GOING BIONIC – DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – CHANGE OF TITLE…

You should never be offended when a distributor wants to change your film’s title. Hell, you may actually want to rejoice when that happens, because it means he or she thinks your film will do well…



Posted on January 31, 2012 by

GOING BIONIC – DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY: READER Q&A EPISODE TWO

Today we’re going to answer more reader questions. Like last week, I’m focusing on questions that will be helpful to independent filmmakers…



Posted on January 24, 2012 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – READER Q&A EPISODE ONE

Soon after last week’s column was published, one of our readers emailed me a few questions that they would like to have answered. Thus, today we’re going to answer the wonderfully insightful questions.



Posted on January 17, 2012 by

GOING BIONIC – DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – NON-EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTS ARE NON-STARTERS

Today we’re going to discuss the dangers of distributing your film through non-exclusive entities…



Posted on January 10, 2012 by

GOING BIONIC – DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – MY BIONIC 2012!

That’s the funny thing about having a vision for yourself; doing so ensures you won’t drive blind…



Posted on January 3, 2012 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – 2011 YEAR-IN-REVIEW

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you out there for “lending me your eyes” all year long and I’d be honored to borrow them again next year…



Posted on December 27, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – FIVE THINGS NOT TO DO UNTIL 2012

Last week discussed five strategic career moves for you to do before today, so now we’re going to go over five moves not to make until the first week of January, 2012…



Posted on December 20, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – FIVE THINGS FOR YOU TO DO BEFORE NEXT TUESDAY!

Today is the 13th day of the 12th month of the 11th year of our century. Do you know where your film career is?



Posted on December 13, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC – DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY: FROM ZERO TO FILMMAKER IN 48 HOURS…

You can learn a concept in a few days or a few weeks, but true mastery comes with time and experience, not with being overloaded with information over two days…



Posted on December 6, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – THE MUPPETS!

Let’s examine how “The Muppets” mounted their comeback, and what advertising and distribution strategies they utilized to reintroduce their brand to mass audiences…



Posted on November 29, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – BREAKING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, PART 2: OPPORTUNITIES AT UCLA & SUNDANCE

Continuing with our series of columns on “Breaking In From The Outside,” today we’re going to discuss some “strategic educational and professional development” opportunities…



Posted on November 22, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – BREAKING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, PART 1.

If you’re not quite ready to flee the comforts of your less hectic, less expensive hometown quite yet, here are some things you can do to stay competitive while living outside of the two film Mecca’s of Los Angeles and New York City…



Posted on November 15, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – RESOURCES FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS; WOMEN FILMMAKERS PART 2

After taking a detour last week to discuss the distribution of films around Halloween, today we’ve reset our focus on women filmmakers….



Posted on November 8, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – HALLOWEEN DISTRIBUTION TRENDS

One of the scariest truths about releasing a film around Halloween is that even if the film is a hit, it has a very short period of time to earn its box-office keep…



Posted on November 1, 2011 by

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – THE LADY FILMMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL; WOMEN FILMMAKERS PART 1

Today I will highlight The Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, a wonderful film festival in Beverly Hills that just completed its third campaign…



Posted on October 25, 2011 by
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