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Alternate Releasing Case Study: Going The Educational Route
Welcome to my new series on Alternative Releasing Strategies for your film. With so many new and unique ways to release and distribute your film, I wanted to dedicate some time to highlighting a few of the stories that have come across my desk that I think will inspire you to embark on an alternate [...]
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Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff When It Comes To Attaching Talent To Your Film
When I worked at the William Morris agency in the 90′s I remember the single most important thing every day was to bring in offers for our clients. That’s right…actual money offers. Not projects for them to ‘attach’ themselves to without an offer. Although those were important too, they were by no means our priority. An [...]
Film Producing Is An Expensive Education
When I first met my lawyer I had a rude awakening. She told me the reason she doesn’t represent many ‘new’ independent producers is because they are a lot of work in exchange for little financial gains. The early years are an enormous amount of work (and learning!) and the big paychecks don’t come till [...]
AFM Case Study: A Killer Pitch Will Get You Everywhere!
It’s time for Part 3 in our series of Film Market Case Studies in the lead up to AFM. My goal with this series is to inspire you by telling others’ stories and showing how they benefited from going to film markets. If you missed Part 2 in our series, you can check that out HERE. Today [...]
Want To Cash Flow Pre-Sales For Your Film?
Whenever the discussion of Pre-Sales comes up, inevitably it leads to this question: “Pre-Sale contracts from distributors are great, but how/when/where do you actually get the money to bankroll production?” It’s a very good question indeed since in reality, when you get pre-sales from distributors they don’t write you a check for the full amount. In [...]
AFM Case Study: Film In Post & Are Your Prepared?
It’s time again for another in our series of Film Market Case Studies in the lead up to AFM. My goal with this series is to inspire you by telling others’ stories and showing how they benefited from going to film markets. If you missed Part 1 in our series, you can check that out HERE. [...]