Comments on: To FREE or not to FREE http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/ Exploring ways to make movies that sell! Fri, 18 May 2012 03:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sell House Quickly London http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-2887 Sell House Quickly London Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:10:49 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-2887 I am at all times a nasty commenter.how can you get optimistic response from me,nonetheless innovative and informative.thanx buddy. I am at all times a nasty commenter.how can you get optimistic response from me,nonetheless innovative and informative.thanx buddy.

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]]> By: Jamison Manchester http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-2385 Jamison Manchester Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:04:51 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-2385 Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wished to say that I have truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. After all I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again very soon! Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wished to say that I have truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. After all I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again very soon!

]]> By: Yohance Rodriguez http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Yohance Rodriguez Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:43:27 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-1270 Loved reading everyone's input. Planning to do an internet premiere of our movie (free of course) for a set period of time (around 1 week or 2 weeks). Goal is to get some reviews at least. Of course we may be shooting our self's in the foot ..but that's a risk we are willing to take. Jon Williams mentioned they did a premiere on Dailymotion ..not sure what the process was (I could not figure out how to do a premiere on Dailymotion - wrote an email to them - no reply yet) Like to hear - What would be the best strategy to get your film seen for free (outside of your facebook community) -Youtube has size restrictions and I don't have a partner account. Your input is appreciated in helping out us Indie folks. Loved reading everyone’s input.
Planning to do an internet premiere of our movie (free of course) for a set period of time (around 1 week or 2 weeks). Goal is to get some reviews at least. Of course we may be shooting our self’s in the foot ..but that’s a risk we are willing to take.
Jon Williams mentioned they did a premiere on Dailymotion ..not sure what the process was (I could not figure out how to do a premiere on Dailymotion – wrote an email to them – no reply yet)
Like to hear – What would be the best strategy to get your film seen for free (outside of your facebook community) -Youtube has size restrictions and I don’t have a partner account.
Your input is appreciated in helping out us Indie folks.

]]> By: Azizajalal http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Azizajalal Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:48:50 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-824 I think the trick will be for people to slice out a bit of theatrical with this. That will be the last window of release. That is, your die hard, core fans will demand a theatrical screening (using something like withoutabox.com or demandit) and they’ll get them, creating a ROCKY HORROR like experience out of it after all of the other windows have been exploited. <a href="http://www.solarcontrolfilmsinc.com" rel="nofollow">Tint</a> I think the trick will be for people to slice out a bit of theatrical with this. That will be the last window of release. That is, your die hard, core fans will demand a theatrical screening (using something like withoutabox.com or demandit) and they’ll get them, creating a ROCKY HORROR like experience out of it after all of the other windows have been exploited.

Tint

]]> By: admin http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-537 admin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:48:12 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-537 That is really interesting, thanks for posting Joe. I saw Sita at Nashville Film Fest and loved it. The only thing is that she now blocks herself from doing any kind of broadcast or Cable VOD deal since the film is available for free, but if she doesn't care about that, then more power to her! That is really interesting, thanks for posting Joe. I saw Sita at Nashville Film Fest and loved it. The only thing is that she now blocks herself from doing any kind of broadcast or Cable VOD deal since the film is available for free, but if she doesn’t care about that, then more power to her!

]]> By: Joe Avella http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Joe Avella Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:47:55 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-534 What are your thoughts on Sita Sings the Blues? Animated film released for free that got a profit via merch. Roger Ebert named it one of the best animated films of the year. It made some money and got high critical acclaim. Currently online for free. Check it out: http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/ there's an interview on her site somewhere, the gist of it is while Sita was available for free, the DVD still sold very well. She had to take the free movie down for a month or so leading up to its showing at a film fest (part of their requirements for showing it). While it was unavailable for free the DVD sales dropped to zero. Once it was back online the sales picked up again. interesting, eh? Joe What are your thoughts on Sita Sings the Blues? Animated film released for free that got a profit via merch. Roger Ebert named it one of the best animated films of the year.

It made some money and got high critical acclaim. Currently online for free. Check it out: http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/

there’s an interview on her site somewhere, the gist of it is while Sita was available for free, the DVD still sold very well. She had to take the free movie down for a month or so leading up to its showing at a film fest (part of their requirements for showing it). While it was unavailable for free the DVD sales dropped to zero. Once it was back online the sales picked up again. interesting, eh?

Joe

]]> By: Jon Williams http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Jon Williams Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:48:03 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-286 "Perhaps FREE and ad-supported (like Hulu) should be saved for the last release window?" In the UK, under the old model, your distributor would manage to book your film into a few London independent screens as a way of buying reviews. This exercise would lose you a lot of money. We did an internet premiere of "Diary of a Bad Lad" as a one week event on dailymotion.com. The film had over 185,000 views - which was about 4 times their average - cost us nothing and generated some advertising revenue, web traffic, vastly increased awareness and so on. We did not leave the film lying around, but the trailer is viewable on Daily Motion, where it ranks very high in their various charts. On top of that the week long give-away was a factor in our securing a 'hybrid-model' UK & Ireland DVD High St retail DVD contract + limited UK theatrical + a 'breakthrough' jointly run web-initiative through which the distributor operates the 'nuts and bolts' and we supply the creative content. We retain all other rights. “Perhaps FREE and ad-supported (like Hulu) should be saved for the last release window?”

In the UK, under the old model, your distributor would manage to book your film into a few London independent screens as a way of buying reviews. This exercise would lose you a lot of money.
We did an internet premiere of “Diary of a Bad Lad” as a one week event on dailymotion.com. The film had over 185,000 views – which was about 4 times their average – cost us nothing and generated some advertising revenue, web traffic, vastly increased awareness and so on. We did not leave the film lying around, but the trailer is viewable on Daily Motion, where it ranks very high in their various charts.
On top of that the week long give-away was a factor in our securing a ‘hybrid-model’ UK & Ireland DVD High St retail DVD contract + limited UK theatrical + a ‘breakthrough’ jointly run web-initiative through which the distributor operates the ‘nuts and bolts’ and we supply the creative content. We retain all other rights.

]]> By: Rick Barker http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/to-free-or-not-to-free/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Rick Barker Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:31:36 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=78#comment-274 Everyone is looking at this the wrong way. You all have presented really good ideas and well thought out concepts of working with past or current business models. The fact of the matter is that no one can do free for ever and the worry about that changing a mind set is wrong. In the 50's and 60's many major companies gave away soap, you found it on your door step when you came home and it was enough for you to try it and become aware of the packaging so when you went to the store you could purchase it. Film is no different. But no one can give away their product forever. You are worried about the wrong end of the model. The end you need to be worried about is the pirate side of the situation. There is where the real problem lies. If, and I feel many have already come a custom to downloading pirated copies, this is the really big problem. Stiff penalties should be imposed on anyone selling someones property over the internet. Don't worry about people/filmmakers that are looking for new ways of marketing, that will not change a mind set. Pirating will!!! Everyone is looking at this the wrong way. You all have presented really good ideas and well thought out concepts of working with past or current business models. The fact of the matter is that no one can do free for ever and the worry about that changing a mind set is wrong. In the 50′s and 60′s many major companies gave away soap, you found it on your door step when you came home and it was enough for you to try it and become aware of the packaging so when you went to the store you could purchase it. Film is no different. But no one can give away their product forever. You are worried about the wrong end of the model. The end you need to be worried about is the pirate side of the situation. There is where the real problem lies. If, and I feel many have already come a custom to downloading pirated copies, this is the really big problem. Stiff penalties should be imposed on anyone selling someones property over the internet. Don’t worry about people/filmmakers that are looking for new ways of marketing, that will not change a mind set. Pirating will!!!

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