The Stage 32 Videos: Financing

A Collection Account is an important tool for producers to protect their investors’ interest in an independent production’s revenues. Although the possibility to recoup an equity investment ultimately depends on the level of sales generated by domestic and international distribution, with a Collection Account, one can make sure that if there are sufficient revenues, the investor gets its correct share, on time. None of the parties of interest, like the producers, sales agent, or others, control the revenues, as this is exclusively in the hands of the neutral, third-party CAM. The benefit for the investors is that they receive transparent reporting about the project’s sales and exploitation and get paid directly by the CAM from funds received in the Collection Account, in accordance with the agreed waterfall. None of the revenues needed to recoup an investor flow through any sales agent, production company or SPV, before reaching the investor.

Are you familiar with Freeway? Freeway provides Collection Account Management, Residual Payroll, Escrow, Data Management, and Production Accounting. All services built around our deep understanding of the challenges faced by parties in the film and TV industry with the production, financing, and distribution of their projects and designed to address key needs for security, transparency, and impartiality. Like when it comes to reporting and handling a production’s sales revenues making sure that all stakeholders receive their correct revenue shares and participations, on time. Or helping clients use sophisticated rights and contract management systems to make the best-informed decisions on the optimal exploitation of their IP and entertainment assets. Our mission is to help filmmakers, and their collaborators get financial peace of mind.

The recoupment schedule, also known as the waterfall outlines how a film’s revenues are distributed among producers, sales agents, financiers, unions, talent, and other back-end participants. A clear and accurately formulated waterfall is crucial for independent film productions, as it determines who gets paid, when, and how much, once the film starts earning revenues from international distribution. Preparing and managing waterfalls is at the core of what we do at Freeway: based on the waterfall, we allocate and disburse the revenues amongst the film’s stakeholders, to make sure that everyone receives their correct revenue share, on time.

As trusted third party collection account manager, we administer your production’s revenues and make sure that all stakeholders and revenue participants receive completely transparent reporting about sales made, royalties received, and revenue shares allocated in accordance with the agreed recoupment schedule or waterfall. Via Freeway Reporting, our online portal, producers, sales agents, and financiers can conveniently follow the exploitation of their projects 24/7. Transparency is the keyword here. With over 25 years of experience as CAM, Freeway professionals guide clients through the entire process from drafting the CAM agreement, to formulating clear and correct recoupment schedules, to the monitoring of sales and receipts with the sales agents, issuing periodic statements at agreed intervals, and finally releasing entitlements from the collection account. Making sure everyone gets paid correctly and on time.

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