Posted on January 31, 2012 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
Getting a filmmaker to divulge the exact cost of a film is next to impossible. The same goes for distributors when asked about what kind of numbers to expect on the sales end. So at “Distribution X” at Sundance, a panel of distributors were asked to give numbers on wholly imaginary movies.
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Posted on December 30, 2011 in Featured, Selling Your Film | 3 Comments
When I woke up today it was morning in America, but it wasn’t until the afternoon before I realized I helped create the dawn. That’s when I saw Newt Gingrich’s “Rebuilding the America We Love” ad and noticed those images that all political pundits where dissecting where in part created by me.
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Posted on November 17, 2011 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
At the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center indieWIRE Editor in Chief Dana Harris moderates a discussion about the past 15 years of film distribution.
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Posted on July 13, 2011 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
This event was co-sponsored by the Tribeca Film Institute and the Department of Media Studies and Film at The New School.
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Posted on July 11, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Financing, Selling Your Film | No Comments
Award winning filmmakers explore their path to festival fame as they illuminate the creative and pragmatic execution of their vision. How did they develop their story, find their funding, and what were creative tools that made their story come to life.
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Posted on May 5, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Marketing, Selling Your Film | No Comments
In advertising world, the content of an ad is called “copy”. Being as filmmaking is such a collaborative medium, you will often be called to write some sort of pitch to “sell” your ideas and yourself. Here are 26 tips (alphabetically, including links to more in-depth articles) for better copy writing that you should reference to make your next pitch sizzle.
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Posted on April 29, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Internet, Selling Your Film | No Comments
Ted Hope (Adventureland, American Splendor) and Brian Newman discuss the nature of the film business from the perspective technology and trends in the industry in this talk from the Vimeo Festival.
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Posted on April 27, 2011 in Marketing, Selling Your Film | 1 Comment
You’ve just done the impossible: You just sold your feature to a distributor… But what do they expect to get from you? Here’s a few sample deliverables from distribution contracts for you to look through – even if you haven’t shot your next indie smash hit, it’s good to know what’s coming down the plate.
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Posted on September 15, 2010 in Film Festivals, Internet, Marketing, Selling Your Film | 3 Comments
From SXSW 2010: Finding an audience has become essential to the filmmaker’s arsenal. Featuring real-world examples, Gary Hustwit (director: Objectified, Helvetica) and Scott Kirsner (CinemaTech) explore the filmmaker’s art of cultivating an audience for their work, spreading the word, showing up for screenings, and buying the DVDs or downloading.
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Posted on September 6, 2010 in Financing, Marketing, Selling Your Film | 12 Comments
The once promising indie film industry has all but disappeared from Hollywood in recent years. Author Edward Jay Epstein explores the complicated finances behind why Hollywood is abandoning the indie films in favor of big budget spectacles like Avatar.
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Posted on August 24, 2010 in Selling Your Film | 1 Comment
The American Film Market is a great place to pitch your project or film – if you have a plan. Use these steps to increase your chances of success.
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Posted on August 5, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Internet, Selling Your Film, Selling Your Script | No Comments
Presented by the WGAW Publicity and Marketing Committee, this March 27, 2010 all-day seminar offered Writers Guild members tools to help them get online, promote their careers, raise their industry profiles, build their brands and distribute and monetize their work.
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Posted on July 16, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Selling Your Film | No Comments
For many filmmakers when it comes to contracts and other legal matters they are totally lost and negligent it, only to find out later that the damage caused by these missteps can’t be easily undone. Check this short list of things to watch out for created be The Independent.
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Posted on July 16, 2010 in Budgeting, Financing, Selling Your Film | No Comments
What is my film worth? I meet many filmmakers at various stages of the fimmaking process, all of whom have varying approaches to the tricky question of valuing their films. Here are some typical scenarios…
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Posted on July 9, 2010 in Cinematography, Editing, Filmmaking 360, General Screenwriting, Selling Your Film | No Comments
Meet the experts behind the scenes making 3D a reality. 3D gathers momentum, but before there are images on the screen, the art and science of 3D must connect. Join a panel of the technical experts and content creators who have contributed to some of the most anticipated and successful 3D projects.
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