b8 Production Services

B8 Services are suited for early stage producers through veterans looking to further the development or structuring, financing, packaging or selling of a film or TV project.

B8 Services reviews each project to determine three critical components:

• Unique / originality of concept
• Marketability within the current media landscape
• Strength of the team and current package

B8 Services is able to tailor our services to best suit projects of any size, genre or need.

B8 Services requests the script, packaging / presentation documents and any current attachments to begin the process.

B8 Services always works to include the requested packaging elements. While there may be instances that this makes the project a more difficult “sell” our team remains honest / transparent with this process.

Buffalo 8 is not currently looking to option material but has worked with B8 Service client projects in the past all the way through successful productions as producers when appropriate.

B8 does not take ownership in any B8 Service projects but is engaged as a work-for-hite contractor.

B8 has an in-house Head of Development Services experienced in development, production, financing and sales who will oversee the daily communications.

B8 Services generally turns around the first draft of materials within 2-4 weeks depending on the complexity of the project needs.

B8 has worked on projects ranging from Sundance winners (2016’s “AS YOU ARE” and “LITTLE MEN”) to Academy Award Winning directed features (Rob Reiner’s “BEING CHARLIE”) to fully packaged and produced projects that began as B8 Service packages and evolved in to production (“LAND OF LEOPOLD”).

• The first direct answer would be that as a company B8 have produced 50 feature projects (see IMDB list here) which is a result of projects B8 have developed, others that B8 have partnered on and others yet that B8 have worked with to help packaging through the Services Divisions.
• The second direct answer would be that as a financing company at BondIt Media Capital (B8’s sister company) we’ve participated in the financing of over 250+ feature projects (see IMDB list here) which is also a similar result of being approached by producers with packaged projects ready to proceed while others need us to help guide the process.

• The major distinction between projects that end up successful vs. those that are not generally comes down the ability of the producers to be reasonable, flexible and realistic in how they approach the marketplace at any given time with the package / resources / team they have assembled.
• B8 Services have a high success rate (greater than 50%) when working with producers who are willing to be partners in the process vs. dictators. Simply, B8 Services has created a lot of content and want to continue producing significant work but guaranteeing a projects green lighting success would be misleading so we remain conservative in our feedback.

B8 Services keeps clients looped in on email, phone and in person discussions across the board and engaged to make all decisions as a joint team..

B8 Services has worked with hundreds of companies and producers in a collaborative fashion and welcomes partners who are well suited to move the project forward.

B8 Services work to prepare each project for senior debt financing (pre-sales, tax credits, limited gap) at BondIt Media Capital. In the event the project is not the right for BondIt, B8 Services will work to re-position the project elsewhere.

Guaranteeing financing for a project is simply not possible but guaranteeing that a project will be fully prepared for presentations to the right / best suited sales, packaging and financing partners is the B8 Services guarantee.

B8 Services is a small and dynamic team that has fixed costs with preparing projects for the marketplace. Further, the landscape of independent producing has changed and therefore a commitment from B8 Service to engage in the project is mutually fulfilled with the service retainer.

B8 Services requires full payment of the retainer (similar to a law firm) prior to engaging in service work.

B8 Services upfront retainer fee is the only cost incurred to the production / producers.

B8 Services welcomes the tailoring and specifying of how best the services can assist each unique project.

B8 Services requires up front payment to engage in any third party project.