.com/niccollins,where his reel can be viewed:
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Other than his reel, Nic Collins Vimeo page showcases all of his best work separately, atfull length. The 13 videos that he has uploaded (including his reel) have over 2000 views in total,

just on his Vimeo page.

Booking

Nic Collins is currently in negotiations to be booked on two directing jobs with the helpof his managers:

Directing and editing training/industrial videos for ComPsych Corporation

Management and Nic met with ComPsych Corporation to discuss the nature of thejob, along with compensation and other terms, on November 18th, 2011. ComPsychCorporation seemed excited to work with Nic on the training video project (three 3-5 minute videos), and asked Management to then type up a proposal. A proposalwas turned in November 28th, 2011. ComPsych Corporation then responded throughemail that it would most likely get back to Management after the first of the year,due to end of the year requirements within the company.

Directing and editing a music video for artist Katz Company

Kelly McCormick, one of the managers of Katz Company, approached managementon November 17th, 2011, showing interest to work with Nic for a music video forher client. We gave her Nics quote and waited for a response. Two weeks later, on


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December 1st, 2011, Kelly again approached management stating that due to

scheduling and finance, Katz Company would not be able to immediately work withNic but will contact us again when they are ready to make the video.

For proof of booking and negotiations, see: Appendix G

Representation Strategy

Nic aspires to one day go to Hollywood and become a director of feature films. To helpbook him for these jobs, he will need to be represented by a reputable agent. A mock letter hasbeen written, for when the time comes, to send to an agent or agency in LA. Here are 5 agentsthat management researched and found contact information for; management plans on contactingthem in the near future:

Stuart Manashil: Talent Agent, CAA, 1 (424) 288-2000,[email protected]

Jeff Gorin: Talent Agent, WME, 1 (310) 248-2000

Sue Rodgers: Talent Agent, Independent Talent Group, 44 (207) 363-6565

Craig Gering: Talent Agent, CAA, 1 (424) 288-2000,[email protected]

Chris Harbert: Talent Agent, CAA, 1 (424) 288-2000,[email protected]

These talent agents were found using Nics IMDB account and were determined a goodsuit for Nic based on the similar talent that they represent. In an effort to gain representation forNic from one of these agents, managements plan is call-and most likely leave a message with-the agent, and also send a cover letter through email with a link to Nics website so they canview his reel. Callbacks are important as well, to make sure they have received our message andto let them know that management is serious about representation for Nic.

For representation strategy letter, see: Appendix H

Social Networking Sites/Promotions

Nic utilizes Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr to connect with friends, fans, and viewers ofhis work. He has 559 Facebook friends and 153 Twitter followers as of December 14th, 2011.Nic uses these social networking sites not only for personal uses, but also for the promotions ofhis film work. For example, he recently used all 3 of these venues to promote the release of theteaser trailer for his short film Nightmare on December 11th, 2011. Since posting the Nightmareteaser trailer online, the video has gained 201 views, 3 likes, and one comment. Online socialnetworks have proven useful and successful in the promoting of Nics work and will continue to

be used this way in the future.
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Special Events/Benefits/Charity

Nic has submitted work for a few film festivals; his short filmLegacy was shown at thefollowing film festivals, prior to receiving management:

NBC Shortcuts Film Festival

Dragon*Con

Firestarter Film Festival

Metropolis Film Festival

These film festivals dont just admit every film that they receive, so the fact that Nicsfilm was submitted and accepted by these festivals shows how great his filmmaking skills are.Along with submitting his films to these festivals, Nic has also done some pro bono film work,including an anti-littering PSA played in movie theaters across the US.

Partnerships with Other Artists

Nic has worked with many different artists in the past. He has directed videos for thefollowing music artists:

Vic Mensa and Kids These Dayso Nic directed the video for their song My Days.

2 of Diamondso Nic directed the video for their song Better Dayz featuring fellow

Chicago musician Chris Mathien.

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o Nic directed the video for his song Got Me Gone.

DJ Sean Maco Nic directed his short promotional video City Of Angels.

Mac Millero Nic edited an interview with him for imflashy.com.

Nic has also worked with these Chicago filmmakers:

Davy Greenbergo Director of music videos and other music related film work, Davy is based

out of Chicago and has worked with many artists, like Wiz Khalifa andLupe Fiasco. Nic helped direct and film an interview with him in a video forsmall film company TEHO.


