CFI - Cinematic Forecasting and Investment Assurance LLC ™

Investor Opportunities in Motion Picture Profits through Feature Film Box-Office Forecasts / Pre-Production Script Development / Cinematic Archetype Casting / Component Formulation Design / U.S. and Global Market Consulting & Mass Audience Forecasting

1.1 future film forecasts

1.2 last weekend forecast

1.3 - 2011 profits & loss

1.4 - 2010 profits & loss

1.5 - 2009 profits & loss

1.6 - 2008 profits & loss

1.7 - 2007 profits & loss

1.8 - 2006 profits & loss

1.9 - 2005 profits & loss

1.10 - 2004-2002 charts

1.11 - 2001-1999 charts

1.12 CFI CONTACT INFO

2.1 intro to CFI

2.2 twenty-one questions

2.3 beta-testing complete

2.4 products & services

2.5 application & benefit

2.6 comparing methodology

2.7 client applications

2.8 four screen dynamics

2.9 playability errors

2.10 quadrant solutions

2.11 forecasting accuracy

2.12 edge on competition

3.1 film components

3.2 simple components

3.3 complex components

3.4 resolution components

3.5 horrific components

3.6 the two behaviorisms

3.7 audience psychology

3.8 suspending disbeliefs

3.9 four media approach

3.10 reading their faces

3.11 observing audiences

3.12 observing emotions

4.1 archetype vs. stereo

4.2 modern archetypes

4.3 good/bad guys ID key

4.4 line by line paradigm

4.5 face mapping tools

4.6 the classic archetype

4.7 casting examples

4.8 writers and archetype

4.9 subtypes & essences

4.10 act as VS. act like

4.11 Jung archetypal map

4.12 the MBDI vs. MBTI

5.1 script consulting

5.2 assist flow chart

5.3 production benefits

5.4 database tracking

5.5 client confidential

5.6 forecast fallibility

5.7 how the others fail

5.8 weekend mentality

5.9 neuromarketing news

5.10 neuromarket article

5.11 film neuromarketing

5.12 older methodologies

6.1 old studio systems

6.2 studio system assists

6.3 agent & mgr. benefits

6.4 improvements 4 talent

6.5 attending to imagery

6.6 the best attributes

6.7 talent research

6.8 star power ratings

6.9 star client results

6.10 secret sex chemistry

6.11 archetype inventory

6.12 sub-type inventory

7.1 CFI contact info

7.2 similar companies

7.3 actor archetype lists

7.4 bibliography to study

7.5 urls continued study

7.6 ROIs for 1999 & 2000

7.7 ROIs for 2001 & 2002

7.8 ROIs for 2003 & 2004

7.9 ROIs for 2005 & 2006

7.10 ROIs for 2007 & 2008

7.11 ROIs for 2009 - 2010

7.12 ROIs for 2011 - 2012

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WEEKEND MENTALITIES are fine ... but

ALL THE OPENING WEEKEND MONEY IN THE WORLD ... won't make an audience run tell all their friends to go see a movie they didn't like.  In fact, if the picture doesn't live up to their giant expectations created by the guys in marketing, they will vengefully tell ALL their friends NOT to go see the film!


Opening weekend marketing can only work as long as the product is worthy to receive the consumer's personal verification through word of mouth advertising.  Mass marketing alone cannot create a worthy product -- it can only portend there is the possibility of such. Those who scream the loudest and achieve opening weekend notoriety can only succeed if they have previously overcome the enigmatic errors of motion picture storytelling. Great marketing can never compensate for a film containing too many component errors.

THE PROOF OF THESE ARE THE NUMEROUS STAR-POWERED, HIGH-PRICED, ULTA-HYPED, MAJOR MOTION PICTURES THAT FAIL TO LIVE UP TO DISTRIBUTOR'S EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIRE IMAGINATIVE HIND-SIGHT EXCUSES THAT BLAME ANYTHING THEY CAN THINK INSTEAD OF THE REAL REASONS - BECAUSE IF THEY HAD KNOWN THE REAL REASONS THEY WOULD HAVE FIXED THEM TO BEGIN WITH.

It's not what the story is all about or how much you can hype it up with marketing that counts -- every story in the world is worth a tell, as long as you tell it well. HOW YOU TELL a story, is what lifts a story into glory. As long as you've connected the components correctly, your marketing need not be so large as to increase the audience's own expectancies, but only be as large as the audience would have proportionately expected it to be. Anything more is a waste of time and production money....

Implementing component dynamics correctly while telling a story is what blesses an audience with the pleasure of trusting your tell. The correct dynamics provide the formulas they desperately need and intimately trust in order to risk their reputations of artistic judgments on -- to encourage their friends to go see -- and to go see it again themselves.

Your opening audience can enlarge their own existence, in the eyes of their neighbors (and enlarge your pocketbook too) in sharing with their friends and relatives the gratification and satisfaction that your film rewarded to them. But first, you must understand and implement the intimate keys to the over two-hundred motion picture components they subconsciously adore (and avoid those components they psychologically abhor) in order to guarantee product life cycles and achieve the best earnings.

