Oliver Trevena
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is the return on that gonna come back it's tough you know um so i think looking at it from a business it would be be a lot of that it'd be like what story what story do you want to tell where's the script how good's the script who's telling who's directing it who's doing it's it's exactly the same package it's it there really are so many similarities when you think about when you start a brand and you've got the president and the team of people around it and then it's the same thing
is the return on that gonna come back it's tough you know um so i think looking at it from a business it would be be a lot of that it'd be like what story what story do you want to tell where's the script how good's the script who's telling who's directing it who's doing it's it's exactly the same package it's it there really are so many similarities when you think about when you start a brand and you've got the president and the team of people around it and then it's the same thing
You know, if you've got a good team and you've got a good package and you've got a path to profitability,
You know, if you've got a good team and you've got a good package and you've got a path to profitability,
invest whether it's a movie whether it's you know man wipes um whatever it is you know i think i think it just it has to make sense and obviously nothing's ever going to make there's risk with everything you know um and that's just the nature of the beast and that's because the world we live in who knows what's around the corner you know they're another covid then shipping costs go through the roof and then your margins slashed no one knows there's risk
invest whether it's a movie whether it's you know man wipes um whatever it is you know i think i think it just it has to make sense and obviously nothing's ever going to make there's risk with everything you know um and that's just the nature of the beast and that's because the world we live in who knows what's around the corner you know they're another covid then shipping costs go through the roof and then your margins slashed no one knows there's risk
But that's the exciting thing about investments is there is risk. Of course, there's risk. If there wasn't risk, there wouldn't be any investments. Everyone would just put their own money in, you know. So it's exciting. But yeah, I would I would ask him a lot of the same questions as I'm asking someone who's making a product.
But that's the exciting thing about investments is there is risk. Of course, there's risk. If there wasn't risk, there wouldn't be any investments. Everyone would just put their own money in, you know. So it's exciting. But yeah, I would I would ask him a lot of the same questions as I'm asking someone who's making a product.
have you ever thought about or would you consider taking on passion projects in between 100 yeah i've got i mean there's a couple of things that i'm working on right now um i guess i'm just more um i like to be transparent right so if i'm sitting with an investor or someone that's going to put money into my movie and it's a passion project i'm saying exactly that yeah i'm saying mate this is a passion project read the story if it resonates with you as well i believe we can make something amazing here but obviously
have you ever thought about or would you consider taking on passion projects in between 100 yeah i've got i mean there's a couple of things that i'm working on right now um i guess i'm just more um i like to be transparent right so if i'm sitting with an investor or someone that's going to put money into my movie and it's a passion project i'm saying exactly that yeah i'm saying mate this is a passion project read the story if it resonates with you as well i believe we can make something amazing here but obviously
it's not a story that suddenly brings in sales because it's not, you know, a Blumhouse horror film. Sure. Um, I think just transparency, if you, if you're transparent and you, you communicate, no one can ever, you know, bite back at you for that, you know?
it's not a story that suddenly brings in sales because it's not, you know, a Blumhouse horror film. Sure. Um, I think just transparency, if you, if you're transparent and you, you communicate, no one can ever, you know, bite back at you for that, you know?
And I think that's the, you'll find your people, you'll find your people that are like, you know, I'm just trying to think of something like very passionate. Just say it was like a, Story of a footballer, right? And it was, you know, half the world still doesn't know. I mean, the world knows football, but, you know, over in the US, as in soccer, it's still trying to get there.
And I think that's the, you'll find your people, you'll find your people that are like, you know, I'm just trying to think of something like very passionate. Just say it was like a, Story of a footballer, right? And it was, you know, half the world still doesn't know. I mean, the world knows football, but, you know, over in the US, as in soccer, it's still trying to get there.
So as as much as it's a big sport, people try soccer movies a lot and sometimes they just don't work. But if I found this story of a soccer player and I wanted to make this story, I deep down, I know there's a risk there because. It's still not, you know, the soccer movies have never taken out. But if it was my passion and I sat with someone and said, look, mate, I know you love football.
So as as much as it's a big sport, people try soccer movies a lot and sometimes they just don't work. But if I found this story of a soccer player and I wanted to make this story, I deep down, I know there's a risk there because. It's still not, you know, the soccer movies have never taken out. But if it was my passion and I sat with someone and said, look, mate, I know you love football.
You know, you've got a few hundred million. Are you prepared to lose a few million? Maybe I say, yeah, maybe we take a shot. A hundred percent believe you've got to do with most things in life or life in general. You have to have a balance of the stuff that.
You know, you've got a few hundred million. Are you prepared to lose a few million? Maybe I say, yeah, maybe we take a shot. A hundred percent believe you've got to do with most things in life or life in general. You have to have a balance of the stuff that.
pays your rent and the stuff that makes you happy, you know, because otherwise what happens is, and I've been there, I don't know why that just made me a bit, get a bit emotional because I've literally been there where you're too busy thinking about the money stuff and you, and even if you're lucky enough to get the money stuff, you're fucking miserable.
pays your rent and the stuff that makes you happy, you know, because otherwise what happens is, and I've been there, I don't know why that just made me a bit, get a bit emotional because I've literally been there where you're too busy thinking about the money stuff and you, and even if you're lucky enough to get the money stuff, you're fucking miserable.