Independent Film Distribution
How to Make a Successful End Run Around the Big Guys
Published on 1. November 2006
272 pages
978-1-61593-042-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text will guide readers through the film distribution process in order to get their movie seen and heard by the biggest audience possible.
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Content
- COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD: Keith Gordon, Filmmaker
- 1 A BRIEF AND POTENTIALLY DISTURBING OVERVIEW ON THE STATE OF INDEPENDENT FILM IN AMERICA
- Independent Film 101
- Outsiders Fighting Back
- Interview: Rick Curnutte, Editor, The Film Journal
- Different Voices: Outsiders on a Celluloid Platform
- The View from Today: Who is Distributing Movies?
- Interview: Gregory Hatanaka, Distributor/Filmmaker
- Listen to What the Man Says
- 2 BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK OF CONTACTING A DISTRIBUTOR
- Ask Yourself: Is This Film Really Good Enough for Release?
- Which Distributor Are You Considering?
- Are All of the Elements in Place?
- The Passover Principle
- The Press Kit
- The Web Site
- Interview: Eric Robichaud, CEO, Mediaweave
- Making Contact
- How to Respond If You Get a Contract Offer
- How to Deal with Rejection
- Interview: Bilge Ebiri, Film Critic/Filmmaker
- Listen to What the Man Says
- 3 IT'S NOTWHAT YOU KNOW, BUT
- Interview: Eric Byler, Filmmaker
- The Producer's Rep
- The Publicist
- Interview: Sasha Berman, Film Publicist/Marketing Specialist
- The Media
- Professional Resources
- The Lawyer
- The Someone Who Knows Someone Who
- But Then Again
- Interview: Albert Lai, Partner and COO, Matson Films
- Listen to What the Man Says
- 4 THE HARD AND BITTER TRUTH ABOUT FESTIVALS
- The View from Yesterday
- The View from Today
- Interview: Ryan Dacko, Filmmaker/Author
- Are Festivals Worth the Bother?
- Interview: Christian de Rezendes, Filmmaker
- The New Festival Paradigm
- Interview: Mark Doyle and Bruno Derlin, Festival Programmers, Visionfest
- Listen to What the Man Says
- 5 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO A BETTER JOB THAN MIRAMAX?
- Interview: Arthur Dong, Filmmaker
- The Self-Distribution Pioneers
- Interview: Andrew Repasky McElhinney, Filmmaker
- A Few Basic Facts
- Self-Distribution War Stories
- The Service Deal Solution
- To Four-Wall or not to Four-Wall?
- Opportunity Knocking
- Interview: Nick Day and Maurizio Benazzo, Filmmakers
- Listen to What the Man Says
- 6 IS "DIRECT-TO-VIDEO" SYNONYMOUS WITH FAILURE?
- DTV, Yesterday and Today
- Interview: Doug Pratt, Author, Doug Pratt's DVD
- Online Sales Success
- Doing the Nontheatrical Circuit
- Selected Movie, Coming Up
- Interview: Michael Legge, Filmmaker
- Listen to What the Man Says
- 7 WHO'S WHO, WHERE THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
- Interview: Mark Cuban, Producer/Distributor
- The State of Film Distribution as of Today
- Interview: Chris Gore, Journalist/Publisher/Distributor
- Listen to What the Man Says
- THE FINAL WORD
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
