Review: DIY Filmmaking | Think Outside the Box Office and Tips from Bomb It!’s Jon Reiss
From Adam David Mezei (Thanks Adam for the nice words!) DIY Filmmaking | Think Outside the Box Office and Tips from Bomb It!’s Jon Reiss I spent Sunday evening flipping through Winter 2010’s edition of Filmmaker Magazine, fresh off the press for January. I stumbled across two excellent DIY articles, one called REMIND (p84) penned […]
Filmmaker Magazine article: Choosing a Fulfillment Company for Film Distribution
I’m back in Filmmaker Magazine – this time with a grind down to the details article on fulfillment companies: DIY NUTS AND BOLTS:CHOOSING A FULFILLMENT COMPANY By Jon Reiss As you may know I recently released a book, Think Outside the Box Office, a practical guide to distributing and marketing a film in today’s economically […]
Declaration of Indies – Reiss and Broderick in the NYT Today
Manohla Dargis interviewed me for an article on self distribution for the New York Times – it came out today. Proud to be in the company of the esteemed Peter Broderick! Declaration of Indies: Just Sell It Yourself! By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: January 14, 2010 LAST November inside a conference room at the University of […]
Jon Reiss Consulting at Slamdance & Offering free Consulting to 10 Sundance/Slamdance Filmmakers
As some of you might know, one of the reasons that I wrote Think Outside the Box Office was after those first Filmmaker articles I wrote in Fall ‘08 about my experiences distributing my graffiti doc Bomb It, many filmmakers contacted me to help them with their films. However they were all broke, as most […]
25 Points to Consider in Approaching Your Festival Premiere: Part 2
The first part of this article concerned how to approach festivals if you want to still pursue a more conventional sales oriented strategy within the new landscape of distribution for independent film.
This second part will address what you should consider if you are going to use your premiere festival (or one of your festivals) to launch the actual distribution and marketing of your film.
Changing the Life Model of a Release – Response to Brian Newman
Brian Newman has been tearing it up lately on his blog Springboard Media. While I don’t always agree with him, he is very thoughtful and has great insights into what is going on these days in the indie film world. I just tweeted his post from today Filmmaking and Releasing – Changing From the Male […]
Microcinema Reviews Think Outside the Box Office
Think Outside the Box Office was just reviewed in Microfilmmaker Magazine. Here a few nice pulls; “The premiere book on film distribution in the modern digital era. . . . Because Jon’s writing style is both engaging and informative, even the “candy” chapters are packed with useful information that will get you motivated and even […]
Think Outside the Box Office one of Brian Newman’s Recommended Reads
Recommended Reads from Brian Newman’s Blog Springboard Media There’s been a lot of great writing both in print and online (and at times, both) for filmmakers this year. It’s late in the year, but I thought I’d give my quick summary of some great titles that I think are required reading for any filmmaker – […]
Jon Reiss on Huffington Post A Christmas (and Hanukah) List to Help Save Independent Film
Here is my piece for the Huffington Post that ran on December 17, 2009 Click Here for the Original List with Links A Christmas (and Hanukah) List to Help Save Independent Film By Jon Reiss Much has been written about the current crises in independent film. Studios run by corporations increasingly view their specialty divisions […]
Blog Review for Think Outside the Box Office –
“”a jam-packed treasure trove of how-to DIY advice and real world examples – worth far more than the list price. In fact, I’d grab your copy now before Reiss figures out what an enormous value this is and starts charging the big bucks for weekend-long seminars!”