GregWilliams2175
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I am thinking of having my movie distributed by Maverick Entertainment. If anyone has any advice or experience with them please do tell.
Anyone Here do business with Maverick Entertainment?
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Zak Forsman
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what's their offer?
GregWilliams2175
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20 grand. Its seems very low.
Zak Forsman
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that's the upfront? any percentage on gross receipts? do they want you to pay for deliverables?
GregWilliams2175
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That is paid on delivery of the film. No percentage. I don't pay for deliverables.
Zak Forsman
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exclusive or non-exclusive and for how long?
GregWilliams2175
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exclusive for 10 years
Richard J. Johnson
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I dealing with them right now. They don't pay a whole lot but it helps with financing the next project.
jls4
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Hey Zak, Greg
Maverick pays crap, but they are a good way to get out there especially if your film would probably not get picked up normally. Maverick is the last place to go, but they pick up almost everything. They don't give royalites or anything - one low price for 10 to 12 years and that's it. Good thing is that it's only DVD/Pay Per View No Cable, Foreign, or basic TV.
It's not a bad deal, especially if your movie was made under $15K and it's your first feature.
Maverick pays crap, but they are a good way to get out there especially if your film would probably not get picked up normally. Maverick is the last place to go, but they pick up almost everything. They don't give royalites or anything - one low price for 10 to 12 years and that's it. Good thing is that it's only DVD/Pay Per View No Cable, Foreign, or basic TV.
It's not a bad deal, especially if your movie was made under $15K and it's your first feature.
Chris Santucci
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GregWilliams2175
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Yeah, Ive heard terrible things about York
Richard J. Johnson
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York and Maverick used to be the same company.
GregWilliams2175
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Nathyn
Low Budget Ninja
Yep, Maverick's founder used to work for York back when one of my friend's movies came out. Maverick will pay but you if they take your film.
Your best bet with York is to do what I did, shoot the best film you can for under $3000 (as cheap as possible actually, I spent $800). Make it action or horror and it doesn't hurt if there's a lot of Blacks or Latinos and hip hop music in it. Get a name actor and you might actually get paid.
Do the same for Maverick, drop in a name and I'm almost sure you'll walk away with some money. Maverick doesn't pay much but will pay. If you can turn out several $3000 - $5000 halfway decent action or horror movies a year with a name actor in them you can possibly make a decent living.
Shoot for $5000, use $3000 to get names, then use the other $2000 and as many tricks as possible to shoot a watchable movie and you may get a $20,000 offer each time. Three $20,000 offers a year equals $60,000, four equals $80,000. There's all kinds of tricks you can do provided you have the money, time and imagination. What you have to understand is these movies are shot in 12 to 21 days and chopped and scored in month or so time.
There's twelve months in a year and you need to crank out a movie every three to four months. (There are ways to do this and keep some of your project's integrity). If you start off with $20,000 shoot four films and submit them to Maverick around the end of the year. (I would send one every two weeks to a month) By the next year, if your stuff is any good and they like the name actor, you should have at least $40,000 worth of offers. The others you can shop around.
-Nate
Your best bet with York is to do what I did, shoot the best film you can for under $3000 (as cheap as possible actually, I spent $800). Make it action or horror and it doesn't hurt if there's a lot of Blacks or Latinos and hip hop music in it. Get a name actor and you might actually get paid.
Do the same for Maverick, drop in a name and I'm almost sure you'll walk away with some money. Maverick doesn't pay much but will pay. If you can turn out several $3000 - $5000 halfway decent action or horror movies a year with a name actor in them you can possibly make a decent living.
Shoot for $5000, use $3000 to get names, then use the other $2000 and as many tricks as possible to shoot a watchable movie and you may get a $20,000 offer each time. Three $20,000 offers a year equals $60,000, four equals $80,000. There's all kinds of tricks you can do provided you have the money, time and imagination. What you have to understand is these movies are shot in 12 to 21 days and chopped and scored in month or so time.
There's twelve months in a year and you need to crank out a movie every three to four months. (There are ways to do this and keep some of your project's integrity). If you start off with $20,000 shoot four films and submit them to Maverick around the end of the year. (I would send one every two weeks to a month) By the next year, if your stuff is any good and they like the name actor, you should have at least $40,000 worth of offers. The others you can shop around.
-Nate
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GrahamRobbins
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Nate I will say that is a very helpful post and an awesome plan. For people like me who are about to shoot their first feature.
Thanks,
Graham Robbins
Thanks,
Graham Robbins
lawriejaffa
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Hmm i dont know it sounds a little crazy to me - shooting a movie for £1000? It sounds insane as anything BUT a last resort circumstance - certainly not a sane sounding business plan!
GrahamRobbins
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Well I have more than that Ive got 15,000, but it seems like a valid plan to anyone who just wants to go for it.
GregWilliams2175
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Nathyn, I like the way you think!
Chris Santucci
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Shoot a "watchable," saleable feature length film for $5K?
That's something I'd like to see.
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