Budgeting For Your Film In Today’s Marketplace

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Published Jan. 10, 2010 at 12:22 a.m.

Over the last couple of years Budgeting has become a very hot topic of independent filmmaking. Why? Well mostly because most indies can no longer justify the $5 million budget that they used to. There was a time when these higher budget indies could be justified because buyers were acquiring them for up to $10-$15 [ ... ] ...

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Reverse Engineering Distribution (clarified)

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Published Jan. 4, 2010 at 1:09 p.m.

My last post entitled “Distribution Backwards?” really ignited something… ... I got some messages on Twitter as well as feedback on the Film Specific Facebook page that indicates people do NOT like the idea of:1. reverse engineering WRITING since all you’ll get is focus group ideas/formula, and2. following a ‘trend’ too closely because by the time [ ... ] ...

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Sneak peek at "Garbage Dreams" this Thursday

Published Jan. 4, 2010 at 10:13 a.m.


This Thursday, Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Dr., hosts a screening of the film followed by a panel discussion featuring Rick Meyers, Recycling Specialist for the Milwaukee Department of Public Works and George T. Stone, MATC professor and co-chair of MATC's District Sustainability Committee. The discussion will be hosted by MPTV General Manager Ellis Bromberg.

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To FREE or not to FREE

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Published Dec. 28, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.

Wow, there’s quite a discussion going on over at the Film Specific Facebook page on giving films away for FREE. Yes, that’s F.R.E.E. All prompted by a Time Magazine article I posted about the indie movie “Star Wreck” and the filmmaker Timo Vuorensola who gave his film away for free and then made money (a [ ... ] ...

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Case 39 opens January 1st, 2010 (wide)

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Published Dec. 28, 2009 at 3:13 a.m.

Renee Zellweger hasn't starred in a horror film since the beginning of her career, but she makes a return to the genre with this creepy thriller. The Oscar-winning actress plays a social worker whose attempts to save a young girl (Jodelle Ferland, TIDELAND) from abuse may be misguided ...

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Nine opens December 25th, 2009 (wide)

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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 3:31 a.m.

World famous film director Guido Contini reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife, his mistress, his film star muse, his confidant and costume designer, an American fashion journalist, the whore from his youth and his mother ...

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Extreme Movie opens

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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 3:31 a.m.

This feature-length vignette-style comedy boasts a smorgasbord of young comedic talent, including Michael Cera (SUPERBAD, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT), Ryan Pinkston (PUNK'D, SOUL PLANE), Frankie Muniz (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE), and Jamie Kennedy (KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL). In the tradition of KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, the film is comprised of a series of sketches, most of which revolve around teenagers and sex. Matthew Lillard and Andy Milonakis also make appearances in this ribald offering from the team behind

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How To Sell DVD’s Online

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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 3:48 p.m.

Well as we’re talking about engaging potential marketing partners from the earliest stages of Production, it inevitably raises the question: What if the film is already completed?I’ve been following several self-distribution DVD launches over the last year or so and I can tell you this – the best ways to make a splash with your [ ... ] ...

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Crazy Heart opens December 16th, 2009 (limited)

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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 3:27 a.m.

Jeff Bridges stars in this drama based on Thomas Cobb's first novel about an alcoholic country singer. The musician's career is going downhill as he watches his protégé's star ascend, but his encounters with a journalist (THE DARK KNIGHT's Maggie Gyllenhaal) might just keep him from hitting rock bottom. Oscar winner Robert Duvall costars and serves as one of the film's producers ...

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Avatar opens December 18th, 2009 (wide)

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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 3:27 a.m.

AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of "Titanic," first conceived the film 15 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not exist yet. Now, after four years of production, AVATAR, a live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new

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