My Filmmaker Magazine Blog: A Response to Clive Davies-Frayne & Ted Hope About Self Distribution and Marketing
ON INDEPENDENT FILM DISTRIBUTION: A RESPONSE FROM THE PRESENT My posting of a strange letter from the future I received from an independent filmmaker has prompted a diverse group of reactions throughout the blogosphere. Ted Hope kindly called it “brilliant” over at his blog while an Anonymous poster here said he was “revolted” by it […]
Ted Hope Speaks at BFI London Film Festival
Seasoned Indie producer Ted Hope (21 Grams, The Hawk is Dying, TrulyFreeFilm) speaks in London on the future of Independent filmmaking. How will digital technology make films more accessible? From Screendaily.com: Film industry should be more accessible, says Hope 14 October, 2009 | By Sarah Cooper Veteran independent film producer Ted Hope called for new […]
New “Indie Studio” Plans to Release 12 Feature Films Per Year at Budgets of $10M or Less – Guaranteed Distribution!
Honestly, I saw this on Indiewire Monday and could not be more excited. While some indie film companies are packing up shop and throwing in the towel, Mary Dickinson, Ted Hope, and others are actually starting something anew. This is such exciting news for the indie film world. As much as I like to promote […]
Reel World Class Discusses Web Finance
I’m sitting in my Reel World Class at Cal Arts showing the class how to blog and how easy it is. We got here by being sidetracked by a Web 2.0 vs Web 1.0 discussion. More later. Check out fundable.org
Theatrical Mapping Project
Ted Hope has added a new “tools” section to the Truly Free Film site. I have suggested that he add the theatrical mapping project from the Workbook Project. This map was my first step in the theaters that I contacted for our theatrical release of Bomb It and as such was hugely instrumental in our […]
Reel World Survival Skills for Filmmakers
This post is a response to Ted Hopes post on the Truly Free Film Blog today: “I am committed to destroying the myth of the starving artist” I developed and teach a class at Cal Arts that addresses Ted’s concerns about making a living as a filmmaker. It’s called “Reel World Survival Skills: Everything I […]