Anatomy of a Distribution Deal

If I had a dollar for every poorly-written, ill-conceived and unfair distribution deal that came across my desk, I could easily produce films instead of just writing about producing them! Too often, filmmakers are dazzled by the numbers that may result from an exceptional commercialization and so eager to land a deal that they leave common sense on the cutting room floor.

For those of you who are shopping your film project, read about some keys terms with which you should familiarize yourself. Understanding the acceptable parameters will prevent you from accepting a ”bad” deal and improve the efficiency of your legal counsel.

READ MORE - http://indiefilmlaw.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/anatomy-of-a-distribution-deal/

Unconventional Media and Interactive Cinema

Interview with Unconventional Media about Interactive Cinema

Do you think that TV and Theatrical releases are your only form of distribution?

It's time to think again. The guys from Unconventional Media are shooting big productions for interactive video games. That’s right, big budgets and cool special effects just for video games!

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE - http://www.pixelheadsnetwork.com/2009/02/17/cinners-2009-04-interview-with-unconventional-media-about-interactive-cinema/

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SELF-DISTRIBUTION THAT WORKS!

Fritz Donnelly’s ‘TOTHEHILLS2’ DVD Goes From the Streets to ‘AWESOME’

It's always a great feeling when a new independent filmmaker gets his work noticed and Fritz Donnelly is a filmmaker and performance artist who has made his reputation by selling thousands of copies of his DVDs on the streets of New York City. It's a fact that many filmmakers survive this way and some even make a good living at it.

All you need is a large city where thousands of people pass by, a well-made film and a little bit of luck. Someone is always bound to notice you and pick up your DVD and maybe even buy a copy. It's important to have a really good cover and a hook to peak every person's curiosity.

Fritz Donnelly's sequel to the original TO THE HILLS features new, strange characters, striking cinematography in Williamsburg, Harlem, Bushwick, and every up-and-coming or down-and-going neighborhood in New York.

If you're sick, it will make you better. If you're down, TOTHEHILLS2 will bring you up. It's the first collection of short films to give the satisfaction of a full-length film while pushing the film medium to its limits. If you want new and different, you've come to the right place.
TOTHEHILLS2 is a collection of his short independent films about dreamers, professionals, hustlers, and “people like you and me,” as Donnelly explains it.

The important thing is to keep showing your work and talking about it and making sales. TOTHEHILLS2 was finally "noticed" and picked up by a dozen distributors through a discovery and distribution festival known as From Here to Awesome, and Manhattan socialites are taking note.

Last week Lee Black Childers, a celebrity and rock n’ roll photographer perhaps best known for being the assistant to the late Andy Warhol during the Factory days, left his own birthday party to attend “Read & Discuss the Articles in Playboy,” a party hosted by Donnelly and his girlfriend Christina Ewald at her hip Lower East Side performance space "HiChristina." Childers snapped numerous shots of party guests re-enacting Playboy photo shoots, and by the end of the evening, he had requested a copy of "TOTHEHILLS2".

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroom/2008/08/04/fritz-donnelly%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98tothehills-2%e2%80%99-dvd-goes-from-the-streets-to-%e2%80%98awesome%e2%80%99/

CLICK HERE For more information on "TOTHEHILLS2" -
http://www.tothehills.com/

CLICK HERE for information on From Here To Awesome - http://showcase.fromheretoawesome.com/2008/07/tothehills-2/

CLICK HERE to purchase "TOTHEHILLS2" on Amazon.com - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EZKZTW/

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MOVIE MONEY: WHERE IT IS & HOW TO GET IT

Protecting Your Internet Distribution Rights

An internet distributor (“Distributor”) wants to exhibit your movie or program (“product”) over the internet on its website and provides you with its “standard” distribution agreement.

Of course, you are flattered, but now what do you do? First, check with your partners, colleagues, and business and legal advisors to determine if the internet is your first choice for exposing your product.

There are a number of issues to consider in this arena including your collective analysis as to whether or not theatrical, television, video, ancillary and international distribution of your product are available options, the costs and expenses associated with traditional distribution means, and whether or not the genre, subject matter and quality of your product is appropriate for internet exploitation.

Once you have determined that the internet route is indeed right for your product, there are some key issues to consider; everything is negotiable.

The Key issues being: The Grant of Rights, Exclusivity, Crosslinks, Territory, Licensing Period, License Fee/Payment Terms/Audit

CLICK HERE to READ MORE: http://www.medialawyer.com/RIGHTART.htm

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