The following provides the Executive Summary and the Business Plan's Table of Contents:

Executive Summary 

Strategic Overview of the Company

Reel Gems Pictures has created Stop Motion Mysteries Investments LLC (the "Company") a limited liability company established in Los Angeles California.  Investors who participate in this film project will share in the profits of the entire distribution chain, and not just the domestic returns provided by most Hollywood arrangements.  Our goal is to create a mainstream film with a proprietary character set of dynamic and lovable 3D animation puppets along with their adversarial digital counterparts, that cater to all ages and can be exploited through a myriad of products in multi-platformed merchandising programs. 

The Management

We have a team of executives with varied and wide expertise.  The Company's managers are recognized in their fields as highly accomplished in both filmmaking and product exploitation through mass-market distribution. The Company has also formed relationships with key consultants and advisors, who will be available for important roles.  This collective expertise will provide all the necessary ingredients for success, including domestic distribution, foreign distribution, pre-production, stop-motion and digital production, visual effects, post-production, legal, directing, sound and without exception every aspect of the motion picture business. 

The Project

Stop Motion Mysteries is a modern thriller that puts at odds old school filmmaking technologies with the new digital age. Trying to survive, aging animation puppets of yesteryear's movies are no longer in demand. They have been relegated to retirement homes and making their money by participating in signing shows working for a few dollars here and there for personalized autographed photos and some have even sold their likenesses to the up and coming digital production company, Devious Digital. However, Devious Digital, in its zeal to corner the market, is aggressively purchasing likeness rights of the willing and aging puppets, but for unwilling subjects, they have turned to kidnapping, torture, and murder. Morty, a successful detective, and a famous animation puppet who has since left the business, has been called by his fellow ball and socket actors to find out what has happened to their missing friends. Stop Motion Mysteries, with its cavalcade of animation characters, designed for all ages, and with a prospective G or PG-Rating, Spin-Offs, Direct Product Merchandising, and Brand Licensing are all viable channels of exploitation.

The Industry

In 2002, The U.S. motion picture industry had its best year in 20 years according to the Motion Picture Association of America.  With the highest level of ticket sales since 1957, overall business grew to 1.64 billion tickets in 2004 and has been on the rise ever since. 2010 box office revenues are expected to surpass current trends, even with other entertainment options such as the internet, cable, pay per view and dvds. However, the large corporate paradigm has fallen short, opening the market for creative independent filmmaking.

The Market

Throughout the world, cartoon and animation characters have endeared us for generations. In recent times, no one has developed and capitalized on a cavalcade of characters like in the days of old, when Disney, Warner, and all the other major studios were in the business providing a host of characters. Stop Motion Mysteries provides a new breed of characters that cater to all ages.

Investment Opportunities and Financial Highlights

Although there is always risk attributed with any venture, this plan significantly reduces the risk, and poses a viable path to greater and greater proceeds, which will translate into profits.  A motion picture's commercial appeal is undoubtedly the single most significant factor in determining its financial success.  This is closely followed in importance by the agreement that a production company has with its film distributors, where self funded P&A returns the greatest reward with major distributors.  All of these factors affect the bottom line. 

With the public starving for more action packed suspenseful stop-motion films and the implementation of our multi-level merchandising of our proprietary character cavalcade, investor's risks are minimized while maximizing the potential for exceptional profits.  This marketing approach will create a huge demand and a loyal customer base for the product line.  The gross revenues to be generated by the film include the proceeds from the sale, licensing, distribution and exhibition in the United States and foreign theatrical, home video, television, satellite, cable and other ancillary markets. 

The Company

Reel Gems Pictures has created Stop Motion Mysteries Investments, LLC (the "Company"), a limited liability company established in Los Angeles California. The Company will offer a secure and lucrative opportunity for financial partners.  In addition, investors who participate in this film project will share in the profits of the whole distribution chain, and not just the domestic returns provided by most Hollywood arrangements.

Our goal is to take new and fresh intellectual properties that entertain and shape social thinking with positive messages and turn them into mass merchandising entities like the Star Wars project.  The Company plans to take the Stop Motion Mysteries model(s), Morty and his friends, beyond just a theatrical release and dvd distribution.  Through mass merchandising our product lines, the words Stop Motion Mysteries and Morty will be transformed into new animation character trademarks for a generation that has been left wanting. 

By using this strategy, every advertisement dollar spent on the Stop Motion Mysteries project would simultaneously cross promote everything in the product line.  This would lead to lower advertising cost, higher market penetration and higher profits. 

The principals of the Company bring to the development of this project a proven track record of successful professional experience as well as in-depth expertise in their respective fields, while reaching out to key consultants and advisors, who will be on board for this project. 

The Creative Team

John T. Kiapos, Creator/Producer 

Presently, John, along with Terrence McGreal, has also overseen the development phase of this stop-motion animation thriller, Stop Motion Mysteries.  From script development, production design, budget and business plan to internet marketing. John, who also has a long and successful history in retail product development and mass-market distribution, was the recipient of the Telly Award in 2007.   

Terrence J. McGreal, Creator/Producer 

Terrence, from Quantum Braintrust Production, along with John, has been integral in the developmental collaboration of Stop Motion Mysteries. Terrence, an independent filmmaker, brings to the mix a host of talents including writing, production design, pre-production, animation, and post-production skills. Terrence was the recipient of the Telly Award in 2007.  

The Chiodo Brothers, Producers/Stop-Motion Animation 

Since 1982, Charles, Edward, and Stephen Chiodo have garnered an outstanding reputation as innovative and cutting-edge producers who create and bring to life the most amazing characters in the stop-motion genre. Besides having created the cult classic, Killer Clowns from Outer Space, they are world renown for their expertise in stop-motion, live puppetry, make-up effects, costumes, and animatronics. The Chiodo Brothers will bring Stop Motion Mysteries to life with the best and the brightest in exacting detail and subtleties of nuance.