The STARS token is going live on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) on July 15, 2021. Buying STARS on BSC might seem difficult or unfamiliar to you if you’re used to training through the Ethereum ecosystem.

Don’t worry. Using BSC is actually really easy, which means the path to lower fees and faster transaction speeds is right around the corner. You’ll feel especially competent after you finish reading this quick guide. We promise!

Getting BNB Tokens Is the First Step

BSC and Binance use the Binance Coin (BNB) to run, just like Ethereum uses Ether tokens. Acquiring BNB tokens can be done on any number of exchanges. BNB is one of the most popular cryptocurrencies in the world by market capitalization after all. The most obvious way to get BNB tokens is to use Binance.

Log into your account, trade whatever currency you wish to part ways with in exchange for BNB tokens and viola!

Send BNB tokens to your MetaMask Wallet

Before you send your BNB tokens to your MetaMask wallet, you have to keep in mind that MetaMask defaults to the Ethereum blockchain because the wallet was originally built to serve just that. Nowadays you can switch your MetaMask wallet to BSC easily.

Simply click Ethereum Mainnet at the top of the MetaMask interface to trigger the drop-down and switch your network.

In order make the switch official, there are several empty fields that you have to fill in with specific parameters that relate to the BSC blockchain. Get that information by reading a guide for how to add BSC to your MetaMask wallet. The guide can be found right here.

Go to ApeSwap to initiate a BNB to STARS Transaction

Go to ApeSwap.Finance and click the Trade option and the left-hand menu to initiate a transaction for BNB in exchange for STARS.

Making the transaction is as simple as choosing BNB in the “Swap From:” field and STARS in the “Swap To:” field. The first time you make a trade on the platform, STARS won’t come out by default so you need the Binance contract address for STARS in order to add it to the ApeSwap platform as an option. See the screenshot below:

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Simply click “Select a Token” under the “Swap To:” option and paste the following BSC STARS contract address into the address field:

BSC STARS contract address: 0xbd83010eb60f12112908774998f65761cf9f6f9a

Keep in mind that the STARS contract address above only works with BSC. The contract address for STARS living on the Ethereum blockchain is different from the above. DO NOT send ERC-20 STARS tokens to a BSC address or vice versa. Your tokens will be lost forever. Always make sure you’re using the contract address that matches the blockchain your STARS belong to.

Confirm Your Transaction to Get Your Stars

With BNB and STARS now selected in the appropriate swapping fields, you can make your transaction. As soon as you initiate it, your MetaMask wallet will pop up and ask you to confirm the gas fee you’re willing to pay.

You’ll notice of the be much lower than what you’re used to paying on the Ethereum network. That’s the major benefit of using BSC in the first place so don’t worry if something looks wrong. Everything is fine, you’re simply saving on fees just like you deserve to.

Your BSC STARS tokens will appear in your wallet shortly.  There you have it. You officially know how to get STARS tokens through BSC.

 

 

Regardless of affiliation or country, the accuracy of the voting process across the world is a question that remains on a lot of people’s mind. Problems came into question from many political parties about voter suppression, lost ballots, accusations of fraud, and long delays in election results.

Want to learn about how Mogul is using quadratic voting to improve the voting process? Visit our website to learn more.

Quadratic Voting & Blockchain’s Combined Potential

In the days following the 2020 election, crypto industry experts like Ethereum Founder, Vitalik Buterin, and Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao both commented on the opportunity for blockchain-based voting. Buterin stated that there is a potential to onboard a quarter billion people in just a few years.

“Develop something good now, get it approved (obviously hardest step), and get 300 million plus (fully KYC’d) users in 4 years time.” — Vitalik Buterin said on Twitter.

How Mogul Quadratic Voting Works

At Mogul, we developed a framework called Mogul Quadratic Voting that has the potential to usher in the next era of blockchain-voting to the film industry and beyond. Mogul Quadratic Voting is a secure and fair way to carry out full voting campaigns online.

Benefits of Mogul’s Quadratic Voting System:

• Prevents Vote Buying
• Decreases voter Apathy
• Encourages Community-Based Governance
• Restricts Wealth Dominance

Mogul initiates a voting round by issuing voting credits to the token holders on the platform. The token holders then use the tokens to vote on what films and governance proposals they want to support.

Visit Mogul’s website to learn more.

How can Mogul Quadratic Voting & Blockchain Achieve Fair Voter Representation?

To give smaller token holders an equal voice to larger ones, all votes are counted using a quadratic voting formula. By using this formula, each vote becomes exponentially more expensive to cast and holds less weight. Mogul Quadratic Voting is set up to incentivize token holders to vote on movies and governance proposals in a fair way.

The overall framework promotes community-based governance and decision making. That’s not something that can be said for the election process across the world today!

Quadratic Voting: A Secure and Fair Voting Framework

Mogul Quadratic Voting allows token holders and film fans alike to vote with their tokens… but there’s a caveat. We give a voice to all fans and creators, not just the ones with the most money.

