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Discussing Distribution
6/23/2009 at 3:09 PM by Amy Allen
At the 2009 FIND Film Financing Conference, keynote speaker James H. Stern told the crowd of producers that “We are lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time for great opportunities,” speaking specifically about digital funding and distribution options. Indiewire has a useful summary of the lessons gained from the panel that followed those opening remarks. If you have the time, here's the full podcast.
In gadgets, the new i-Phone's editing tools are apparently overhyped, but the video quality is good enough for citizen journalism... or behind the scenes footage for your production blog.
Also from NewTeeVee, a story about filmmakers embracing free downloads, much like many recording artists eventually did. The subject matter ranges from space nazis to documentaries. Now if only we could make money touring...
...Which we can, says Peter Biesterfeld at Videomaker (via FilmLinker), in this article about taking your show (film) on the road. Best quote: "Contemporary DIY movie maker and 'cinematic provocateur' Caveh Zahedi put it this way in a 2006 Filmmaker interview: 'Why should a distributor take half the revenue just because they made a few phone calls that I could have made, designed a poster that I could have designed, cut a trailer that I could have cut, and sent out screeners that I could have sent out myself ?'" Words to live by.
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