Apparently there was a time when a young filmmaker such as yourself could make a decent independent film, submit it to festivals and sit back while distributors threw wads of cash at your feet, all while begging for the privilege to give your little indie the...
Distribution
NASCAR as an Immersive Experience
A few weeks ago I went to the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race in Charlotte. I never understood NASCAR and I still don't get it, but with 140,000 people in attendance (twice as many as the average football stadium), plus the millions that watched on TV, it's a force to be...
History of Online Video Infographic
Pretty awesome infographic on the last five years of online video. Lots of interesting data on user demographics and most popular genres, plus comparisons of data between 2007 and 2009. via History of Online Video | The Blog Herald
I’ve Got a Finished Movie, Got Rejected from SXSW, and Other Adventures From These Past Months
Damn, it's been long since my last post. Too long. It's not from forgetting - I have dry erase boards and notecards full of blog posts ideas. And Andrew and I have had countless conversations that end with, "This should be a Coffee and Celluloid Post." They just never...
How to Get Rejected and Still Screen at SXSW
Bots High was rejected from SXSW. Bots High is playing next Tuesday in Austin in a SXSW venue. This Friday it will also be represented at an official SXSW event. This took about two emails and ten minutes to make happen. And it's free. Here's how. Bots High is my...
Espresso Book Machine (DVD Macchiato Soon?)
Checked out the Espresso book machine today at McNally Jackson books. It's an on-demand printer that can print and bind a single copy of a book. They had some samples out and it was quite impressive - I couldn't tell the difference in quality from what came out of the...
The Free Film Distribution Experiment of Bots High
Great film! - Handwritten note on a festival rejection letter The above note sums up the festival experience of my feature film Bots High quite well. A film that people who see, love, yet didn't get much traction on the festival circuit. It played at some festivals,...
Movie Planning, Screening, and Streaming Tools
Two Thursdays ago marked the long awaited Bots High screening day, a launch for the film that enabled anyone to host a screening of the film for free (plus they could tune into a live streaming Q&A). The highlights: 27 cities, 7 countries, and a release of the...
DIY Order Fulfillment and Label Printing
With DVD sales for Bots High, I've been handling the fulfillment myself. Order volume has been low enough that this isn't a big time suck, and when I learned I could order and print postage straight from PayPal and avoid the post office I was sold. I'd log into PayPal...