Lessons
What Will You Learn in This Course?
03:21 2What is the Film Industry?
03:52 3What is Your Movie's Goal?
07:20 4Think About Distribution in Development
09:03 5How to Find Your Audience
15:54 6Do You Need a Celebrity In Your Film?
05:08 7Midway Student Roundtable Discussion
18:20 8How to Maximize Online Distribution
24:55What is Theatrical Distribution?
05:45 10Effective Use of Press & Public Relations
03:57 11Getting Your Story Out w/ Sarah Moga
19:51 12Create Your Film Festival Strategy
14:06 13Final Thoughts
05:14 14Sit Down with Robert Milazzo
09:48 15Sit Down with Robert Milazzo Pt 2
13:10 16Sit Down with Robert Milazzo Pt 3
22:16Lesson Info
What Will You Learn in This Course?
Hi, my name is sheila andrea I'm the ceo and co founder of indie flicks and variety calls indie flicks the netflix of independent film, but how we're different is we streamed thousands of shorts, features, documentaries and web series all over the world and we pay filmmakers for every minute watched so but I'm also a filmmaker and I believe that film is the most powerful medium on the planet it can educate and entertain as well as in certain instances it can heal. I think so my producing partner carlos can duty and I actually founded indie flicks because we didn't like standard distribution standard distribution offered little to no opportunity for any kind of meaningful return to the actual content creators to you, the filmmakers to the storytellers of the world. So we sat down wrote up a list of phil of things we wish existed in a company and started indie flicks with thirty six titles we now have eight thousand titles and we pay people filmmakers to every minute watch, which I menti...
oned, but so we're going to I'm going to share with you today what I believe is best practice in today's film industry for you to make money on your movie and so we're gonna get started um andy flexes the netflix of independent film and movies are the most powerful medium on the planet this I believe is the reason that well, it's, the reason we're here today so we share our stories, we experience emotion, it brings us together and we can change the world, and now we're going to learn how to make money on with our movies. So today we're going to focus on on exactly that and how to monetize their movie in part one we're going to go through. I feel it's really important to understand how the industry works in order for you to be able to navigate, and we're going to figure out also what the goals are for your movies, so make sure you have paper and pencil so we can write all this down. I also want to address the fact that I think everyone should think about distribution in while they're in development. We're going to also identify and find our audience, and we'll also talk about things I get asked this a lot like, should I have a celebrity in my movie? Part two we will go through and talk about how to maximize our online distribution once we actually get online and will also touch on theatrical distribution, effective use of press npr, which is, you know, if you're gonna put out a press release, you want to make sure that it actually it gets picked up by somebody. What is a good press release? We'll also talk to the communications director, sarah mogul who's, one of our one of our rock stars, and she will share some insight into some great success. That she's found is our communications director, will touch on festival strategy, which is a really important part of your filmmaking journey, because it helps you build an audience and get it out there. And it's kind of a free theatrical. And then we'll just sort of wrap it up with some final thoughts and some questions.
Ratings and Reviews
a Creativelive Student
This course is only an introduction to online distribution for films. It doesn't go deeper in any aspect nor gives you concrete steps depending on your film project. So if you've never heard or thought about distribution is a good place to start in a few hours, but if you are looking for a deeper analysis or information to reinforce the online distribution of your film, it isn't there in my opinion.
user-5e0444
Was this an instructional video, or a plug for a commercial enterprise. Light in detail, this series does offer a few gems for those searching for answers. It did put into perspective the odds of finding distribution in a marketplace crowded by competition where everyone is looking for ways to maximize a return on investment and offers alternatives to those wishing to tackle the job of online distribution themselves. Because "once a film is completed, the real work begins." it is important to know what these alternatives are. David W. King, Michigan Movie Media 2.0