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These Are Those Things

“I Didn’t Know That”: Great Video, Great Music

The Books make really smart music that is still really great to listen to.  The music alone makes me giddy, but the video seals the deal.  I will never look at golfers the same.


Thanks to whomever sent me this.  Sorry that — in some regards — production turns my mind into swiss cheese.

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Truly Free Film

GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Not Just a Dickens Novel.

What do Filmmakers want from film markets and what they can realistically get?

Discerning the difference between a film that can actually sell well enough to justify having a third party sales agent and going to markets vs a film that is best served by DIY methods that should be planned and employed BEFORE the film’s first exhibition”

Guest post from Orly Ravid, Founder of The Film Collaborative (TFC)

We get questioned all the time by members and others about which markets should filmmakers attend and which sales agents should they go with. Having unrealistic expectations is dangerous. It sets people up to do nothing on their own but wait for some third party to make their dreams come true.