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Kholi, I saw it a while back that you were making your way to a film fest or two. I really think that you'll benefit from that. Tieuel Legacy! Motion
 
Thanks for the LinK! I'll check it.

My overall sentiment of the Film Festival hasn't changed completely, but my decision on exhibiting and attending has. We're going a different route and using what we have as leverage to forge some relationships.

Speaking of that, we're scheduled to talk at the BURBANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL here, mid September. More details to come but it'll be on crowd-funding do's and definitely do not's, and high concepts on small budgets. Similar to the one in Vancouver.

I've become much more interested in this versus talks about the actual making of content, which is the easiest part anyway. Haha.

Anyone in the area should come and check out the fest!
 
@Kholi, truthfully you're thought of it may not change unless you get good looks from people with money or you get a lot of people patting you on the back. One thing that I like about it is that it can rejuvenate the love of doing films and writing. You have content so it could be a big deal. Some people take a few dozen disks out and pass them around to everyone. Some pass them to the decisionmakers. It sometimes allows you to cut the red tape without having an agent. Depends on who you're talking to also. It's worth a few tries.

Tieuel Legacy! Motion
 
Kholi, I appreciate your efforts and starting this thread. I hope you obtain traditional distribution. I came across a book that speaks about different approaches to distribution. I hope it helps.

Update: The pdf is free forever, but the better version (for kindle, ipad, etc.) with charts and graphs, etc. is only free until Oct 1. So hurry. The pdf is all text, no color pics or anything! :( I don't have an ebook reader, so the pdf will the best I ever see.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthrea...thout-Selling-Your-Soul&p=2437596#post2437596
 
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Last week I read the entire "Can you shoot an AMAZING feature for under 10K" and I found much of what you said spot on. Great to see that you walk the walk as well as you talk the talk- the trailer looks great.
 
prexdealer said:
Kholi, I appreciate your efforts and starting this thread. I hope you obtain traditional distribution. I came across a book that speaks about different approaches to distribution. I hope it helps.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthrea...thout-Selling-Your-Soul&p=2437596#post2437596
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THanks for reminding me about this! I forgot to DL it for my ipad. Gonna do that as SOON as I get home before I miss out on it.



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Last week I read the entire "Can you shoot an AMAZING feature for under 10K" and I found much of what you said spot on. Great to see that you walk the walk as well as you talk the talk- the trailer looks great.
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Man, it was one thing keeping up with that thread for 108 pages... but you went back and read the ENTIRE thing!? Talk about dedication! HAha.

Thanks for checking the trailer out, and the positive comments.

No real updates right now. Post is taking as long as post does when there's little (read:no) money, so we're still waiting on VFX and have begun sound work. Churnin' through it.
 
Downloaded and read through, on a trip to and back from Vegas (shooting! I'm too broke to gamble!), SELLING YOUR FILM WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL and I think it's a good read.

Feels like it was rushed together, some typos throughout, but all-in-all a good source of case studies and nice ideas to push one to consider straying away from traditional distribution and really owning what you've created. Devil's Advocate in me will always say that it also means spending more time cultivating one crop when guys (and gals) like us could stand to have a few. It's more of an internal argument, and mileage may vary.

Anyway, grab it if you have the spare change and have a read.

One thing's for sure, between hearing the first sound mix (DX and Design), seeing more of the VFX in the cut, watching it on a larger screen AND reading this book.. all of that combined, I have no fear of making back what we spent on this, and a little extra no matter which way we roll.
 
Glad to hear this Kholi. Your success would make it clear that independent filmmakers need to focus on high concept genre films in order to make an impact with their debuts.
 
mentatDUKE said:
Glad to hear this Kholi. Your success would make it clear that independent filmmakers need to focus on high concept genre films in order to make an impact with their debuts.
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ACTUALLY... I think it's just not that cut-and-dry. At least, I don't think so, any longer. If anything, my advice would be to focus on creating SOLID material (read:watchable and coherent) that, at the very least, sounds great... and above all, make sure that there's a niche for it that will eat it up.

I don't think we made a mistake by going so broad (very very broad) because you actually can sell this kind of material off of a trailer and a poster, and it's broad enough for a foreign audience to understand. But, going forward, I am totally focused on satisfying niche's and creating content for the small segments of interests that I actually like and care about.

Now, my new advice is more like "What do you like? And how can you turn that into something you want to watch?"

A very AWESOME example is this: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?263227-I-m-back!

Or here, the website link directly: http://www.theferretmovie.com/

Now, it's not my kind of content... not a fan of many animals, ferret's being on the low list... but, there aren't many I know personally that don't LOVE the idea and thought of ferrets. The material looks the part of a movie, sounds from what I can hear, and already has a niche built in. It's a short, granted, but there's a market for this.

She could, potentially, roll into ANY pet shop or pet store and place advertisement materials, or even whole-sale DVD's.

This is a win, no matter how you slice it, so long as care is taken to market if the goal is to make or break even. Even giving it away for free will generate a ton of interest from the niche.

