I was working with a client this past week on the distribution of his completed film and I wanted to share his situation with you since I think it could help a lot of you… Well he’s in an interesting place this client. There are potential ‘offers’ floating around from some small theatrical/all-rights distributors but [...]
In the last few case studies in our “Myth Busters” series, we’ve looked at films in the $1-$5 million range. But what about films in the ultra low budget range ($250K or less)? Most people argue with me til the cows come home that at these low budget levels, name cast are ‘impossible’. OK sure, [...]
After a lengthy discussion on Facebook about the pros and cons of Crowd Funding a film, I figured it was a good idea to offer up some constructive and practical advice on how to actually improve your shots at reaching your crowd funding goals. These tips are based on my experience watching what works and [...]
One of the most common questions I get asked is about realistic revenue potential for a film. It seems everyone is focused on just how much their film is going to make. OK…I’m not knocking that because after all, if you are going to try and raise money for your film then you better darn well [...]
Still skeptical about attaching cast to a project without financing? Well I’m back with another case study in my ‘myth busters’ series to show you skeptics that in fact, packaging without financing is possible. (If you didn’t see Case Study #1 from last week, it’s right here). In case study #2 I introduce you to [...]
One of the most common challenges I hear about here on Independent Film Blog and over at Film Specific is about packaging talent without financing in place. This of course comes about in the first place because of the old Catch 22 (need talent to get financing, and need financing to get talent) that most [...]
As a follow up to my previous post on the topic of Keeping It Real, I want to address some of the comments I received on the following statement I made: ” if you’re independently financing a film without cast and pre-sales from distributors, don’t think you can raise any money over a few hundred thousand and [...]
Is it me or has fall crept up on us? It’s like this – we’re now in September and basically have about 3 ‘usable’ months left in the year (once you take into account the holidays) to get our sh*t together and get our projects off the ground with some semblance of momentum going into [...]
We’ve been talking a lot about financing and packaging lately but one thing is for sure when you’re in the thick of those things and that’s at some point you’ll be sitting there asking yourself – What Can I Do Next? What can I do now that all my irons are in the fire and [...]
I’ve gotten a few questions this week from producers are are going through the new On-Demand version of my Distribution In Reverse course. Basically, the crux of the question goes something like this: “Stacey, I’m making a film in the $1-$3 million budget range and as I’m trying to work backwards and ‘back into’ my [...]
