Tag: digital distribution

GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Not Just a Dickens Novel.

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date November 12, 2010
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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.

Tags AFM, Brainstorm, Cinetic, digital distribution, Distribber, DIY, Fluent, Gravitas, Jon Reiss, Orly Ravid, PMD, Re-Creation Media, Sheri Candler, Stacey Parks, The Film Collaborative

Issues and Actions

Rejoice! NOBODY Knows What To Do.

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date November 4, 2010
1 Comment on Rejoice! NOBODY Knows What To Do.

The LATimes Company Town Blog has a post on a recent conference on Blu-Ray that the Five Studios Home Entertainment Heads all participated.

The executives said the biggest issue they face is sorting through a proliferating array of distribution platforms and figuring out when and where to release their movies and at what price in order to maximize profits. Such staggered release strategies are known in Hollywood parlance as “windows.”

Read the full post, but my takeaway is that the indie sector needs to figure out new ways to experiment and gain both understandings and footholds.

Tags digital distribution, distribution windows

Truly Free Film

Eddie Burns Learns To Love Doing It DIY

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date October 29, 2010
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Michael Tully of HammerToNail has a really great interview with Edward Burns on his path from small to medium to sorta big and then back again. It’s filled with the kind of insights that can only be offered by those that have been there — and are willing to be truly honest, with both themselves and us.

I remember when we were at Tribeca, and John Sloss, who I’m sure you know, has this new venture called FilmBuff, who is our distribution partner with this film. And he gave me an argument, but not so much for VOD. Maybe five years ago, I had this movie called Looking For Kitty. And the movie got one tiny, tiny distribution offer from THINKFilm. It was one of those no advance partnerships, and we had made the movie for a quarter of a million dollars. John said, “Look, you’re gonna sell the movie for nothing and they’re gonna own it, just so you can satisfy that part of your ego that wants the film to be released theatrically.” He goes,

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Truly Free Film

Old Is New Again

I have often felt that you could do a shot for shot remake of Godard’s A WOMAN IS A WOMAN and win Sundance with it. It feels as fresh today as it did when it came out — which is both a testament to the quality of the film and condemnation of our current culture. We haven’t exactly moved forward in terms of our art forms and storytelling.

One thing that has reinforced my conviction that remakes could be the freshest thing on the planet, is Eddie Burns’ series of “homage” trailers he’s done around his latest film NICE GUY JOHNNY. If I saw this trailer without the context of what Eddie is up to, I would run to the theater to catch the feature. Even knowing that this is the third in a series of trailers that Eddie has done, it still makes me want to see what he’s been up to lately. Clearly he’s been inspired, and is having a lot of fun.

Okay, so this homage is not to the french new wave, but it is to a film that was heavily informed by all that those folks were up to, and filtered it through a big Hollywood lens. Did you name it? Got it after the jump.

Tags digital distribution, DIY, Eddie Burns, Edward Burns, indie film marketing, Nice Guy Johnny, trailers

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The Next Big Thing? Homage Trailers

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date October 13, 2010
3 Comments on The Next Big Thing? Homage Trailers

Yesterday, I posted how Edward Burns has found inspiration in the classics, or at least in the classics’ trailers. I get a huge kick from his “remakes” that he has created around his new film NICE GUY JOHNNY. “Homages” to the greats are both funny to watch and a great discovery tool. So if you had a jones for more after yesterday’s serving of Antonioni’s L’AVVENTURA, why stop there? Here’s Eddie’s remake of Godard’s CONTEMPT:

Tags Antonioni, Contempt, digital distribution, DIY, Eddie Burns, Edward Burns, indie film marketing, Jean Luc Godard, L'Avventura, trailers

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Let’s Remake The Greatest Movies Of All Time!

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date October 12, 2010
3 Comments on Let’s Remake The Greatest Movies Of All Time!

Okay, let’s let the the great movies be the great movies (at least for now), but who says we can’t have fun with their various extensions? Eddie Burns is on a role. He’s always gotten a great deal of inspiration from the greats. THE BROTHERS McMULLEN had a bit of Woody Allen — in Irish drag — as it’s patron saint. He’s found new inspiration and energy from an embrace of DIY and social media, and as much as he’s looking forward, he’s drawing on the past. To get us all ready for his new film NICE GUY JOHNNY (opening on all platforms Oct. 26), Eddie has looked at the greatest movies ever made, but hey he’s a busy guy, so he doesn’t have time to watch the whole feature and has settled on the trailers.

Does this trailer remind you of anything you’ve seen before?