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Ryan Farmer

o Film producer and Columbia College Chicago student, Ryanproduced Nicsshort filmNightmare.

Ben Fouto Cinematographer, filmmaker, and Columbia College Chicago student, Ben

worked on Nics short filmNightmare this summer.

Ryan Hardero Engineer for live sound, sound for on-location film shoots, and sound

mixing for film in post, Ryan is currently working on the sound in Nicsshort filmNightmare in post-production.

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

-Good with actors, is able get a good performance-Has good vision for his films-Good Editor (proficient with final cut pro)-Has had film directing experience (Nightmare, Legacy)-Has had a lot of experience making hip-hop music videos

Weaknesses

-Bad with money-Limited budget-Unorganized

Opportunities

-Has worked with big name artists (Vic Mensa, Kids These Days, GLC)-Student at Columbia College Chicago-Connections-Talent Pool-Twitter (has gotten gigs through the social website)

Threats

-Limited availability-Other Columbia students (directors)-Davy Greenberg (steals artists)

-TEHO (bad history with owner)


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Goals

3 months:

-Obtain employment for Nic with paid gigs (industrials, commercials, major musicvideos, films, etc.)-Create personal website (use graphic designer Emily Tobin)-Create Nics business card (use graphic designer Emily Tobin)-Create a talent pool account-Update Nics personal IMDB-Make sure all social media is up to date (twitter, tumblr)-Create logo for Nic (use graphic designer Emily Tobin)-Create personal budget-Promote release of short film Nightmare

6 months:

-Sign with agency (national agency)-Steady flow of projects (commercials, music videos, films, etc.)

1 year:-Living off of directing gigs (no other jobs)-Filming higher profile projects (music videos, films)-Living in LA-Graduate college

3 years:

-First major directing deal

5 years +:

-Major Hollywood film director-Able to choose his projects

Financial

To support his pet project this summer, short filmNightmare, Nic fundraised over $1,000using the website Indie Go Go. Unfortunately, Nic went over budget and had to fuel the projectwith some of his own money. Also, to help him with his own finances, management created apersonal budget for Nic that has helped him save money and taught him to be less frugal with hisspending.

For a look at NicsNightmare budget and personal budget, see: Appendix I


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Conclusions

The Film Industry is hard to break into, but Nic is well on his way to becoming a majorplayer. His range of skills and style give him the opportunity of working on any number ofdifferent projects he can find.

His excellent past work with music videos gives him a good selling point for obtainingmore music video jobs, which can become very lucrative. His creative ideas have been portrayedwell through his short films, which garner a lot of good recognition. He also has the option ofdoing other kinds of oddball film work like a PSA, interviews, commercials, etc.

This management plan shows the great experience and ability that Nic Collins has as afilmmaker. His goal now is to obtain proper agent representation to help him get booked formore jobs, and better jobs, as his career progresses. For the purposes of this project, agentrepresentation hasnt been approached, but that is a goal set for management to achieve in the

future. This management plan clearly shows evidence that the opportunities of an agentrepresenting Nic are as great and lucrative as Nics opportunities in his filmmaking career.

From this experience, managers Bob Reisig and Tim Harnew have learned of all of thehardships of managing talent, but have also enjoyed the challenge of pursuing booking andhelping the career of another. They now hope to continue into the future as managers, andthrough this plan executed thus far, they hope to sign a management agreement with Nic andhelp to sign him to a successful agent to take his career to a whole new level of success.


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Appendix

Appendix A

0. What are their goals? (3 months, 1 year and 5 year) Will you be able to achieve those 3-month goals with them or are you in over your head? Are you on the same page andheading in the same direction regarding their goals?

0.0. Do they currently have a headshot and resume? How current are the photos?0.0. Do they currently have any of the following:0.0. Website (personal or affiliated with any other entertainment websites)?0. Social networking sites ( will you be allowed access to any of these?)0. Reel

0.What type of training has your talent had?

0. Do they absolutely love what they do? Are they doing what they do for the love of it or dothey want to make a million dollars and live in a mansion on the hill? Either way, can youhandle it?

0.0. Do they have any existing deals (management, productions, theater or dance company?) Will

any of these deals conflict with or complicate your involvement? Can they legally moveforward with you or do you have to buy somebody out, co-manage with somebody else,help get the artist out of an existing contract, etc?

