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How to Market, Publicize & Sell your movie.
DVD LESSON #9: BUDGETING A-Z
The $50,000 to $10,000,000 Feature
*Producing the $500 Feature Film *Making the $100,000 Feature *Budgeting the $1 Million Independent Feature *The 1-Week or 2-Week Shoot *The 18-Day Shoot *The 16mm vs 35mm Shoot *Guerilla Filmmaking Secrets & Tricks *The $3-$5 Million Movie-of-the-Week *The $7-$10 Million HBO/Showtime Special *The Cost-Cutting Nuts & Bolts
DVD LESSON #10: PUBLICITY & MARKETING
Selling the Film & Securing a Distributor
*The Film Festival Circuit *Selecting Festivals *Winning Awards *Attracting a Distributor *Cannes vs Sundance *Film Festivals vs Film Markets *Film Production Charts *Daily Variety vs Hollywood Reporter *Film Finders *Preparing a Press Kit *Securing a Distributor *Working Acquisition Executives *Creating a Buzz *Being Discovered *Hiring an Agent
DVD LESSON #11: CABLE & VIDEO/DVD DEALS
Maximizing 3rd Window Sales
*The lucrative 3rd Window *Maximizing Revenues *Ancillary Revenue Flows *Video/VHS Sales *The DVD Explosion *DVD Rentals & Sell-Throughs *Cable Deals *Pay-Cable (HBO, Showtime, Encore) *Basic-Cable (IFC, A&E, Bravo, TNT, TBS, etc) *The VSDA *Made-For-Home-Video *P-P-V vs V-O-D *Broadcasting Licenses
DVD LESSON #12: FOREIGN SALES & FILM PROFITS
Maximizing Global Revenues
*Selling Global *Film Markets vs Film Festivals *AFM, Cannes & MIFED *North American Theatrical Deals *Split Rights Deals *35 Nations & Territories *100-200 Film Sellers *1,500-2,000 Film Buyers *Foreign Sales *Global Pre-Sales. Foreign Video/DVD *Foreign Broadcasting *What’s Hot, What’s Not *Who’s Buying *What are They Paying
(about 480 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on June 13, 2006 in Film::Screenwriting & Directing.
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Again, this set was GREAT. Priceless information that would have taken me years to figure out.
Dov Simens' DVDs show you the practical approaches of how to start a movie from beginning (pre-production to end) like a college student to post-production. The only difference is that the whole series is all practical and no theory, which is good. It is an honest treatment showing you the realities (raising the capital and expenses) and what works and what doesn't in the film industry.
This is excellent for those who are just new to the industry and want to find out its inner workings from the school of hard knocks. He delivers in all sorts of ways to get his point across--sometimes sarcastic and sometimes funny. I don't like it though when he starts yelling. He does make you feel good and confident knowing that you really are a producer with projects under various stages of production. I love that approach! He is inspiring.
The only thing I would have liked to see in Dov Simen's series is a better treatment of how to develop the characters in the movie. All he did is give us a better picture of 5 oh oh's and 5 oh sh**ts....
He's good, though. You'll enjoy the series and you'll learn a tremendous amount of information!