If you want to learn more about how blockchain can be used for film, visit our website.

In Closing

As the centralized processes of the physical world become increasingly compromised, the world’s most forward-thinking innovators are building solutions to make the world a better place. Blockchain developers believe that decentralized technology could be used to enhance the voting process.

The Mogul Quadratic Voting system is the next generation blockchain solution for building a secure and fair voting process online. Quadratic Voting delivers a representative process that allows voters of all sizes to have an equal say. Visit our website today to learn more.

Mogul Productions, established 2019, is a blockchain-based film finance and production company with a presence in Canada, the United States of America and Europe. Mogul’s platform connects contributors, film industry professionals, and fans through technology that allows all users to engage and participate with each project throughout their entire lifecycle, from financing through to production and distribution.

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STARS tokens are going to be available on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) as of July 15, 2021. By default, STARS are ERC-20 compliant, meaning they live on the Ethereum blockchain.

That means in order to hold and trade STARS on BSC, you need to trade in your Ether-friendly STARS for ones that are BEP-20 compliant.

Remember, you also need to be able to do the reverse and bridge BEP-20 STARS back over to ERC-20 because using STARS for voting or staking on the Mogul platform can only be done with the ERC-20 version.

Here’s exactly how to bridge your STARS tokens in six easy steps.

Step 1: Go to AnySwap.Exchange

Anyswap.exchange does exactly what the name says. It allows you to swap almost any digital currency for one of a different format. Click here to get to the website and get to the exact page for swapping the STARS currency pairing.

Here’s exactly what the page looks like:

Step 2: Decide Which Way You Want to Complete the Swap

If you have BEP-20 STARS and want to convert them into ERC-20 STARS, you need to choose the option to Redeem your tokens by toggling the menu to the top right of the screen. If you’re trading ERC-20 STARS for BEP-20 STARS, choose the deposit option. See the screenshot below:

Step 3: Choose the Right Blockchain Network within Your MetaMask Wallet

No matter what you’re doing, your MetaMask wallet always has to be set to the right blockchain network. If you select your wallet by clicking the fox icon that represents your MetaMask Google plugin and get a “Wrong Network” message, it means you need to either switch to Binance or Ethereum, depending on whether you are redeeming or depositing tokens in the step above.

If you don’t know how to connect MetaMask to BSC, check out this guide offered by Binance. See the screenshot below for further guidance:

Step 4: Initiate the Bridge Transaction

Enter the number of STARS tokens you want to trade and hit Cross-chain Deposit/Redeem. You need to swap at least 1,260 tokens in order for your transaction to go through.

Step 5: Confirm Your Transaction via MetaMask

AnySwap will accept your transaction, but that doesn’t mean you’re done. Once you initiate the cross-chain exchange, you’ll need to confirm it through MetaMask.

Make sure you have a minimum of 0.02 ETH in order to complete the transaction because you do need to pay a fee to the network.

Step 6: Check to See That Your Bridge Transaction Is Complete

Now that you’ve looked at your MetaMask wallet and confirmed your transaction, you can click on the STARS token to the far right to see when you’ve successfully bridged your tokens. Make sure you check that before you leave the page so that you don’t get caught having to do the transaction again.

You can now be fully confident in bridging your tokens from BSC to Ethereum and vice versa. Join us as we launch on BSC on July 15, 2021 and give you, the STARS token holder with the lower fees and faster speeds that BSC provides and that movie fans like you deserve.

One of the most underestimated and underserved parts of the film industry is the power of the crowd. A strong community behind a big-ticket Hollywood project is powerful enough to demand changes to a film’s production design, or even transform the way a character is animated.

To see the power of community in film, look no further than Deadpool ($783.1M box office making it the highest-grossing R-rated franchise ever) or Sonic the Hedgehog (which also had a wildly successful $306.8 million tenure in the box office). Mogul advisor, Emmy-Winner and Oscar-Nominated Producer Cindy Cowan (Miracle on 42nd Street, Smiley) shared her behind-the-scenes knowledge of the way that crowds impacted the production of these two films.

At Futurist Conference 2020, Cowan spoke about a prior conversation she had with Deadpool director Tim Miller (Terminator: Dark Fate, Thor: The Dark World) as well as other Hollywood insider info.

Find out more about the panel right here.

Massive Opportunity: A Platform That Brings Communities Together with Key Hollywood Stakeholders

Both Deadpool and Sonic demonstrate that there is a demand for fans to come together to make decisions about and participate in films from a script level; together. However, this demand is currently under-served. There isn’t a platform that allows fans to contribute, collaborate, and vote on films to be part of the process and feel a sense of ownership over the content. Mogul helps to revolutionize the decision-making and funding process for films.

Cowan’s inside knowledge of the way that film communities have transformed Hollywood has steered her insight with Mogul. The power of Mogul’s platform has the potential to give film fans a voice in the script-to-screen process. Mogul does this by curating a fan base for independent films where filmmakers and stakeholders can make governance decisions side-by-side. Mogul’s platform uses blockchain technology to build an incentive-based community that results in a higher ROI for filmmakers.