0.0. Where do they live? City. How often have you agreed to contact each other regarding this

project? And how? (in-person, internet, phone)0.0. Do they belong to any unions, organizations, associations or guilds? Do they have any

contracts that affect your involvement with them?0.0. Have they had an agent or a manager previously? If so, what is the status of that relationship?0.0. Are you interested and ready for agency representation? Any plans on moving to LA or

NYC?0.0. What do they believe are their strengths and their weaknesses as an artist?0.0. From the artist point of view, what do they believe is their mission statement? (What does the

artist offer to their audience? what is the essence of their craft? What makes them

different from any other actor or dancer out there?)0.What was your last booking (show, performance, etc.)? How did you obtain that booking?

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Appendix B

Ryan Farmer, Producer:

Ryan Farmer was born and raised in Boise, Idaho. While growing up he passed the timeplaying pranks, improvising skits and blowing stuff up, all of which was filmed on a camera thesize of his torso. However much fun this may have been, sports, girls and a combination of thetwo soon took priority. In high school when the cleats got put away his junior year Ryan turnedto other extracurricular activities such as acting. While in the acting program his senior year ofhigh school Ryan wrote/directed two pieces which went to state finals and acted in a third whichwon it. After taking a few film classes and joining the broadcasting program at his school thecamera came back out and Ryan decided to attend Columbia College Chicago. Now a JuniorRyan has won runner up in his school's 'Take One Film Festival' and been selected for screeningsat 'CineYouth Film Festival' for a film he made freshman year. Ryan has worked with various

artists such as Kids These Days, LEP Bogus Boys, Bun B and Two of Diamonds. He hasrecently completed a documentary for LDRS (a fashion company) and Adidas Original, whichwill be releasing shortly and last summer produced a short film; raising 1,200 dollars for itsbudget, finding food donors to feed crew and negotiating location agreements. The film will bereleasing this winter and was a film made by Ryan, Nic Collins and Ben Fout all of who arefriends and frequent collaborators.

Ben Fout, Cinematographer:

Ben Fout is a student at Columbia College Chicago. He is currently working on variousfilms and collaborating with the wonderful people he's met along the way. He will beconcentrating on Cinematography and Directing. Wining awards in Aspen shorts fest, ChicagoInternational Film Fest Cineyouth, Columbia's Take One Film Fest and Rocky Mountain Studentfilm fest, Ben is ready and willing to work hard and creatively.

Ryan Harder, Sound Designer:

Raised in strict but loving house, Ryan Harder was able to launch his career and living pathmuch sooner than others his age. It was his sophomore year of high school that Ryan was firstoffered an audio job as an equipment tech and from there, hes never worked a regular 9-5 jobin his life. Ryan pursued his audio career through high school, setting up for allkinds of events and bands, with his first important sound job being a concert with Gym ClassHeroes at Lake Forrest College.

After graduating high school, Ryan enrolled at Columbia College Chicago where he tookclasses in Live Sound Reinforcement, where he discovered that his real passion was to work onsound for films. Since making his way into the film industry, Ryan has been on many different

kinds of shoots with all types of people and has even found his way back into the live soundindustry. Some of the more notable artists Ryan has worked with are Common, Judas Priest,Wale, Pearl Jam and The Hood Internet. He has also worked with great companies like MTVVMA's, B96 and Nintendo.


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When he is not working, Ryan networks with fellow Columbia students by doing sound ontheir films, such as Nic Collins (on his short filmNightmare) and Sky Wang for his FinalRevision. As a sound designer and operator it has been his task to make a good product whilehaving the proper people skills to work in any and all environments with all types of people.Ryan hopes to one day be involved in a permanent project or company that can achieve greatsuccess and media attention.

Tyler Holme, Writer/Editor:

Tyler Holme first became serious about film when he joined the Video Production classat his Lee M. Thurston High School in Redford, Michigan. The class would put on the dailyannouncements and Tyler would make videos for in between the segments, which went oververy well with the student body. He also entered into some high school film and video festivalswith a great deal of success.

Tyler transferred to Columbia College Chicago after his freshman year at the Universityof Michigan to help further pursue his career in film and build up his portfolio, along withlearning the film industry itself. Tyler has recently started taking classes at the Second City toincrease his range of filmmaking with writing and producing.

