What to Do When a Distributor Goes Bankrupt Read this if you: have been using Distribber need to know what to do if your distributor collapses want to reduce the chance this will happen to you DISTRIBBER OVERVIEW When Distribber was launched in 2007, it provided a new way for filmmakers to get their films … Read more
I have a treat for you today. On the show we have filmmaker and podcaster Alrik Bursell from the podcast Making Movies is HARD! I’ve had the pleasure on be on his show before and have another episode coming up in Nov where I talk about Rise of the Filmtrepreneur. “Who am I to even have … Read more
Right-click here to download the MP3 In this episode, I update filmmakers on the emergency situation going on with the film aggregator Distribber. In last weeks episode, I spoke a bit about what is going on with this company. After that show I kept getting emails, messages, and tweets of filmmakers telling me their horror stories … Read more
Right-click here to download the MP3 Today on the show is one take filmmaker Gavin Michael Booth. Gavin is obsessed with one take movies, music videos and real-time filmmaking in general. His latest film is Last Call. Shot in two true single takes, filmed simultaneously in two different parts of a city, Last Call, is a real-time … Read more
If you ever wanted to learn how to get your local town, group or community behind your indie film this is the show for you. Today’s guest did just that, writer/director Josh Doke got his entire town of Goodland, Kansas to support his film through crowdfunding, production resources and finally distribution. Goodland was filmed in his hometown of about … Read more
Right-click here to download the MP3 Today on the show we have an author, filmmaker and screenwriter Willaim Dickerson. William is the author of the book [easyazon_link identifier=”B00U6XPREK” locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]DETOUR: Hollywood: How To Direct a Microbudget Film (or any film, for that matter).[/easyazon_link] In “DETOUR: Hollywood,” Dickerson puts the making of his “Underground Hit,” Detour, on display for … Read more
As a filmmaker, you want to get your films in front of viewers. The obvious choice is to have them broadcast by a streaming service . . . but figuring out how to do that isn’t so obvious. Should you try to get your film picked up by Netflix? Or Amazon Prime? One of the … Read more
Right-click here to download the MP3 Have you ever had to deal with paying out investors, guilds, unions, residuals, and producers from the revenue your film makes? Today’s guest is David Zannoni of Fintage House, does just that but on a global scale. David helps you, the producer, ALL the rights for your film globally. Now, this is … Read more
Right-click here to download the MP3 One of the biggest issues filmmakers, screenwriters and creative types in general have is working with other people. Creativity is very personal to an artist, in any part of the process. I’ve seen first-hand decade-long friendships get destroyed by “creative differences”. I could see the deterioration of relationships in my … Read more
Right-click here to download the MP3 Today’s guest is Mark Gantt. He’s a man of many talents, actor, director, writer, and producer. He’s best known for co-creating, producing and starring in the award-winning [easyazon_link identifier=”B0030M8TVW” locale=”US” tag=”whatisbroke-20″]The Bannen Wa[/easyazon_link]y for Sony Pictures Television. Financed by Sony’s Crackle distribution arm, this unique web series/feature film had a compelling … Read more