Deadpool’s director Tim Miller told Cowan that the film almost wasn’t made with Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal, Green Lantern) had it not been for the demands of the comic book’s pre-existing community. They loved Reynolds. They loved his obsessing and dedication to making a film that was true to the comic book.

“Deadpool and Sonic changed the way studios looked at the film industry,” Cowan said. “Tim Miller, the director, was telling me this story that is quite astounding. A lot of people know that Deadpool was a comic book that was around for years and years, but Ryan Reynolds made his debut as his Deadpool character in “X Men: Wolverine.” But when he did, that character was this weird mismatch that made no sense. The studio didn’t look at Deadpool to do anything else,” Cowan said. “The fans of Deadpool were upset because that was not the Deadpool that they liked,” she said.

The fans were even specific about Deadpool’s eye color. While some Ryan Reynolds fans might have been upset that they couldn’t see his blue eyes, Deadpool comic book fans wanted the eyes to be white and authentic.

“Ryan Reynolds was originally going to wear the mask of Deadpool but even have his beautiful blue eyes. Even down to the eyes, which most people don’t realize, became these white eyes that [you can see] in the comic,” she said. They changed and they said nope, we don’t want these blue eyes, we want the white eyes, so they changed it,” Cowan said.

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Loyal Film Communities Crave & Recognize Authenticity (And Want to Be Part of the Process)

Cowan spoke about the importance of previews and a leaked Deadpool trailer that featured Reynolds. The community of fans loved the previews and lead-up to the film that 20th Century had no choice but to push it through to production with Reynolds in it.

“There were billboards everywhere,” Cowan said. “Things were getting leaked more because we were horrified. The studio, thinking they might do Deadpool, didn’t want Ryan Reynolds. They come out with the Green Lantern, it failed. He had already played Deadpool in X Men, it failed,” Cowan said. “They tried to replace him with all these A-list actors. But the fans were not having it. Ryan released all these amazing marketing things. He was passionate about it. He was a fan. Tim Miller was a fan,” Cowan said.

Reynolds’ Dedication to Work for the Comicbook Community of Deadpool

It was the recognition of Reynolds and Miller’s love for the comic book that made comic book fans love them.

“The fans literally pushed Deadpool through to Fox,” Cowan said.

“And 24 hours later, Deadpool was green lit. With Tim and Ryan. It’s an amazing, amazing, amazing fan-driven story,” Cowan said.

As a fan of the comic book himself, Ryan Reynolds was in it for the long-haul. He had been working on producing the film for over a decade. The community recognized that and immediately hyped the idea of Reynolds doing it.

“Ryan Reynolds spent 11 years trying to make this movie. 11 years. They did test screenings, they did character building, they did all these kinds of things, and nobody to this day knows how the test screening of Deadpool got leaked,” Cowan said. “Somebody leaked it. And when they leaked it… they loved it. And Ryan Reynolds started doing these weird marketing campaigns that we have never seen,” Cowan said. “This was an R-rated movie and we never saw a superhero this R-rated and the campaigns were incredibly R-rated,” Cowan said.

Again, the R-rated aspect of Deadpool’s character and marketing was what catapulted the franchise to become the highest-grossing R-rated franchise… ever. Almost $1B in the box office… kudos!

How Sonic Comicbook Fans Changed Sonic the Hedgehog

Similar to Deadpool, comic book fans of Sonic guided production decisions of the movie. Cowan spoke about how the fans had waited for so long for the movie to come out, and when they saw what Sonic looked like, they were so vehemently disappointed about the design that their outcry changed the film.

“When the trailer came out, the studio had no idea what was about to happen,” Cowan said. “Sonic was a character that was created this go-around with teeth and with little beady eyes. It had the body of a 10-year old boy,” she said.

The fans became infatuated with that version of Sonic.

“Fans that waited years and years for Sonic to come out wanted their character with these big cartoonish eyes, if they weren’t gonna have that character, they literally said to the studio that we are not coming to the theater,” Cowan said.

The studio was left with very little choice after they heard the fan’s backlash. The studio chiefs didn’t want to disappoint the community. They had to listen.

“The studio had spent so much money on Sonic that they had no choice to go back and create the original character that the fans wanted. That’s what they [the fans] waited for,” Cowan said.

These films demonstrate more than anything that film community is everything. When you’re creating a film, you need to be true to what the community wants. If you do it correctly, it has the potential to pay off to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Given this tremendous opportunity, there is an under-served need within Hollywood.

Mogul fills this void as an immersive, transparent, next-generation platform for fans to come together.

How Blockchain Can Build a Community for Film Fans that Improves the Script-to-Screen Process

The idea of film and decentralized finance excites Hollywood producer and Mogul production advisor David Cormican (Northern Rescue, Tokyo Trial). He spoke on the same panel alongside Cindy Cowan about the potential for blockchain, DeFi and film communities.