Emily Tobin, Graphic Designer:

Emily Tobin studies Graphic Design at Columbia College. She has had experience withPhotoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign for 3 years. She enjoys working with different media outletsand has completed a wide range of projects from business cards to auction booklet covers,invitations and much more. In the future, Emily hopes to design movie posters and other workthat expresses creative art. She wants to work with people and help to create a vision that theysee but don't know how to create themselves. Emily is very creative and loves to see the workshe has completed and to see other people enjoy it too.


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Appendix C

Phone: 708.277.5542

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Appendix D

Nic Collin'sBooking Log(partial)

Date

Who wascontacted?(company,production)

Who wascontacted?(person) Contact Info (email, phone, etc)

Job Type (directing,producing, etc.)

Did theyrespond?

10/16/11 Chris Badowski Chris Badowski [email protected] N/A Yes11/4/11 JKS Productions Josh Siegers (708) 243-7248 Editing No

11/4/11ManningProductions Doug Manning http://www.manningproductions.com/contact/

Directing, editingvideos No

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Cindy HarrisKuhn, VPMarketing Cindy Harris Kuhn [email protected] N/A No

11/17/11 Kelly McCormick Kelly McCormick [email protected], editing,music video Yes

11/18/11ComPsychCorporation Anita Madison [email protected]

Directing, editing,industrials (trainingvideos) Yes

11/22/11Video OneProductions Irwin Myers [email protected] No

11/22/11 222 Films Kurt Branstetter [email protected] No

12/1/11Something InConstruction N/A http://www.somethinginconstruction.com/ N/A No

12/13/11 DJ Sean Mac DJ Sean Mac N/ADirecting, editing,short film Yes
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Appendix E


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Appendix F


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Appendix G

Directing Employment Agreement

Introduction.This Director Employment Agreement (Agreement) is between Nic Collins(Director) and ComPsych Corporation (Client). Director agrees to make three 3-5 minuteinstructional videos for client by the date of April 1st, 2012.

Services. Director will perform the following services for Client:

Filming of the project.

Any required pre-production and post-production activities.

Hiring of any additional staff or crew to assist with project.

Client will provide necessary scripts and content requirements. Client has the option of using

Director for any assistance with writing of scripts and content. Client agrees to provide actors asneeded. Client will retain final cut authority.

The Term. The term of this Agreement will end on April 1, 2012 or when project is finished ifproject is finished before April 1, 2012.

Compensation. This project will be considered a work for hire. For performing the Serviceslisted within this Agreement, Client is required to pay Director a fee of$XXXXXX. This fee willcover any and all expenses Director incurs while performing the Services listed within thisAgreement. 50% of payment will be due when contract is signed and the remaining 50% will bepaid in full by April 1st, 2012 or by completion of project if project is completed before April 1st,2012.

Name and Likeness. Director agrees to allow Client the right to use and display his likeness inconnection with the project.

Mediation; Arbitration. If a dispute arises under this Agreement, the parties agree to first try toresolve the dispute with the help of a mutually agreed-on mediator in Illinois. Any costs and feesother than attorney fees will be shared equally by the parties. If it is impossible to arrive at amutually satisfactory solution within a reasonable time, the parties agree to submit the dispute tobinding arbitration in the same city or region, conducted on a confidential basis pursuant to theCommercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any decision or awardas a result of any arbitration proceeding will include the assessment of costs, expenses, andreasonable attorneys fees and a written determination by the arbitrators. Absent an agreement tothe contrary, any such arbitration will be conducted by and arbitrator experienced in filmindustry law. An award of arbitration is final and binding on the Director and may be confirmedin a court of competent jurisdiction. The prevailing party has the right to collect from the other

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General. Because this Agreement is a work for hire, Client may use finished products as theywish once it is finished. Director has the right to reference work done with Client whenapproaching future prospective projects, as long as there is no conflict with this Agreement.

If these terms and conditions are agreeable, please sign and execute this Agreement.

Signatures.MY SIGNATURE BELOW INDICATES THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THISAGREEMENT AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF MY RIGHT TO SEEK INDEPENDENTLEGAL REPRESENTATION REGARDING THIS AGREEMENT.

