IFA Presents: Film Distribution Masterclass
You'll receive
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16
Hours
of video
What is your strategy to sell your film? Most filmmaker focus all of their energy on making their film and leave the notion of actually selling it until the last minute. This is almost always the kiss of death for film distribution. No matter your budget, it is essential that you start early on with a strategy to make your audience aware of your film. As you build audience awareness, you must also build up your film towards it's release date. Anticipation of a film's release is absolutely essential.
Of course, when it's time for your film to be released, you must also understand the ever changing world of distribution. Should you take your film to festivals? How can you sell your film at the AFM? Who do you need to be in touch with as your film is being made? All of these questions will make sure that when it comes time to make a distribution deal you know what you are doing.
In this masterclass we talk with some of the biggest experts in film marketing and distribution. They will guid you through the process and tell you everything you need to know to make sure you don't make bad deals or fail to get noticed. Each conversation focuses on one main topic. We discuss ways to focus on a niche audience. All of the deliverables you will need. How to get into rotten tomatoes and large publications. How to sell your film at the American Film Market. And much much more.
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IFA Presents: Film Distribution Masterclass
What is your strategy to sell your film? Most filmmaker focus all of their energy on making their film and leave the notion of actually selling it until the last minute. This is almost always the kiss of death for film distribution. No matter your budget, it is essential that you start early on with a strategy to make your audience aware of your film. As you build audience awareness, you must also build up your film towards it's release date. Anticipation of a film's release is absolutely essential.
Of course, when it's time for your film to be released, you must also understand the ever changing world of distribution. Should you take your film to festivals? How can you sell your film at the AFM? Who do you need to be in touch with as your film is being made? All of these questions will make sure that when it comes time to make a distribution deal you know what you are doing.
In this masterclass we talk with some of the biggest experts in film marketing and distribution. They will guid you through the process and tell you everything you need to know to make sure you don't make bad deals or fail to get noticed. Each conversation focuses on one main topic. We discuss ways to focus on a niche audience. All of the deliverables you will need. How to get into rotten tomatoes and large publications. How to sell your film at the American Film Market. And much much more.
13 Videos
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Galen Christy AFM 2015 Review
35m
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Jerome Courshon, The Secrets to Distribution
49m
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Ben Yennie of The Guerilla Rep
1h 59m
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Chris Holland of Film Festival Secrets
1h 43m
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Galen Christy of Empress Road Pictures
1h 8m
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Jon Reiss
43m
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Scott McMahon of Film Trooper
1h 38m
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Mia Bruno of Seed&Spark
1h 1m
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Jason Brubaker of Filmmaking Stuff
1h 5m
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Linda Nelson of Indie Rights
1h 14m
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Scott Kirkpatrick
1h 5m
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Alex Ferrari of Indie Film Hustle
1h 57m
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Ron Newcomb of The Forge Studios
1h 17m
You'll receive the following videos
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Galen Christy AFM 2015 Review
35m
Galen Christy was nice enough to join us again to discuss what he saw at this year's American Film Market.
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Jerome Courshon, The Secrets to Distribution
49m
The Secrets to Distribution: www.distribution.la
Film producer, distribution expert, and today's "go-to" authority of how to get a film to market, Jerome Courshon has broken open the "exclusive club" of successful independent producers with his innovative 3-Day Program, "THE SECRETS TO DISTRIBUTION: Get Your Movie Distributed Now!"
Along with his Master Classes, varied lectures and an elite consulting service under his banner Film Distributio...
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Ben Yennie of The Guerilla Rep
1h 59m
Ben Yennie is the Founder and CEO of Ben Yennie and Associates LLC, and founder at Producer Foundry. Former Chapter Leader for the Institute for International Film Finance for San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, and Los Angeles, where he hosted and organized many seminars on Film Finance, and screened business plans for an elite group of Angel Investors known as The Film Angels.
He has attached well known starts to projects, including Jodelle F...
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Chris Holland of Film Festival Secrets
1h 43m
Chris Holland is the founder of www.filmfestivalsecrets.com and the author of book "Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers".
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Galen Christy of Empress Road Pictures
1h 8m
With over eight years of experience in entertainment, Galen Christy has had the opportunity to work with some of the biggest names in the film industry.
Beginning his career at Paramount Studios, Galen was quickly drafted by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) where he worked for the head of Motion Picture Marketing. Shortly after his first year, Galen was then asked to come work for the head of CAA, Richard Lovett.
Three and a half years later he ...
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Jon Reiss
43m
Jon Reiss is an award-winning producer and director, named one of "10 Digital Directors to Watch" by Daily Variety. His work has screened at prestigious film festivals around the world, including Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca, Los Angeles, Rotterdam, Seattle, New Directors/New Films Festival, and São Paulo, among others. As a result of this success, Reiss has built a dedicated global film audience.
Jon's experience while releasing Bomb It w...
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Scott McMahon of Film Trooper
1h 38m
I spent the past 20 years working professionally in the areas of interactive gaming, film, TV, video production, and web media creation.
For nearly 12 years, I supervised the Cinematic Department for Sony PlayStation. I was fortunate enough to get a chance to play in that huge sandbox, working with some of the world’s best animators, technicians, and visual effects artists.
Upon leaving PlayStation …
The economy was tanking, people were l...
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Mia Bruno of Seed&Spark
1h 1m
Mia is the Producer of Marketing & Distribution at Seed&Spark.
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Jason Brubaker of Filmmaking Stuff
1h 5m
Jason Brubaker is a Los Angeles based movie distribution executive specializing in direct to consumer distribution strategies. As the founder of Brubaker Unlimited, he currently consults with media companies, rights holders and content creators to develop strategies to source content, maximize distribution, grow audiences, build buzz and create community around each title.
Previously Brubaker served as the Manager of Content Acquisitions for Chi...
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Linda Nelson of Indie Rights
1h 14m
Linda Nelson is the co-founder of Indie Rights. A subsidiary of Nelson Madison Films, Indie Rights is a direct distributor and technology partner for filmmakers. Based on the experience of its founders, Linda Nelson and Michael Madison, the need for a new type of distribution for independent films is evident. Thousands of great independent films are made each year and never find an audience. They play at film festivals all over the world and are ne...
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Scott Kirkpatrick
1h 5m
Scott Kirkpatrick is the former Director of Distribution for MarVista Entertainment, a Los Angeles based production and distribution company that produces original Lifetime and SyFy channel films, co-produces TV movies with Disney and Nickelodeon, and has managed international TV deals on major franchises including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Digimon, and Julius Jr. Scott has also produced and directed TV series and feature films including Eye fo...
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Alex Ferrari of Indie Film Hustle
1h 57m
There are thousands of films every year that are shot, and then somewhere in the post production process the film just simply gets lost. Sometimes filmmakers underestimate the cost of editing, sound design, mastering, and deliverables. Many times, filmmakers thing they can use their entire budget for shooting, then raise the funds later through crowdfunding. Ales has worked in film post production for many years and in this episode we discuss not o...
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Ron Newcomb of The Forge Studios
1h 17m
Director, Writer, Actor, and Producer: Ron has written and directed award winning short and feature-length independent films. He founded the Fellowship of Christian Filmmakers, a network of over 500 Christian filmmakers and film enthusiasts, organized and co-leads the DMV Producers Association, as well as being involved in other film groups. Under his Opening Act Production, LLC team, Ron developed the feature film, Rise of the Fellowship, a comin...