Cormican was excited about blockchain’s potential to make movies more fan-driven like Deadpool and Sonic.

“That’s the quintessential example right there. Why we haven’t been listening to fans for years and mobilizing those voices is beyond me. That’s what is super exciting with Tracy and the rest of the team with the tech side sort of came to us with this notion of marrying the two. Super exciting,” Cormican said.

Go to our website to learn more about how Mogul is disrupting film and blockchain.

Mogul: A Community-Based Platform for Films

During the same conversation, Mogul CMO Tracy Leparulo spoke about the opportunity to improve the film industry. Mogul’s compass is focused on improving the community.

“A few things Cindy was talking about… how do we bring the fans together, and how do we connect fans with industry, and then ideally with people who can contribute. The technology has some really cool features to it,” Leparulo said. “One of the first I love are the Monoplasma Rewards: Similar to gamification and what’s going on at Futurist, this allows for incentivization and rewards on the platform. One of the top ones would be top-producing credits in a movie.

Voting is another aspect of Mogul’s platform that Leparulo is excited about. With Mogul Quadratic Voting, Mogul is positioning itself to be the top choice for community-driven decisions in movies for the film industry. It can be the place where the involved parties from a movie get together and make governance decisions.

“Another cool thing is called Quadratic Voting. Being able to vote is very important. As Cindy was saying with Sonic, the fans didn’t like how the character looks, they all voiced their opinion. In the Mogul platform, people are able to essentially voice their opinion. They do this through a voting mechanism. Quadratic Voting ensures somebody with the most money doesn’t have the most say on how it’s made.”

In Conclusion

The unimaginable amount of success from the films Deadpool and Sonic who combined grossed over a billion at the box office have made it more than obvious that film communities decide the fate of films.

Now, Hollywood and the movie industry all around the world could use a solution that brings film communities together. A company that can pull this off has the potential to meet one of the largest underserved needs in Hollywood. Mogul aims to be the go-to platform for the film industry by using blockchain to create a community that film fans love but also find easy to use.

Mogul Productions, established 2019, is a blockchain-based film finance and production company with a presence in Canada, the United States of America, and Europe. From financing through to distribution, Mogul’s platform connects contributors, film industry professionals, and fans through technology that allows all users to engage and participate with each project throughout its entire lifecycle.

The world has gone from the big blockbuster releases of movies like Harry Potter at midnight in theatres to families having 4 different streaming services with never-ending libraries. The film distribution process has changed dramatically over the last decade. The impact of the at-home, self-selection consumption model on the film industry is yet to be determined.

Yet, no matter the impact of streaming, there is no doubt that film distribution can benefit with more transparency. From the way that a film’s stakeholders get money, to piracy concerns, blockchain can ameliorate some of the largest money pits that the film industry currently faces.

At Mogul, we’re providing an entertainment platform that will deliver all the potential of DeFi to the film industry. Mogul allows filmmakers to go beyond centralized, massive production houses to a decentralized, accessible model.

In this article, we’ll talk about how blockchain can be used through the distribution process to provide transparency, including:

• Stakeholder Fund Recoupment
• Piracy Defence
• IP Rights Protection

Blockchain and Film: Spending, Piracy, Protection

Overall, blockchain provides an element of transparency for film stakeholders that is unmatched by other modern technology. During the many stages of film production, deliverables can pass through multiple channels across a 2–3 year movie-making process. A blockchain can record all of these transactions. With that said, blockchain answers the main question that film stakeholders want to know: how am I going to recoup my allocated resources?

While it might seem like a straightforward question for those familiar with investing in securities, Hollywood is much more opaque. The art of “Hollywood Accounting” is the creative practice that the film industry uses to keep profits and account for a film’s budget. In this process, expenditures are often inflated, and special deals are made to otherwise minimize the on-paper profits of the film. Sometimes this practice can hurt actors.

For example, the actor who played Darth Vader in the 1983 Star Wars film “Return of the Jedi” never received any residuals because the movie did not make a profit. Upon further examination, it seems sort of hard to wrap your head around that considering the movie made $475 million on a $32 million budget. However, incidents like this are not uncommon. The entire industry suffers from a serious lack of transparency.

However, just as blockchain can benefit a film’s stakeholders for transparency in spending, blockchain can also benefit those same stakeholders as a solution for the film industry’s rampant piracy issue.

With Mogul, predetermined profit-waterfalls are auditable on the blockchain, and dividends are disbursed according to audited, vetted, and transparent financials.

Piracy in Film

Emmy-Winner and Oscar-Nominated star Cindy Cowan spoke about how blockchain can help piracy in film. On a panel at Futurist Conference 2020, the producer, director, and investor spoke about her personal experience effectively having money stolen from her thanks to The Pirate Bay.

“My last movie… I don’t even know how much money I lost. There’s something called Pirate Bay and you can go on, and you can watch hundreds of millions of dollars evaporating. But on a blockchain, I can see exactly who might have pirated our movie. Every single transaction and every single distribution should be noted. And if it’s not noted, then everybody in that blockchain will be notified that there’s something wrong here,” Cowan said.

