Packaging 101: Start Where You Are (& the director dilemma)
We’re in the home stretch of 2018 and timing-wise, there’s a mad rush to get projects packaged, or on the road to being packaged, in order to hit the ground running in 2019. . Personally I don’t use...
View ArticlePackaging 101: Attracting The Right Director To Your Project
I hope you’re having a great day so far, and for my US readers I hope you’re getting ready to enjoy a nice, long Thanksgiving holiday! . Speaking of Thanksgiving… today marks the start of our annual...
View ArticlePackaging Your Team (+ 24hrs left 50% off Holiday promo)
I hope you’re having a great day so far and for all my US readers that you had a fantastic Thanksgiving! . Before I get into the next installment of the Packaging 101 series I want to remind you that...
View ArticlePackaging 101: Have Your Heart Set On One Actor?
Last week we discussed Packaging Your Team from my Packaging 101 series, and I want to pick up the conversation where we left off there today. . Also, I received several inquiries about my new...
View ArticlePackaging 101: Finding The Right Producer For Your Budget
Last we left off in our Packaging 101 series we talked about the ramifications of having your heart set on one actor during the packaging process. . But I want to take a step back and address some...
View ArticleDistribution Decisions & Timelines (+ the Producers role)
Last week we left off our Packaging 101 Series talking about Finding The Right Producer For Your Budget, and someone in the comments said she thought “producers are the ones that raise money to pay...
View ArticleAre Some Sales Agents Better Than Others?
I hope you had a great week! We left off on Tuesday talking about Distribution Decisions & Timelines and I wanted to share another story of something I’m going through with a client right now that...
View ArticleShould You Use A Sales Agent For Domestic Distribution
I hope you’ve had a great week! . In a previous newsletter I talked about whether some sales agents are better than others (and why)…. and this brought up another question I get very often which is...
View ArticleGreatest Hits From 2018
I hope you all had very Happy Holidays and for some of you, I know you’re still on ‘holiday’ time… . I’m taking some down time myself this week and have been reflecting on the past year and as part of...
View ArticleWhat Are You Up To In 2019?
Happy New Year once again! It’s great to be on the other side of 2018 huh? . As I’m gearing up to get back to work in earnest next week when everyone is back in the office, I’m spending this week...
View ArticleFilm Finance Series: Raising Big vs. Small
Yesterday in my Avoiding Development Hell in 2019 email I mentioned I’d be kicking off a Film Financing series and today I want to go right into talking about your overall Finance Strategy. Because...
View ArticleFinancing Series: Should You Pursue Pre-Sales
On Wednesday we left off in the Financing Series talking about Raising Big Money vs. Small and today I want to interject and talk about Pre-Sale financing for a minute since it seems like almost every...
View ArticleFilm Finance Series: When Comps Become Helpful
I’m going to continue with the Film Finance series today that we kicked off the new year with…if you missed the first two installments you can catch them here – Raising Big vs. Small and Should You...
View ArticleSundance + The TV Crossover Landscape
With Oscar noms just out and Sundance kicking off in a few days, it’s definitely a week for the film business. But there’s also NATPE and Real Screen happening… two very big TV industry events, so I...
View ArticleSundance Report: Trends, Predictions, Acquisitions
On Tuesday we left off talking about Sundance + The TV Crossover Landscape, and I know I hit a nerve with that one due to all the email responses I received. Excellent! . With Sundance officially...
View ArticleBringing The Indie Film Model To TV
Something you may have noticed in all my talk about TV lately is that the real ‘crossover advantage’ we film producers have in that world is that we are already accustomed to multi-party financing,...
View ArticleSundance Takeaways + Is Direct To Consumer Dead
I promised some Sundance takeaway’s and honestly my main one is that it’s GREAT to see acquisition prices back up again not only from the SVOD’s but also the newest batch of small/medium size...
View ArticleWant Theatrical Distribution For Your Film?
I hope you’ve had a great week! . The European Film Market (EFM) just wrapped up and there’s not much to report on that to be honest. Sundance was such a flurry of activity on the acquisition front and...
View ArticleCannes & Timing The Market For Your Film
We’ve just entered a really interesting part of the ‘film year’ and I’m not even talking about the Oscars :) We’re still in Q1 and right between two major markets – EFM and Cannes. . I was sitting down...
View ArticleDistributors Are Far From The Trenches
I hope you had a great week! . I’ve been a busy bee finishing out the month of February because like I mentioned in my last dispatch, there’s only a small window at the beginning of the new year to...
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