Social Networking to Increase Your Independent Film’s Exposure (well, duh).
IndieGoGo – A resource you should all know about. On Monday Triplepundit (typically an environment site) issued this article interviewing the Slava Rubin of Indie GoGo. IndieGoGo: Cause Awareness Through Entertainment By Gennefer Snowfield | August 10th, 2009 | Triplepundit.com The social web has opened the floodgates of communication, allowing users from all over the […]
As studios cut back, indie spirit serves directors — More Independent Filmmakers are going DIY.
Check out this great article I found in the New York Times. Keep up the indie spirit, everyone! As studios cut back, indie spirit serves directors By Michael Cieply | New York Times | Aug 12, 2009 LOS ANGELES » Quentin Tarantino never had to go through this. When “The Age of Stupid,” a climate […]
Film Independent Lecture Series: The DIY Bible: A Nuts and Bolts Workshop on How To Distribute Your Film in the Digital Era with Jon Reiss
Hey everyone! I’m doing a workshop with Film Independent Tuesday nights starting tomorrow (through September 8th) and would like to invite all of you to attend if interested. The DIY Bible: A Nuts and Bolts Workshop on How To Distribute Your Film in the Digital Era **Topic for Tuesday, August 11th: Your Film’s Overall Distribution […]
Three Approaches to Marketing an Independent Film – Three Indie Filmmakers Tell Us How They Did It
Hey everyone. This is an article from Independent Magazine that looks at three real-life case studies of independent filmmakers DIY-ing their own marketing. Again, DIY isn’t always for everyone, but these folks made it work. A great read! Three Approaches to Marketing an Independent Film Three independent filmmakers discuss how they succeeded in marketing their […]
Attend a Workshop with Jon Reiss — The DIY Bible: A Nuts and Bolts Workshop on How To Distribute Your Film in the Digital Era
Hey everyone! I’m doing a workshop with Film Independent Tuesday nights starting next week (through September 8th) and would like to invite all of you to attend if interested. The DIY Bible: A Nuts and Bolts Workshop on How To Distribute Your Film in the Digital Era **Topic for Tuesday, August 11th: Your Film’s Overall […]
The Indie Film Dilemma – Hybrid Distribution for IFC?
This is a great article I found from the Santa Monica Reporter Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by NewsLanc.com. It talks briefly about the history of independent film and possible future for it via methods being tried out by IFC. Read On. The Indie Film Dilemma Most reports from show business media tell us that […]
10 Insights to the Indie Film World (as shared at this year’s LA Film Fest)
Ok, so I already spoke about James D. Stern’s talk a few days ago, but wanted to share the broader message as so eloquently reported by Indie Wire last week. Great, great stuff. The World As We Know It Is Over? 10 Insights on the Movie Biz IndieWire.com by Andy Lauer (June 23, 2009) “The […]
Gigantic Digital – A Gigantic Step for Filmmakers in Online Distribution
Independent Film Distribution Moves Into a New Era–With GiganticDigital.com – For the First Time Ever, Movie-Lovers Across the U.S. Will See New Indie Titles First Run, Ad-Free & Streamed in Hi-Res For the first time ever, audiences will be able to see first-run independent movie releases everywhere in the United States. New York-based film company […]
Making “Smarter” Independent Films (or rather, make films more wisely)
The Hollywood Reporter posted a great article last week on Jim Stern’s LA Film Fest Talk. Some of you may remember that last year around this same time, Mark Gil was going off about indie film’s declne and ultimate demise. Needless to say, Jim was singing a different tune, calling attention to the ever-importance of […]
Indie Film Today: Retiring or Resurging?
This post came from The Indie Auteur blog and was in response to an ongoing argument on the future of indie film. Stephan’s mentality of “do something about it or stop complaining” struck a chord with me. Article is re-posted below: It’s Always A Hard Time To Be Indie by Stephan Vladimir Bugaj A recent […]