Changing the Distribution Model

In addition to piracy and spending transparency, the channels through which films are being distributed are also rapidly changing. What was once a big blockbuster theatrical release is now watched from the comfort of home via one of your streaming devices.

As streaming persists as the main distribution channel, there needs to be a more effective way of capturing the stream trail. In other words, how are content creators compensated for all of the streams of their content? Blockchain can add to this transparency. Netflix, for example, is notorious for keeping their streaming data close to their chest.

In Conclusion

Blockchain has a massive potential to usher in a new era of transparency into the film industry. From the way money is spent in calculating a film’s profit, to eliminating the hundreds of millions of dollars being evaporated from piracy, to correctly attributing views to content creators, blockchain has the potential to transform the film industry.

Established in 2019, Mogul Productions is a blockchain-based film finance and production company with a presence in Canada, the United States of America, and Europe. Mogul’s platform connects contributors, film industry professionals, and fans through technology that allows all users to engage and participate with each project throughout its entire lifecycle.

Jessica Ross has formed an esteemed reputation in Hollywood for PR and being a television personality. Some of her on screen credits include, being a presenter on WCOBM, cast as a series regular on Fashion Dolls, and in 2018 for her stand out role in A Mini Movie which premiered at Marche Du Film Festival De Cannes and was short-listed for the 2019 Oscars. Whether Jessica is working on PR or television projects she has always maintained embracing technology is essential to success. And shares her thoughts on Moguls.

Where did you grow up?

I was born in Westlake Village and have lived in Miami, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, and the Valley.

What is your favourite part of Los Angeles?

I love Malibu. Only a short drive from the city, it feels like you’re worlds away with the miles of stunning ocean views, nature trails, and fresh air.

What is the biggest way an actor can utilize technology in their career?

First, taking advantage of social and the ability it gives you to produce your own content and market yourself. Also, there are many apps that are useful for actors. One app that has really helped my career is Teleprompter Premium, which enables you to read your script and record video with the front-facing camera at the same time. I have used it for everything from red carpet interviews, self-taping auditions, and memorizing lines for roles.

The soon to be released Mogul Community will be another way an actor can help their career, it has the ability to allow actors to showcase their profile but also communicate and interact with like minded people anytime of the day.

Why is it important to be multi-talented in the industry now?

As we have seen from recent events, life is unpredictable. Everything you know can change in an instant. If you are multi-talented, you will always have something to fall back on when things go wrong. No one becomes a star overnight — over 90% of actors are out of work at any given time showcasing just how important it is to have as much marketable skills as possible. The more marketable skills you have the better chance you have of standing out from your competition and being chosen for a job or role. As a publicist with over 200 media placements, I can also help any project I am working on as an actress generate press and get noticed.

What advice do you give for people looking at starring as an actor in Hollywood?

First start taking an acting class and learn your strengths and weaknesses, get good headshots from a reputable photographer. Then build your resume by submitting yourself for extra work and student films on sites like Actors Access and LA Casting so you have verifiable credits. Make sure you have an IMDB page, Instagram and Facebook, and website. This will help build your online footprint. Put yourself out there. Go to as many auditions as possible and attend events. When you book a role, write a press release and reach out to local media outlets.

Once you have several credits, start submitting to agents. A good agent will open doors to opportunities that will take your career to the next level. Enjoy the journey and the destination! Understand that what looks like an overnight success on the outside really takes years of work without recognition.

Where can we find you online?
On www.mogulproductions.com or Imdb.me/jessicaross , instagram.com/jessicarossofficial

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Drew and Nate Garcia, collectively known as the Garcia Brothers, are well known, up and coming directors in Hollywood, currently repped by APA in Los Angeles, they most recently won “Best Film” at the San Diego International Film festival and also host a popular Hollywood Podcast called “The Garcia Brothers” interviewing some of Hollywood’s top players.

The Brothers recently invited Mogul Productions Film Head James Pratt onto the Podcast. James Pratt (Malibu Crush, On Halloween) a successful actor, director, in the industry with some serious credits under his belt.

During the interview, Pratt and the Garcia Brothers shared some exciting breakthroughs happening within the film industry, talked about current projects filming and how Covid is changing entertainment around the world in 2020.

Watch the full interview right here.

Fresh Off Finishing the Anticipated Feature Film Malibu Crush

James, just finished directing the anticipated comedy feature film Malibu Crush featuring Demitra Sealy ( Fast and Furious ), Scott Miller, ( (Once Upon a Time ) and Daniel Musial ( On Halloween ) and Billy White. The Garcia Brothers were impressed with the fact that Pratt, who was also a producer, was able to still deliver on a feature film in 2020 despite facing an uphill battle of obstacles. Pratt lost a lot of his budget and had to work with a core team that relied on favors to push the film through during covid.

