| Film Distribution is the final frontier in the film production | | | | |
| process. Many | | | | today. Your film didn't get a distribution deal at |
| filmmakers begin production on their film without giving | | | | Sundance Film Festival? No sweat! |
| any thought to film | | | | You can actually release your film into the theaters |
| distribution. For this reason, many independent films | | | | yourself. Want to have your film |
| never see the light of day, and | | | | released on DVD but the distribution companies aren't |
| investors never get paid back. | | | | paying you any attention? |
| One way to practice responsible film making, is to | | | | Again, you can get the job done yourself. Want to |
| have a film distribution plan in | | | | hire a professional team to |
| place before beginning actual production. First of all, | | | | develop worldwide sales projections for your film so |
| consider the type of film you | | | | that you can go raise money |
| are making (feature film, short film, documentary) and | | | | based on future sales of your film? There are |
| whether or not your film has | | | | companies out there that offer this |
| a chance of getting released into movie theaters, on | | | | service without tying you into any long-term |
| television, or on DVD. This is | | | | commitments or contracts.The bottom line is that Film |
| not the time to lie to yourself! Take a look at the films | | | | Distribution is the business side to filmmaking that |
| out there (in movie theaters, | | | | filmmakers don't often think about. For example, |
| on tv, and in video stores), and do an honest | | | | working as a foreign sales agent |
| assessment of where your independent | | | | one of the first things that struck me was how |
| film fits in the marketplace.Next, consider all the | | | | filmmakers never made a dime from |
| exciting distribution opportunities available to filmmakers | | | | sales made on their films. |