Jon Reiss Interview with Nat Mundel
This was published on voyagemedia.com today. Author Jon Reiss on the Death of the Film Festival AND HIS BEST KEPT SECRETS THAT COULD MAKE YOUR NEXT INDIE FILM A SUCCESS!! In his interview with Nat Mundel, independent filmmaker, author, and educator Jon Reiss unabashedly confirms one thing: the film festival acquisition model is dead or […]
IFP Announced Conclusion of “Made in NY” Mentorship Program
Press release published on ifp.org. New York, NY (April 29, 2010) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting announce the conclusion of the inaugural year of its “Made in NY” Mentorship Program, a career development program supporting and promoting diversity in the New York City entertainment […]
TOTBO Tip of the Day 10 Blog
Blogging helps in two ways: First, it drives traffic to your site as you link to new and interesting stories that are related to the subject of your film (For Bomb It, we post news about graffiti around the world.) And second, your blogging activity will help your site’s SEO (search engine optimization). This will […]
The Producer of Marketing and Distribution
This is my article published on screendaily.com. The Producer of Marketing and Distribution BY JON REISS In my first guest column for Screen Daily in November of last year, I introduced what I call the new 50/50. This idea is to convey to filmmakers that half of their work is making the film, half of […]
Video Highlights of NSI Winnipeg Panel
TOTBO Tip of the Day 8 Engage Organizations to Promote Your Film
Step 2 of Audience Engagement is: Know WHERE your audience derives information/congregates. Many niche’s have organizations that support those specific topics and interests. Engage those organizations early in your filmmaking process (as early as conception and prep). It is important to have the proper attitude toward your audience and these organizations. You need to think, […]
TOTBO Tip of the Day 9 Create a Dynamic Website
Create a dynamic web site and do it long before your film is done. Old-style film web sites are out — blogging and a constant flow of information are in. Blogging and tagging is what the little bots out in cyberspace will recognize and bring you up in the rankings. Thanks to my wonderful friend […]
TOTBO Tip of the Day 7 Differentiating Core and Niche Audiences
The terms Core and Niche are often used interchangeably and this is a mistake. The niche audience for your film is that slice of the population that has a particular interest in your film or an aspect of your film. The core audience for your film is those people within each niche that are your […]
Babelgum Online Film Fest Winners Announced (Courtesy of Shooting People)
NEW YORK / LONDON (April 26, 2010) – After evaluating a shortlist of eligible films, the professional jurors of the 3rd Babelgum Online Film Festival (BOFF3) – Carlos Battilana, Jean-Pierre Bekolo Obama, Richard Linklater, Shooting People Patron Sally Potter, Annie Sundberg, Eric Watson and Jason Wishnow – announced today the BOFF3 Jury Award winners, which […]
Call for Entries: 2nd Annual Film Festival for Social & Environmental Change
Fans Of Film 2nd annual film festival for change starting Nov/01/2010 ending Nov/01/2010. This is a festival to distribution event. ORGANIZERS: Michael Palombo and Pattie Greer Fans Of Film wants to see the best and get 8 winning films in “documentary/narrative social and environmental films for change” that filmmakers can dish out, and we wanna […]