A company with the ability to avoid the pitfalls of ambiguous or obscure storytelling will outshine the competition and place itself in the lucrative position of power and control over a growing worldwide market. A company with the CFI™ formulations will avoid financial loss and maintain the business reputation required to generate market enthusiasm and encourage continuous stock investments.

The ability to consciously avoid errors plaguing every other film company is guaranteed through implementation of risk aversion formulation and audience response psychology. This one simple technology can achieve consistent fulfillment of subconscious priorities deep inside theatrical commodities.

Many affluent corporations continue to pour volumes of cash into hundreds of unenlightened projects in the hope of harvesting enough good product to satiate the digital masses. They'll gladly accept a majority of losses as inevitable in order to satisfy their downstream media audience. It’s their corporate law of averages. Make enough pictures and something is bound to stick somewhere. By playing these odds, they hope to fill their company's pipelines.

If you have the deep pockets of a vertically integrated global corporation, that's just fine. But sooner or later your reputation is going to sink into obscurity -- and the boys upstairs are going to make a change in your parking spot.

And if you are in competition with mega-funded enmities, throwing massive amounts of cash at opening weekend marketing will eventually devastate your economy. The only way to stay ahead of the pack is to avoid the 77% failure rates and pump out audience satisfaction every time. Component production technology provides that capacity to studios, agencies and production companies and supplies them with the advantage they need to compete against gigantic media-mogul marketing.

At CFI™, our mission is to improve the productivity and profitability of film entertainment. Our goal is to assist film producers and distributors in cinematic risk aversion technology for reducing financial liabilities, increasing gross earnings, exalting commercial credibility, increasing market share, and insuring future viability.

Awareness of the audience and how they choose to make or break you is all it takes. 
We’ll provide you with extensive details and explicit proofs of exactly how we can improve your filmmaking revenues and triple your success. We'll demonstrate the literal validations and historical proofs in an objective and precise presentation. We have scientific proof of these dynamics and all of our other modalities. We can diagram the cinematic relationships components weave inside every formulation -- and the outcomes they each produce.    

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1.1 FUTURE FILM Forecasts
2.1 Introduction to CFI
3.1 Unseen Components
4.1 Archetype vs. Stereo
5.1 Screenplay Consulting
6.1 Old Studio System
7.1 CFI CONTACT INFO
1.2 LAST WEEKEND Forecast
2.2 Twenty-One Questions
3.2 Simple Components
4.2 Modern Archetypes
5.2 Assist Flow Chart
6.2 Studio System Assists
7.2 Similar Companies
1.3 2011 Profit & Loss Chart
2.3 Beta-Testing Complete
3.3 Complex Components
4.3 Good/Bad Guys ID Keys
5.3 Production Benefits
6.3 Agent & Mgr. Benefits
7.3 Actor Archetype Lists
1.4 2010 Profit & Loss Chart
2.4 Products & Services
3.4 Resolution Components
4.4 Line by Line Paradigm
5.4 Database Tracking
6.4 Improvements 4 Talent
7.4 Bibliography for Study 
1.5 2009 Profit & Loss Chart
2.5 Application & Benefit
3.5 Horrific Components
4.5 Face Mapping Tools
5.5 Client Confidential
6.5 Attending to Imagery
7.5 URLs to Continue Study
1.6 2008 Profit & Loss Chart
2.6 Comparing Methodology
3.6 The Two Behaviors
4.6 The Classic Archetypes
5.6 Forecast Fallibility
6.6 The Best Attributes
7.6 ROIs for 1999 - 2000
1.7 2007 Profit & Loss Chart
2.7 Client Applications
3.7 Audience Psychology
4.7 Casting Examples
5.7 How the Others Fail
6.7 Talent Research
7.7 ROIs for 2001 - 2002
1.8 2006 Profit & Loss Chart
2.8 Four Screen Dynamics
3.8 Suspending Disbelief
4.8 Writers and Archetype
5.8 Weekend Mentality
6.8 Star Power Ratings
7.8 ROIs for 2003 - 2004
1.9 2005 Profit & Loss Chart
2.9 Playability Errors
3.9 Four Media Approach
4.9 Subtypes & Essences
5.9 Neuromarketing News
6.9 Star Client Results
7.9 ROIs for 2005 - 2006
1.10 2004 - 2002 P & L Chart
2.10 Quadrant Solutions
3.10 Reading Their Faces
4.10 Act As vs. Act Like
5.10 Neuromarket Article
6.10 Secret Sex Chemistry
7.10 ROIs for 2007 - 2008
1.11 2001 - 1999 P & L Chart
2.11 Forecasting Accuracy
3.11 Observing Audiences
4.11 Jung Archetypal Map
5.11 Film Neuromarketing
6.11 Archetype Inventory
7.11 ROIs for 2009 - 2010
1.12 CFI CONTACT INFO
2.12 Edge on Competition
3.12 Observing Emotions
4.12 The MBDI vs. MBTI
5.12 Older Methodologies
6.12 Sub-Type Inventory
7.12 Senior Analyst Bio