Zblock
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I'm going to be taking a two week break for Christmas and New Years. Upon returning to LA next year I'll be making a decision regarding distribution to which I'd really appreciate any advice or knowledge this community could offer.
The film "Fathoms Deep" http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?212004-Fathoms-deep is my first feature and I'm afraid I have no experience at all with distribution. On the plus side, we've garnered a bit of positive press for the film and word does seem to be spreading. I've also been approached by 3 distribution companies who each have their own ideas about getting the film out and making sales. On the negative side, distribution appears to require much more transcoding work on my part or money in the $5,000 range to have someone transcode to worldwide platforms.
I'll outline the 3 deals while keeping the company names out. If you're interested in knowing them you can PM me.
Deal 1 - The Proclaimed "Best Deal In Town" - I sign a non-exclusive deal with this company and they put the film on itunes, Video On Demand, Vudu and maybe one other platform and take only 20% of the sales. However they do ZERO marketing for the film so I have to draw sales. This is a small but known distribution company
Deal 2 - I pay $5,000 for internations and cross-platform transcoding and this company will put the movie all over the globe at once. Saturating every market. I retain ownership of the film but split the revenue with them 50% They will also target one US city to run a theatrical release and if it goes well we'd continue the theatrical campaign before releasing the film to the internet. I think there will be additional marketing costs required of me to Theatrically run the film. This is an unknown distribution company with only a handful of films under their belt. However talking with the agent, I did get a great vibe from them.
Deal 3 - Pay a retainer of $15,000 for a sales rep to get marketing and international sales. - This is a known distribution company. Exclusive Contract.
I've already got a website up selling dvd's and a streaming version of the film. Help with any advice. I want to make a decision early in 2012 so I can move on to my other projects and not worry about my first film any longer. Does anyone have a recommendation I don't know about? I was hoping to get better offers or at least a clear obvious choice but most of the distribution companies wouldn't take the movie without name talent so it looks like these are my choices.
Thanks,
Website www.fathomsdeepmovie.com
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRDtltpDozc
The film "Fathoms Deep" http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?212004-Fathoms-deep is my first feature and I'm afraid I have no experience at all with distribution. On the plus side, we've garnered a bit of positive press for the film and word does seem to be spreading. I've also been approached by 3 distribution companies who each have their own ideas about getting the film out and making sales. On the negative side, distribution appears to require much more transcoding work on my part or money in the $5,000 range to have someone transcode to worldwide platforms.
I'll outline the 3 deals while keeping the company names out. If you're interested in knowing them you can PM me.
Deal 1 - The Proclaimed "Best Deal In Town" - I sign a non-exclusive deal with this company and they put the film on itunes, Video On Demand, Vudu and maybe one other platform and take only 20% of the sales. However they do ZERO marketing for the film so I have to draw sales. This is a small but known distribution company
Deal 2 - I pay $5,000 for internations and cross-platform transcoding and this company will put the movie all over the globe at once. Saturating every market. I retain ownership of the film but split the revenue with them 50% They will also target one US city to run a theatrical release and if it goes well we'd continue the theatrical campaign before releasing the film to the internet. I think there will be additional marketing costs required of me to Theatrically run the film. This is an unknown distribution company with only a handful of films under their belt. However talking with the agent, I did get a great vibe from them.
Deal 3 - Pay a retainer of $15,000 for a sales rep to get marketing and international sales. - This is a known distribution company. Exclusive Contract.
I've already got a website up selling dvd's and a streaming version of the film. Help with any advice. I want to make a decision early in 2012 so I can move on to my other projects and not worry about my first film any longer. Does anyone have a recommendation I don't know about? I was hoping to get better offers or at least a clear obvious choice but most of the distribution companies wouldn't take the movie without name talent so it looks like these are my choices.
Thanks,
Website www.fathomsdeepmovie.com
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRDtltpDozc
