http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/what-distribution-backwards/ Exploring ways to make movies that sell! Fri, 18 May 2012 03:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://independentfilmblog.com/archives/what-distribution-backwards/comment-page-1/#comment-2501 Bill Shumake Tue, 24 May 2011 19:26:49 +0000 http://independentfilmblog.com/?p=94#comment-2501 Great advice! I have been going to major film festivals for 11 years now and I am always shocked at the number of moviemakers who make (and sometime finance) their movies with no thought given as to who is actually going to want to pay money to see it when it is finished or how big that demographic is. Working backwards from the sale to the script is solid advice. It is much like the old drive-in theatre days when guys like Roger Corman would design and test the poster first and only commission a script if the artwork tested well. Great advice! I have been going to major film festivals for 11 years now and I am always shocked at the number of moviemakers who make (and sometime finance) their movies with no thought given as to who is actually going to want to pay money to see it when it is finished or how big that demographic is. Working backwards from the sale to the script is solid advice. It is much like the old drive-in theatre days when guys like Roger Corman would design and test the poster first and only commission a script if the artwork tested well.

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