Launching Your Independent Film Online

The traditional film production/distribution model is dramatically shifting, yet with change comes opportunity.  As in the fields of music and publishing, the Internet has opened up new avenues to promote market and create a buzz for your film.  Whereas traditional public relations is still a critically important aspect of any film marketing campaign, it’s one tool in your overall marketing [...]

Importance Of Sales Projections For Your Independent Film Project

Most independent filmmakers do not research and utilize realistic sales projections when developing their business plan, or worse, they do not use sales projections at all. This is a huge mistake. Sales projections for your film project are absolutely necessary so that you can properly budget your project, raise the necessary financing, and ensure your [...]

Financing your Independent Film

Now that the country is facing yet another economic downturn, film producers are forced to find creative ways of staying in business. Independent films are cheapest to produce, usually below 300,000 dollars, making it a good alternative. With roughly 60% of the budget going into the production phase, it is crucial that you find funding [...]

How NOT to become an Independent Filmmaker

With the state of technology today there is no reason that anyone can’t become an independent filmmaker. The advent of social media and tube sites you can get exposure by the MILLIONS. Good content far surpasses video quality. Don’t get me wrong, video quality is important, but not as important as it once was. Quality [...]

Creativity is King in the World of Independent Film Making

A creative mind is a low budget filmmaker’s most valuable tool. It all starts with an original thought; from there it is all about nurturing that thought until it grows to be a brilliant idea. After that it is a matter of getting that idea made into a movie using every ounce of energy and [...]

Trends in Financing Independent Films

The financial environment of independent film production is changing because there are many new technologies that have altered the filmmaking process. Investing in Indie films used to mean private placement memorandums, and 900+ film financing distribution and production partners. Today it could be any willing investor. Several areas have been influenced: 1) Filmmakers now have [...]

The Changing Scenario In Showcasing Independent Film

In the early 1920s in the US, five major american film studios – Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, MGM, RKO and Warner Brothers came together to take control of the production, distribution, and exhibition of films that were produced outside of Hollywood, and that was how the concept of independent film or indie film came [...]

Independent Film Actor on Verge of Greatness

What’s important in life? Is it the material things, like the fancy house and swimming pools that makes one happy? Or is it finding fulfillment and purpose in one’s life? For independent film actor Lodric D. Collins, it was finding happiness and fulfillment in something he is passionate about and the ability to turn that [...]

New York International Independent Film and Video Festival: The Only Place Left for Real Independent Filmmakers to Go

If you’ve just overcome the hurdles of making your first independent film, the experience of finding festivals and distribution for your project can be incredibly daunting.  The A-List festivals frequented by Hollywood’s Who’s Who are usually the first choices for an independent filmmaker. Unfortunately, they are also the most difficult ones for small independent films [...]

It Takes an Iron Resolve to Make an Independent Film Production Happen

Commitment is an independent filmmaker’s most valuable resource. Without a lot of money to grease the wheels of production, a low budget film producer must rely on creativity and determination to get their films made. If a person wants to get their film made badly enough, there is not much in this world that can [...]

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