Author: Ted Hope

Buffalo 8: How To Sell an Independent Film & Actually Make Money

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date June 9, 2014
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By Matthew Helderman, & Luke Taylor

Introduction

Completing a film is a feat in an of itself — but selling a feature film in the current international indie film climate is another story all together.

Before embarking on the writing & development stages of a feature film — take some time to dissect the market and assess the realities:

The market is heavily over saturated — attending any of the major film markets will reveal this truth. Cannes, AFM, Berlin, Toronto, MIPCOM, etc… There is much more content than viewers could ever possibly absorb.

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Truly Free Film

VIDEO: 8 min REcap ReInvent Hollywood and The Form

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date June 9, 2014

Our discussions on ReInvent Hollywood run 90 minutes (and you can watch the whole thing here), but in this day and age sometimes we only have time to watch ten minutes on the bus. Here are the high points in a highly digestible format:

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These Are Those Things

MUST WATCH Short: Entirely Set On A Computer Screen

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date June 7, 2014
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“Noah” directed by Walter Woodman & Patrick Cederberg

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Issues and Actions

Selling Your Film Outside the U.S

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date June 6, 2014
186 Comments on Selling Your Film Outside the U.S

Jon Reiss, Sherry Candler, Orly Ravid & The Film Collaborative have been doing a tremendous service for the global film community for some time now releasing books that are free to download and address the core problems the indie film world are facing. But they just took it up another step.

Tags Jeffrey Winter, Jon Reiss, Orly Ravid, Sherry Candler, The Film Collaborative, Wendy Bernfield

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Failure to Address Failure is the Problem

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date June 6, 2014
248 Comments on Failure to Address Failure is the Problem

By Beanie Barnes

My favorite philosopher wrote that, in order to understand success and analyze what causes it, we need to study the traits present in failure. He pointed out that people who fail do not really write memoirs – generally, publishers do not return their calls nor do readers pay for such stories, even if a story of failure is more valuable than the one of success — just ask the authors of the brilliant book, What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars, which they had to self-publish. This disregard of failure happens a lot in film where we often (and only) celebrate success. That is why it was so amazing that Sundance, at this year’s festival, opened the Pandora’s Box that is “failure.”

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Issues and Actions

How Much Data And Content Is Being Generated Right Now?

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date June 5, 2014
1 Comment on How Much Data And Content Is Being Generated Right Now?

“The Internet In Real Time” is a must see for anyone who has pondered this question. If there is any doubt that making films NOW is something entirely different from THEN (aka before the internet), “The Internet In Real Time” should demonstrate that we are in the Era Of Distraction. Or is the Time Of Abundance Culture? Whatever we refer to it, it demonstrates the challenge is now one of time allocation and prioritization. With so many things coming at everyone, how do we get them to watch our work? Maybe a good start is to stop reading this post and watch a movie instead.