“The Dream plan was to go Australia, shoot “Malibu Crush” in April, then be back in LA by this summer. However it was mid-March. COVID hit. Tom Hanks gets COVID shooting Elvis in Australia and everything changes. We come 12 hours away from shooting Malibu Crush, then the government in Australia said, everyone is going into lockdown. And it was like at that point I said, ‘my hands are tied.’ I can’t even go back to the states and try to shoot it there,” Pratt said.

“We lost our finance, our budget…lots of the wheels fell off. With very little budget, we’re like, ‘let’s shoot this film.’ Call in favors,” Pratt said. “We wrapped two weeks ago.” But it was about finishing a great project no matter what gets in the way.

The Garcia brothers echoed the importance of being committed to the film process and applauded Pratt’s reputation as a person who will get something done in Hollywood no matter what the obstacles.

How to Be Better in the Industry

Pratt touched on his admiration for the filmmaking process and highlighted his love of learning.

“I think the main thing for me is I just love filmmaking and the process behind it, you know constantly learning is something that’s really important to me… constantly learning what’s going on in the film industry… I think that constantly learning is something that sort of helps with the behind the scenes thing,” he said. “It’s about balancing the time and quality filmmaking… [that] is the overall goal at the end of it,” Pratt said.

Other key highlights from the interview included Why The Farrelly Brothers and Jet Wilkinson are special directors, and where the direction of Hollywood is heading for streaming services and distribution.

“I’m a huge Bobby and Peter Farrelly fan… they come from a writing background and their style of comedy is so good. I have a tremendous amount of respect for them ” Pratt said. “There’s an Australian director as well… Her name is Jett Wilkinson, she does quite a bit of producing now in the states and TV shows…she was a really good director when I worked with her because… she gave the actor a sense from the very beginning like ‘I’m on your side… if you got a problem I’m here.’ ”

Mogul is Opening Up Hollywood Investing Opportunities & Creating a Film Community Around High-Quality Production

• Give people a fairer way to contribute in films in Hollywood, but also give people access to top tier quality films being made.
• Develop a community around quality filmmaking

Investing in Hollywood-grade films is an exclusive pursuit that requires insider access to get the best deals. However, Pratt believes that Mogul has the potential to improve the process system and deliver another option for those wanting to invest in films. At the same time, Pratt noted that Mogul will deliver access to top films, not just those projects, that are only available because everyone else has passed on them in Hollywood.

“The critical part of it is for the investor. If I said to you guys, hey let’s go and invest in Mission Impossible 8. It’s going to be a hard track for the average investor to actually get in there. Between the contracts that are already signed up, the roadmap that’s there… you have to know people inside to actually get a deal. For the person who wants to invest in Hollywood [they ask] how do I get in, how do I actually be a part of this?”

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Quality Filmmaking is a Key Goal for Mogul

One way that Mogul is differentiating itself is that it’s focused on quality filmmaking. Unlike some other crowdfunding platforms, Mogul is focused on working with top tier talent. Their team currently includes Emmy-Winners, Oscar Nominees, and recipients of other top awards in the industry.

“You can go on crowdfunding sites right now, and you can invest in productions,” Pratt said. “But they are probably not going to be productions that are going to get a strong theatrical release. They aren’t always productions that are going to get top-tier talent. Mogul’s aim is basically to give those people an opportunity to invest, but also to give people access to it [top-level performance and talent] as well,” Pratt said. “The goal is to make films that people want to see.”

“One of the things Mogul is really passionate about is the power of the crowd…what do people want to see made,” Pratt said. Fans need a voice.

Mogul is at the Forefront of Change in Hollywood

The Garcia Brothers spoke about how Mogul is at the forefront of the wave of changes that are happening in Hollywood. They talked about how production budgets will be transformed and how Mogul seems to be right on the target with that transformation.

“Margins are already so thin for a lot of theaters during normal times, but during COVID it’s been really, really tough. Some things are going to change… the way movies are made is probably going to have to change quite a bit. That’s going to have to change. You guys seem to be right on target with this with Mogul,” Drew Garcia said.

“Movies are going to have to be made for cheaper,” Drew Garcia said. “There’s so much content, so many options for people. I think the productions are going to have to be scaled down, but not the stories. There are a lot of innovations in the industry that are allowing this to happen,” he said.

Watch the full interview right here.

In Conclusion

James Pratt and the Garcia Brothers teamed up to have a content-rich conversation about everything from film production to blockchain, and how Mogul is transforming the film industry. At the end of the day, what makes these players elite is that they consistently strive to create the best work they can create. Striving for excellence in filmmaking is at the heart of Mogul’s platform as well, which will differentiate it as a crowd-based platform.

As Hollywood continues to transform in the post-COVID era, Mogul is positioned to be at the forefront of a new era of filmmaking.

Read this article to learn more about the Mogul Smart Wallet.

About the Garcia Brothers

Drew and Nate Garcia are brothers from Idaho who have emerged onto the scene as some of the hottest up and coming directors in Hollywood. Together, they have a number of titles under their belt, including “Hero” which won several awards including “Best Short Comedy Film” at the San Diego International Film Festival and “Best Short Film” at the Marina del Rey Film festival. They are currently repped at APA.

