Think Outside the Box Office Workshop
Guest Post: Fulfilment Options from Breakthrough Distribution
First off – the next Totbo workshop is in Vancouver in just 2 weeks: February 26 and 27th being organized by DOC BC with support from the NFB and British Columbia Film. If you are in the Vancouver area – I hope to see you there! Today’s guest post is from Jeff Rosen from […]
Part 2: The secrets of the $300 million independent film.
In early 2006, Australian TV producer Rhonda Byrne launched her feature length documentary online. It was called The Secret. The film spread like wildfire around the globe as viewers took up the viral campaign Byrne had begun.
The Secrets of the $300 Million Independent Film
During the Melbourne Think Outside the Box Office Workshop last year, I had the pleasure to meet Julie Eckersley who told me that she had written her master’s thesis on the runaway success of the independent film “The Secret”. She generously offered to share her findings with my readers. While much of the success of […]
Guest Post: Kim Garland on Scriptchat and Building a Twitter Community
If you want to build a community, start by being a community. Think about the project you’re hoping to launch and the team you can bring together to do it. In addition to screenwriting, the Treefort brings backgrounds in film production, book publishing, magazine-writing and franchise- and small-business ownership. It’s this diversity and team-like support that has probably had the biggest hand in our success.
Ride the Divide Part 1: Set Your Goals, Identify and Partner With Your Audience
Tonight at midnight Hunter Weeks and Mike Dion launch a 2711 minute free access to their film “Ride the Divide” on You Tube to coincide with LiveStrong Day on October 2nd. The film is about three riders as they traverse the 2711 miles of the continental divide from Banff Canada to the Mexican border. I […]
Am I a Filmmaker or a Brand? Why not be both?
A year ago, I brought the preview copies of Think Outside the Box Office to sell at Independent Film Week, straight off the press. This week in addition to being a lab leader and mentor of the new IFP Filmmaker Labs, I have the honor of being paired in a Cage Match on Thursday against […]
Further Clarification of the PMD and Economics
Let me clarify some of my feelings about the PMD. I will add my universal caveat that every film and situation is different. But here are some important guidelines: 1. The best case scenario is that a PMD is on board as a full collaborator and worker from as close to inception of the film […]
Update to Jeremy Juuso’s DIY Film Releasing Article
This was published yesterday on jeremyjuuso.blogspot.com. UPDATE TO BASELINE JULY 2010 DIY POSTING During the course of research, I found a film from 2009 that initially appeared to be a DIY release, but upon further inspection had to be relabeled as a non-DIY release. As a result, this has slightly shifted the numbers that initially […]
PMD Rising
Even if a film ends up with traditional distribution, the work of a PMD during prep, production and post is invaluable. If the film doesn’t obtain traditional distribution (or doesn’t want traditional distribution) a PMD (and a complete distribution and marketing crew) are vital.