Designed for aspiring filmmakers or for a course in short film distribution, this book teaches the fundamentals of promoting and distributing short films and videos. Chapters cover the elements of utilizing social networking to self-promote, digital rights, entering film festivals, negotiating with broadcast distributors, understanding the film distribution outlets, and showing alternative work such as Webisodes, demo reels, music videos, and commercials. Readers will follow a five-step distribution plan to maximize the potential of their projects and advance their careers as directors, cinematographers, or editors. The book includes a companion CD with contracts, forms, memos, top festivals, and short film buyers lists. Solutions to exercises and PowerPoint slides are available to instructors. FEATURES
Covers the elements of utilizing social networking to self-promote, entering film festivals, negotiating with broadcast distributors, understanding outlets, and distributing alternative work such as Webisodes, demo reels, music videos, and commercials
Provides filmmakers with a clear Five Point Distribution Plan and practical distribution projects
Describes cutting-edge digital distribution techniques (the Internet, DIY distribution, social networking)
Includes a companion CD with figures, distribution contracts, forms, links, and short film buyers lists
Instructors solutions to exercises, Microsoft PP slides for use as a textbook Brief Table of Contents: 1. What is Distribution? 2. What Types of Projects Can Be Distributed? 3. Distribution Plans and Models. 4. Deliverables. 5. Promoting Your Film and Yourself. 6. Promoting in the Real World and on the Internet. 7. Preparing for the Festival. 8. At the Festival. 9. Preparing for the Sale: the Language of a Contract. 10. Broadcast Distribution. 11. Non-Broadcast Distribution. 12. DIY Distribution on the Internet. 13. Distributing Alternative Content. 14. Distributing Your Demo Reel. 15. The End of One Cycle, the Beginning of Another.
Covers the elements of utilizing social networking to self-promote, entering film festivals, negotiating with broadcast distributors, understanding outlets, and distributing alternative work such as Webisodes, demo reels, music videos, and commercials
Provides filmmakers with a clear Five Point Distribution Plan and practical distribution projects
Describes cutting-edge digital distribution techniques (the Internet, DIY distribution, social networking)
Includes a companion CD with figures, distribution contracts, forms, links, and short film buyers lists
Instructors solutions to exercises, Microsoft PP slides for use as a textbook Brief Table of Contents: 1. What is Distribution? 2. What Types of Projects Can Be Distributed? 3. Distribution Plans and Models. 4. Deliverables. 5. Promoting Your Film and Yourself. 6. Promoting in the Real World and on the Internet. 7. Preparing for the Festival. 8. At the Festival. 9. Preparing for the Sale: the Language of a Contract. 10. Broadcast Distribution. 11. Non-Broadcast Distribution. 12. DIY Distribution on the Internet. 13. Distributing Alternative Content. 14. Distributing Your Demo Reel. 15. The End of One Cycle, the Beginning of Another.