About James Pratt

(From IMDB) “James Pratt is an award-winning actor, director, and celebrity favorite within luxury auctioneering internationally. With a strong background in acting, James first started his career studying acting at the prestigious acting school, NIDA in Sydney Australia, before landing a guest role on the hit TV show Home & Away. Since then James has gone on to work alongside some of the best in Hollywood including Q’orianka Kilcher, Sam Worthington, and Erica Christensen.”

About Mogul

Established in 2019, Mogul Productions is a blockchain-based film finance and production company with a presence in Canada, the United States of America, and Europe. Mogul’s platform connects contributors, film industry professionals, and fans through technology that allows all users to engage and participate with each project throughout its entire life cycle.

What is a Fan Engagement Token: The Emergence of Fan Engagement Tokens in the Entertainment Industry with Blockchain

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From digital identity to decentralized finance, nearly every industry has explored the many possibilities of blockchain. The entertainment industry is no exception. Filmmakers, video game designers, and augmented reality developers are always looking for the next big invention, especially to enhance the fan experience. The more satisfied the fan, the more the fan will engage with a platform and spend on a product.

How can fan engagement tokens on the blockchain drive engagement, and in turn, further drive distribution in the entertainment industry? That is the million-satoshi question.

Here is an introduction on fan engagement tokens, including:

• What are fan engagement tokens?
• Why is fan engagement so important?
• Which companies offer fan engagement tokens?

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What are Fan Engagement Tokens?

One of the most exciting innovations to have developed at the intersection between entertainment and technology is the emergence of fan engagement tokens. Fan tokens represent a new way for the entertainment industry to engage with fans and a new way for fans to take their entertainment experience to the next level.

A fan engagement token is a utility token that serves as a fan’s access pass to a new type of engagement with their favorite sports team or movie studio. A fan token gives fans access and influence on certain decisions made by the team or the studio, such as which players take the field, and what jerseys they wear, or which movies get made and what the character’s costumes look like.

Fan tokens also give fans the opportunity to compete for, and win, exciting exclusive rewards, and get special VIP access and treatment to a variety of events. This could include a meet-and-greet with a fan’s favourite player or actor, or even luxury box-seats at a game or VIP red-carpet access to a film’s premiere.

Another advantage to fan tokens is that it gives fans the opportunity to increase their rewards and influence by increasing the number of fan tokens they have. Many fan tokens offer a variety of exclusive tiered-rewards for fans holding a higher number of tokens. So the more fan tokens that a fan owns, the better the fan’s chances of getting more exclusive rewards and the greater the amount of clout the fan has regarding various fan-led decisions. Fans can continue to accumulate fan tokens until they attain the coveted level of access and influence that they are trying to achieve.

In addition to all of these functional benefits of ownership, there is another distinct advantage to owning fan tokens: the fan engagement tokens give access to exclusive memorabilia that may increase in value over time. As is the case with many collectible items in the real world, fan engagement tokens give fans exclusive access to rare and one-of-a-kind items that can be the envy of collectors and fans everywhere. Through fan engagement tokens, fans can exchange their tokens for memorabilia and experiences that would otherwise be very difficult to get.

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Why Fan Engagement is so important

Fans make the entertainment industry. From sports to movies and everything in between. Fans fill seats, fans create buzz, and fans build communities. They buy the limited edition items from the set. They buy the game-used jerseys. Fans spawn entire subcultures around the things that they love, which is why fan engagement is so critical to the success of any fan-driven industry. Fans are the lifeblood of any type of channel within the entertainment industry. They are the consumers of any entertainment product, and they play a vital role in the success of that product.

With the movie industry, like we’ve seen with Deadpool, fans can also make or break the success of a franchise!

Any sports team or movie studio can attest to the fact that fan engagement has evolved significantly over the past decade. Part of that is the correlation that has been found between fan engagement and fan consumption. Now, more and more entertainment organizations are taking note of this evolution and looking for more innovative ways to engage with their fans, driven by increased demand from fans for inclusion, influence and interaction.

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Fan Engagement Tokens in the Film Industry

A number of companies have seized the opportunity to create fan engagement tokens in order to capitalize on the unique type of fan engagement that this technology offers. In the world of movies, companies like Mogul are offering fan engagement tokens that give them creative influence on films and insider access to the film industry.

Mogul is a decentralized film financing platform that offers exclusive rewards that are unique to the film industry. Mogul’s fan engagement token is aptly called the STARS token. Throughout the entirety of Mogul’s community-building process, film fans are rewarded for their involvement in giving films the greenlight and supporting films from the script to the screen. The STARS token powers the Mogul platform, and gives both fans and screenwriters complete insider access to Hollywood and the world of filmmaking.