And, best of all, she didn't really HAVE to worry about keeping the budget low: staying true to the material meant the budget was low already, and she could afford to get awesome shots like the one with the horse in the green grass. That shot blew my mind, and reminded me of something out of one of my favorite movies... LEGEND.

Anyway, I really don't think you HAVE to go genre, I just think you have to know what you're doing and it'd be best suited to attacking a very well-defined niche that you are a part of or are genuinely interested in.
 
Kholi,

I agree with your review. I think the ebook version may have more detail, but it gave some solid ideas and, if anything, makes me feel it is possible to be successful as an indie filmmaker, it just may take more creativity and dedication. And like the ferret movie, some of those movies covered in the book were very niche like the cycling or the piano. Best of luck!

Kholi said:
Downloaded and read through, on a trip to and back from Vegas (shooting! I'm too broke to gamble!), SELLING YOUR FILM WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL and I think it's a good read.

Feels like it was rushed together, some typos throughout, but all-in-all a good source of case studies and nice ideas to push one to consider straying away from traditional distribution and really owning what you've created. Devil's Advocate in me will always say that it also means spending more time cultivating one crop when guys (and gals) like us could stand to have a few. It's more of an internal argument, and mileage may vary.

Anyway, grab it if you have the spare change and have a read.

One thing's for sure, between hearing the first sound mix (DX and Design), seeing more of the VFX in the cut, watching it on a larger screen AND reading this book.. all of that combined, I have no fear of making back what we spent on this, and a little extra no matter which way we roll.
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prexdealer said:
Kholi,

I agree with your review. I think the ebook version may have more detail, but it gave some solid ideas and, if anything, makes me feel it is possible to be successful as an indie filmmaker, it just may take more creativity and dedication. And like the ferret movie, some of those movies covered in the book were very niche like the cycling or the piano. Best of luck!
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It was definitely interesting to read those ideas and get a confirmation of what I had been thinking about the past few months. At one point I felt like I had let everyone down because I chose such broad content, no named actors (although the cast is pretty solid in my eyes), and gone on with an extremely low budget... now, I don't. I also felt that, after seeing Faith's success, we should have gone niche and that's been in the back of my mind for a very long time.

A few people here know about a project I started working on that's geared toward women, I kicked off writing that about three months back.

Reading what these people had to say, the case studies, the numbers, etc. it all really opened my lungs. Thanks for reminding me a few posts back to download, it was a worthwhile read.

Also... just a bit of a blurb here.. don't let anyone tell you that horror or zombies are dead. I mean, some zombies are dead... but zombie movies are VERY much alive and still lucrative enough to draw attention. If you like zombies, do your zombie thing.
 
Kholi said:
ACTUALLY... I think it's just not that cut-and-dry. At least, I don't think so, any longer. If anything, my advice would be to focus on creating SOLID material (read:watchable and coherent) that, at the very least, sounds great... and above all, make sure that there's a niche for it that will eat it up.

I don't think we made a mistake by going so broad (very very broad) because you actually can sell this kind of material off of a trailer and a poster, and it's broad enough for a foreign audience to understand. But, going forward, I am totally focused on satisfying niche's and creating content for the small segments of interests that I actually like and care about.

Now, my new advice is more like "What do you like? And how can you turn that into something you want to watch?"

A very AWESOME example is this: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?263227-I-m-back!

Or here, the website link directly: http://www.theferretmovie.com/

Now, it's not my kind of content... not a fan of many animals, ferret's being on the low list... but, there aren't many I know personally that don't LOVE the idea and thought of ferrets. The material looks the part of a movie, sounds from what I can hear, and already has a niche built in. It's a short, granted, but there's a market for this.

She could, potentially, roll into ANY pet shop or pet store and place advertisement materials, or even whole-sale DVD's.

This is a win, no matter how you slice it, so long as care is taken to market if the goal is to make or break even. Even giving it away for free will generate a ton of interest from the niche.

And, best of all, she didn't really HAVE to worry about keeping the budget low: staying true to the material meant the budget was low already, and she could afford to get awesome shots like the one with the horse in the green grass. That shot blew my mind, and reminded me of something out of one of my favorite movies... LEGEND.

Anyway, I really don't think you HAVE to go genre, I just think you have to know what you're doing and it'd be best suited to attacking a very well-defined niche that you are a part of or are genuinely interested in.
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Hey Kholi! Thanks for the mention! The ferret movie (Jake & Jasper: A Ferret Tale) has had world wide support, ever since pre-production began. I'm a ferret owner myself and was tired of seeing films that portrayed ferrets in negative or inaccurate ways.. so I took it upon myself to make a film that shows them in a positive way, specifically the positive effect a ferret can have on your life, or in this case, the life of an 11 year old boy.

The horse shot is one of my favorites as well.. :)

PS I'm still looking for an experienced editor, if anyone wants to jump on the ferret train :)
 
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