Name of Client or Representative of Client (Printed)

Clients Signature

Date

Name of Director (Printed)

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Appendix H

November 22, 2011

Mr. Talent AgencyFilm makers Agency5555 Money StreetHollywood, Ca

Dear Mr. Agency:

My Name is Tim Harnew and I am representing filmmaker Nic Collins. Nic is a new director inthe Hollywood area after moving from Chicago. Nic is interested in directing commercials,films, and music video productions. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a

degree in film making in 2012.

Nic has directed numerous videos/films including a music video for the band Kids These Daysthat has been played in Journeys stores in Canada and the United States. Some of his morerecent work includes his latest film Nightmare that is scheduled to be released in December.Nics other works include PSAs, interviews, promos, and other short films.

Thank you for taking the time to read this cover letter, we look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Tim Harnew

13727, 80th ave.Orland Park IL, [email protected]

*A reel of Nics work would also be sent with the cover letter
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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26-Sep $500.00 Budget

27-Sep $500.00 Weekly (Food, fun,etc.) $100

28-Sep $500.00 Monthly (bills) $500

29-Sep $500.00

30-Sep $420.00

1-Oct $420.00

2-Oct $420.00

3-Oct $420.00

4-Oct $420.00

5-Oct $420.00

6-Oct $420.00

7-Oct $420.00

8-Oct $420.00

9-Oct $420.00

10-Oct $420.00

11-Oct $420.0012-Oct $420.00

13-Oct $420.00

14-Oct $890.00

15-Oct $890.00

16-Oct $890.00

17-Oct $890.00

18-Oct $890.00

19-Oct $890.00

20-Oct $890.00

21-Oct $890.00

22-Oct $890.00

23-Oct $890.00

24-Oct $890.00

25-Oct $890.0026-Oct $890.00

27-Oct $890.00

28-Oct $1,360.00

29-Oct $1,360.00

30-Oct $1,360.00

31-Oct $810.00

1-Nov $810.00

2-Nov $810.00

3-Nov $810.00

4-Nov $810.00

5-Nov $810.00

6-Nov $810.00

7-Nov $810.00

8-Nov $810.00

9-Nov $810.0010-Nov $810.00

11-Nov $1,280.00

12-Nov $1,280.00


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13-Nov $1,280.00

14-Nov $1,280.0015-Nov $1,280.00

16-Nov $1,280.00

17-Nov $1,280.00

18-Nov $1,280.00

19-Nov $1,280.00

20-Nov $1,280.00

21-Nov $1,280.00

22-Nov $1,280.00

23-Nov $1,280.00

24-Nov $1,280.00

25-Nov $1,750.00

26-Nov $1,750.00

27-Nov $1,750.00

28-Nov $1,750.00

29-Nov $1,750.0030-Nov $1,250.00

1-Dec $1,250.00

2-Dec $1,250.00

3-Dec $1,250.00

4-Dec $1,250.00

5-Dec $1,250.00

6-Dec $1,250.00

7-Dec $1,250.00

8-Dec $1,250.00

9-Dec $1,720.00

10-Dec $1,720.00

11-Dec $1,720.00

12-Dec $1,720.00

13-Dec $1,720.0014-Dec $1,720.00

15-Dec $1,720.00

16-Dec $1,720.00

17-Dec $1,720.00

18-Dec $1,720.00

19-Dec $1,720.00

20-Dec $1,720.00

21-Dec $1,720.00

22-Dec $1,720.00

23-Dec $2,190.00

24-Dec $2,190.00

25-Dec $2,190.00

26-Dec $2,190.00

27-Dec $2,190.00

28-Dec $2,190.0029-Dec $2,190.00

30-Dec $2,190.00

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1-Jan $1,640.00

2-Jan $1,640.003-Jan $1,640.00

4-Jan $1,640.00

5-Jan $1,640.00

6-Jan $2,110.00

7-Jan $2,110.00

8-Jan $2,110.00

9-Jan $2,110.00

10-Jan $2,110.00

11-Jan $2,110.00

12-Jan $2,110.00

13-Jan $2,110.00

14-Jan $2,110.00

15-Jan $2,110.00

16-Jan $2,110.00

17-Jan $2,110.0018-Jan $2,110.00

19-Jan $2,110.00

20-Jan $2,580.00

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