Mogul’s STARS tokens are redeemable for incredible bespoke rewards that most film fans would never have access to. These rewards include a number of things such as limited-edition or one-of-a-kind movie posters, rare NFTs, and actual props and set-used memorabilia from a film. With more STARS tokens come even more rewards, such as voting on which films get made, getting an “executive producer” credit on a film, and even dinner with a famous director.

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Fan Tokens for Sports

In the world of sports, companies like Chiliz and Socios have created fan tokens around European football clubs like FC Barcelona and Juventus, and MMA leagues like the UFC. Chiliz, the cryptocurrency and blockchain which powers the Socios platform, is looking to offer fan engagement tokens focused on sports and esports, such as soccer and video games. Socios can give fans the ability to vote on various aspects of a football club’s governance. This can include decisions such as who the football club plays during “friendlies” and which players the football club should look to sign.

By offering these unique fan-engagement experiences, rewards and discounts through fan engagement tokens, companies like Mogul and Chiliz are hoping to increase both fan engagement and revenues. On top of that, it will allow fans to feel as though they are an important part of the team or studio, even if they can’t physically attend games or go to movie theaters.

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Conclusion

We are still in the early days of blockchain technology, and this is currently the dawn of fan tokens. The use case is strong, and the reception to fan engagement tokens has been greeted warmly by fans looking to take their interest and engagement to the next level. Fan tokens offer entertainment companies like sports teams and film studios a unique way to increase fan engagement in the off-season and between films and give these organizations the potential to increase both their fan base and their revenues.

Acosta joins Mogul as their film financing team grows

Mogul Productions, the decentralized film financing (DeFiFi) platform and movie-based NFT marketplace, today announces entertainment lawyer Tifanie J. Acosta as the project’s new Head of Business Affairs.

As the Founder and Managing Partner of Los Angeles-based Entertainment Law Partners, Acosta brings with her a plethora of experience representing actors, performers, writers, directors, musicians, executive producers, public relations companies, managers and producers.

“We’re delighted to welcome Tifanie to the Mogul Team,” said Mogul Productions Founder & President, Lisa Sun. “Her insider-level knowledge of the entertainment industry is unparalleled, and we can’t wait to tap into the deep well of experiences that she brings to Mogul’s film team.”

Added Acosta: “I’m inspired by the idea of turning film production into a more inclusive, equitable and accessible process for both fans and key stakeholders. I’m excited to join the team in deal making across Mogul’s film platform and advance the company’s key business priorities.” 

Acosta’s multifaceted career extends over 20 years handling production, legal  and business affairs on such projects as “Greenland” (starring Gerard Butler), “Breaking News in Yuba County” (starring Allison Janney and Mila Kunis), “Chappaquiddick” (starring Jason Clarke) and “The Stand-In” (starring Drew Barrymore). She started her career in the business affairs department at Nancy Cartwright’s company (voice of Bart Simpson) and was later the general counsel of TFN, The Football Network where Acosta was responsible for a range of issues pertaining to production, business and legal affairs, intellectual property, financing, standards and practices, and more.

Acosta has been recognized as a “Viv Magnificent Woman”by VIV Magazine, and has lectured on the business of film and television at Louisiana State University, Slamdance Film Festival, San Pedro Film Festival, Hollywood Black Film Festival, Film-Com and more. Jodeh is an Emmy voting member of the Television Academy.  She regularly blogs about the entertainment industry and posts noteworthy columns featured at http://entlawpartners.blogspot.com/ 

Acosta joins a leadership team led by Sun, along with Co-Chairs of Film Financing Paul Sparkes & Gorav Seth.

About Mogul Productions (Mogul)

Mogul Productions is a decentralized film financing (DeFiFi) platform that connects creators, movie fans, and film financiers in one space to ensure the best films get made by giving everyone a voice. By leveraging blockchain technology, NFTs and a tokenized system, Mogul incentivizes participation and rewards engagement. Using the Mogul in-app payment and utility token (STARS), users can vote on, greenlight, and participate in key decision-making aspects of production.

Website: https://www.mogulproductions.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mogulofficial_

EXCITING NEWS!

Due to the popularity of the early adopter program, we’ve decided to extend the program until April 8th.

We’re also going to DOUBLE the number of winners!

The new parameters of the program are now:

• 400k STARS tokens will be distributed to early adopters
• The tokens will be distributed to 20,000 lucky users through a raffle system
• Each user that wins the raffle will be given 20 STARS in their Mogul Smart Wallet

To qualify, user must:

• Sign up to the Mogul platform with a verified email address
• Like a minimum of 1 movie in the Showcase; each movie you like is one entry, so each user can get up to 9 entries

This campaign will now run until April 8th!

STARS tokens will be delivered to the user’s Smart Wallet by May 20th. Users who have signed up to Mogul before the start of this campaign are also eligible for this campaign. If fewer than 20,000 users are eligible, then each participant will win!

Please note that some users have reported issues with adding a profile picture. We have heard our community! Therefore, we have removed that requirement for the remainder of the contest!

Winners will be alerted by May 20th

Full roadmap and Access Pass Sale details can be found here.

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