Putting Chilean Film on the Map
On Thursday and Friday of this week (Oct 20-21) I will be at the Flyway Film Festival, presenting my two-day Think Outside the Box Office workshop on the ever-changing world of hybrid distribution and marketing. Today, though, I am thrilled to share a guest post from Chilean filmmaker Bernardo Palau whose first feature film ‘Saving […]
NEW BOOK LAUNCH! AND IT’S FREE!
I am super excited to announce the publication of a new book written by myself, Sheri Candler and The Film Collaborative titled Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul! I am also super excited to tell you that you can download the PDFor ePub version for free or by tomorrow you can order the paperback […]
Guest Post by Jon Fougner: Cinema Profitability Part 3
This is Part 3 of Jon Fougner’s guest series on Cinema Profitability – today he focuses on the channels: Channels Do the Big 3 have channel strategies? The vast majority of their tickets are sold either at the box office or via 1 of the 2 online brokers: Comcast’s Fandango with 9mm monthly uniques (used […]
PDF and New Special Prices on Think Outside the Box Office
We removed the DRM protection from the Think Outside the Box Office PDF. This should allow it to play on Kindle devices and iPads, etc. since it will now be a simple PDF. To celebrate the liberation of TOTBO, I am having a special sale:
Bomb It iPhone App Launched
Very excited to announce the Bomb It iPhone app is now out and up on iTunes stores around the world. This is not an app to watch the film (that is available on regular iTunes). This is an app to share the graffiti and street art you love with others. It is free – and […]
Happy New Year – With Much Appreciation
I want to wish you all a wonderful New Year. I am looking forward to communicating with you on a number of new projects and initiatives that I will be talking about in the coming year. Most of all, I want to take this time to thank everyone who has been so enthusiastic in their […]
The New York Times on How Websites Connect Filmmakers to Fans
There is a great survey of filmmakers and their websites (and the importance of one) by Manohla Dargis in the New York Times today titled Hitchcock Would’ve Had a Web Site. Its a good primer for those filmmakers who still don’t have a website – as well as putting a director’s website into historical context. […]
This Week on Babelgum Bomb It 2 – South East Asia
For this week’s Bomb It 2 installment on Babelgum we went back to Asia to look at Jakarta, Singapore and Hong Kong. Jakarta has a vibrant graffiti and street art scene and was my first stop after Bangkok (covered in week 1 of Bomb It 2). I was there for only six hours – but […]
Bomb It 2 Graffiti in the West Bank
No guest post today – instead I wanted to write about the Bomb It 2 episodes that we uploaded to Babelgum this week. The attitudes and motivations of graffiti and street artists in the Palestinian refugee camps on the West Bank is quite different than those of most writer’s I have spoken to around the […]
Atlanta TOTBO Workshop with Sheri Candler!
I’m heading to Atlanta, GA to do a Think Outside the Box Office Workshop presented by the Atlanta Film Festival 365 and Push Push Theater November 12, 13th and 14th. Sheri Candler will be coming out to give presentations on personal branding, social media and crowdfunding! This will be the first TOTBO workshop in the […]