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Do you have an engaging Facebook Page for your film? What is the URL?
Filmmakers have got to get up to speed on social marketing. I keep seeing filmmakers trying to make personal profiles for their films. A film page is the only way to go. It's ea …
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Case Study: How would you distrubute my film?
I just finished a final cut of my feature doc Got Healthcare? So I am putting it up on CreateSpace and Amazon within a few weeks. It's also been submitted to festivals. I've read a …
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1answer
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What’s your honest opinion of this years Sundance?
We all want our films to get into Sundance, but I can't help but think that it's no longer worth the time, effort and money. I've heard that even the NEXT films had budgets aroun …
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DVD Manufacturing Anyone?
Check out Nationwide Disc. They offer 1000 high end DVDs at $549. If you want the covers and full color disc face its $895. Now that comes out to less than $1 per disc. If you can …
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Who are the best aggregators for broadcast VOD?
One of the best ways to monetize your film content is to have it available on TV as part of a paid OnDemand type of exibition. For example, Cinetic Media's Film Buff, IFC and Grav …
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Is this the Age of the “Service Deal”?
A recent THR article addresses the prevalence of service deals being truck between many Sundance '10 filmmakers/producers, specialty distributors and, in some cases, third party fi …
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What video hosting service do you use?
I currently upload to TubeMogul, which supplies YouTube, MySpace and Blip.TV.
Blip.tv then sends media to iTunes upon request. I also use Blip.tv to embed videos.
I really like …
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Have You Considered Registering Your Company As A “B Corporation?”
I'm in the process of considering reclassifying my company, Humble Magi, LLC, as a "B Corporation". B Corporate status is a relatively new classification of companies that embrace …
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Can we make money from online video advertisements?
Video sites are making money from online ads from places like Google Adsense and I'm wondering if this is a way filmmakers can make some money? If someone knows the answer to this …
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Crowd-funding 101: or How do I successfully crowd-fund?
Lance has already asked about "the benefits of crowd-funding", which generated a wonderful array of feedback. I have a few more inquiries about this online tool:
How many crowd-f …
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263 views
Does anyone need a Kickstarter invite?
I have four up for grabs, if anyone would like to crowdfund a project and would like a creator account on Kickstarter reply with your email address.
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assembling a distribution team
This is a piece from a longer blog post / question: On Peter Broderick's website, he goes into some of the key points behind a distribution team, which include: strategy, foreign s …
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21answers
243 views
What’s your name and what are you working on?
Take a moment to introduce yourself, your project, your company and anything else you'd like to share.
I'll jump in first.
My name is Lance Weiler and I'm a storyteller. I make …
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What platform should I build a film’s website in? Wordpress? Tumblr? Drupal?
So I have a couple films coming up and I am starting to think about their sites. I'm interested in people's thoughts & experiences with different platforms for film sites. I w …
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Is it enough to just make a feature film anymore?
Beyond the obvious discussion of "transmedia", or "cross-platform", as artists in this new digital age, is the feature film still the 'end all' of our storytelling and creative pur …
