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

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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Buffalo 8: How To Produce a $1M Feature Film & Actually Profit

By Matthew Helderman, & Luke Taylor
 
Introduction — shrinking budgets & rising expected production values
At Buffalo 8 Productions, we’ve produced over 30 feature films ranging from $100,000 budgets to $8M budgets with the average project settling around $1M.
 
We’ve seen budgets shrink, projects come & go and expectations shattered or met with disappointment during the process.
 
Through our experiences we’ve gathered and built a manifesto for the do’s & don’ts of making low budget projects. Some are obvious, others are elements we picked up after handfuls of wrong turns.

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