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Packaging Case Study: First Time Writer On Attaching Talent 27 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
We’re back with another Packaging case study to inspire you in your efforts to attach talent to your film, build value for investors and partners, and raise financing for your films. This one is a un...
Film Market Case Studies: What Happens When You Take A Slate Of Films In Development Or A Film In Post To A Market? 16 Aug 2013 | 04:29 am
We’re back with a couple more Film Market Case Studies! With Toronto and AFM in the near distance, I’m getting a lot of questions lately about how to best prepare for these events, and one of the best...
Are Book Adaptations The New Black? 13 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
In last week’s post we talked about creating the Illusion Of Motion with your project, and how one of the most challenging tasks as a new producer is finding killer material with which to make your ma...
Creating The ‘Illusion Of Motion’ While Packaging Your Project – An Interview With Producer Miles Maker 6 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
Just like we talked about in my previous post Is Your Film A Moving Train….. creating the ‘illusion of motion’ with your project is the key to getting it off the ground. Want to see what I mean? Then...
Is Your Film A Moving Train? 30 Jul 2013 | 08:52 pm
Yesterday, I linked to an article on my Facebook page about first time Writer/Director Maggie Carey and her film “The To Do List” – it was an interesting interview about how she went about getting the...
Film Market Case Study: AFM With A Film In Post 25 Jul 2013 | 07:33 pm
We’re back with another Film Market Case Study – this time from UK-based filmmaker Pascal Fintoni, a participant in my 2012 Film Market Lab who took a film in Post to AFM in order to secure sales agen...
Can A Non-Commercial Film Get Distribution? 23 Jul 2013 | 07:44 pm
I recently asked Film Specific members to email me for help, wherever they are at with their projects, and the 2 most glaring calls for help that came back were… 1. My film is completed (or in post) ...
How To Survive The Waiting Game 18 Jul 2013 | 08:15 pm
Yesterday something came up in one of our Producers Incubator calls that got me thinking. We’re at the point in the program where everyone is doing actual outreach to agents, managers, and produc...
Crowding Funding Case Study: “The Tiger Hunter” – $85K In 30 Days! 2 Jul 2013 | 03:37 pm
You know I must love bringing you crowd funding success stories when I blog about 2 in the past 2 weeks Case Study #1 if you remember was called $100K In 30 Days. After publishing that one, I was co...
Film Market Case Study: Pitching Your Slate To Sales Agents 22 Jun 2013 | 11:13 pm
Welcome to a new Film Market Case Study! With Cannes behind us and some of you starting to ramp up for AFM in the fall, I wanted to bring you a few of the success stories that were shared with me in h...
