Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Distribution on Jan 3rd, 2010
This article was written by Marke Andrews. “The landscape for film and television distribution and exhibition is changing so quickly that some industry people are reluctant to propose a new model, for fear of looking stupid a few months from now. That wasn’t the case Friday at the Whistler Film Festival’s trade forum, where a [...]
Posted in Distribution on Nov 25th, 2009
“The Internet is a super-distribution machine that allows copies of digital media to flow in an almost frictionless way. As the wealth and survival of traditional media businesses are built on selling precious copies, the free flow of free copies is undermining the established order. If reproductions of media are free, how can we keep [...]
Posted in Distribution on Nov 20th, 2009
“This article is a sequel to my report, “Welcome to the New World of Distribution,” which was published exactly a year ago in indieWIRE. Since the report appeared, the Old World of Distribution has continued to decline. Filmmakers making Old World deals (in which they give all of their distribution rights to one company for [...]
Posted in Distribution on Nov 13th, 2009
So you’ve authored your DVD and perhaps even replicated it. You’ve found a fulfillment company that you are happy with. Now, how to get people to buy it? In the last installment of this series, which appeared in the Winter 2009 issue of Filmmaker, I outlined how to maximize your DVD release strategy and before [...]
Posted in Distribution on Oct 20th, 2009
“Many stars and show creators are promoting their series on the messaging service. But giving platoons of highly opinionated actors and writers a filter-less forum can have its drawbacks.” Read this article from LA Times. ———- Sign up now for your own FREE monthly subscription to “The Director’s Chair” filmmaking ezine and get: (1) Day [...]
Posted in Distribution on Oct 14th, 2009
“If marketing mavens want to reach younger moviegoers when promoting their films, they need to embrace social networks or risk being ignored. That was the overall message of Moviegoers 2010, the first report on moviegoing habits produced by Stradella Road, the entertainment marketing firm founded by former New Line Web guru Gordon Paddison that hopes [...]
Posted in Distribution on Oct 13th, 2009
“A low budget horror film called Paranormal Activity which was made on a camcorder has become one of the top grossing films in America thanks to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.” Read this article from The Telgraph. The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking How to Work (and Survive) in the Film and Television [...]
Posted in Distribution on Oct 12th, 2009
“I’ve written quite a bit on the subject of Independent Film Distribution. Over the last ten years, there have been a gazillion changes in the ways movies are made. But the one area I’m most excited about is Video On Demand. I frankly don’t remember how I lived without the technology. As a filmmaker, this [...]
Posted in Distribution on Oct 6th, 2009
“Nathan Smith alerts us to an interesting interview with filmmaker Sally Potter, discussing her new movie Rage, which has a variety of unique and interesting facets to it. The movie — which has a bunch of famous actors, including Jude Law, Judi Dench, Steve Buscemi, Diane Wiest, John Leguizamo and others — is being released [...]
Posted in Distribution on Sep 28th, 2009
“Some people I knew when I first got into movie-making have always put me down for not sticking to the “old” way of doing things–that a film was not considered a “real film” unless it was in a movie theater. Making a DVD was a sign of “failure”. But oh how the times are changing. [...]
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