Launch of @skJon Reiss a Twitter Blog interface on Film Distribution and Marketing – This weeks topic – Film Festival Strategies
Ok – so its time for @askJon. I know the title is a little corny – but I don’t think we should take ourselves too seriously in all of this!! Each week I will be posting questions on a specific topic of film distribution and marketing to the filmmaking community via my twitter account @Jon_Reiss. […]
Justine Jacobs on DIY Distribution and her film Ready Set Bag
Doug Block from D-Word turned me onto filmmaker Justine Jacobs and her film Ready Set Bag. She did a post on D-Word and he turned me onto it – I contacted Justine and she is letting me republish it here: I wish there was a secret recipe. Bottom line we got tired of waiting for […]
Jon Reiss at IFC this Tuesday, November 17th!
Just out from an amazing weekend at DOX:FORUM in Cophenhagen, I’ll be in New York this week at the IFC Center speaking about my new book Think Outside the Box Office (released on the 16th!). Come check it out! Call (212) 924-7771 for tickets! Thinking Outside the Box Office Tue, Nov 17 at: 6:00 PM […]
Review of Think Oustide the Box Office by Content NOW
Content NOW Here’s the pull quote: “Written in a light conversational tone and beautifully organized over 354 pages, Jon, a noted filmmaker (Bomb It, Better Living Through Circuitry) and CalArts teacher, passionate about connecting filmmakers to their audiences, arms filmmakers with the arsenal needed for a killer DIY direct to fan film marketing campaign. This […]
Indies continue to look for ways to harness the internet
For Independent filmmaking and distribution, the internet is still nascent territory. We’ve only begun to see how we can reach our audiences through broad-band streaming, direct download, and DVD rentals. But the internet is not a be-all-end-all solution to distribution. This article highlights the importance of a solid marketing strategy for digital indie distribution. It’s […]
Ask @Jon_Reiss a twitter/blog interface experiment
Last week I started posting questions and ideas/tips onto my twitter account @Jon_Reiss about film distribution and marketing. I started getting replies and questions back which was excellent! and I tried as best I could to answer them all in my alloted 140 characters. However, the 140 limit prevented me from responding properly in many […]
Jon Reiss joins BAFTA panel at this year’s AFM Conference
I’ll be sitting on the BAFTA panel at AFM discussing changes in Indie Distribution on Sunday, November 8th from 11:00am – 12:30pm. Come on out to hear the most cutting-edge discussion of indie distribution and marketing! Sunday November 8th 11:00am-12:30pm No Direction Home – Changing Indie Distribution Strategies Programmed by: British Academy of Film & […]
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 […]
Ira Deutchman on a “Public Option” for Indie Filmmakers!
Check out this great post from Ira Deutchman’s blog. Tyler Davidson makes an interesting comparison between the recent debate in health care reform and the effects of industry change on independent filmmaking: Ira Deutchman A Public Option for Filmmakers After my last post about the “Indie Summit,” I began an email correspondence with indie filmmaker […]
Jon Reiss speaking at Film Independent Filmmaker Forum October 11th, 2009
I’ll be at the Film Independent Filmmaker Forum this weekend. I’m on a panel Sunday morning but I’ll also be around in general to chat. Let me know if you are coming. Jon FIND FILMMAKER FORUM SUNDAY OCTOBER 11th, 2009 Director’s Guild of America, 7920 W Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046 9:00 am […]