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Digital Bolex Case Study: 5SecondFilms Takes the D16 Camera for a Spin
It's happening! It's finally happening! The Digital Bolex team, after their years-long journey from conception to finalized product, has at last released their D16 digital cinema camera into the world....
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'Menthol' Micro-Budget Film Case Study Part 1: 'Your Trailer is Your Film'
In this series of posts, I'm going to test, prod, and explore the process of releasing my first feature film almost entirely online, with no money or nepotism. As some of you know, I've been regularly...
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'Menthol' Micro-Budget Film Case Study Part 2: Confessions of a World Premiere
In Part 1 of this series, I talked about the decisions in creating the seminal piece of marketing (the trailer) for my first narrative feature Menthol. We just had our world premiere last month at the...
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'Menthol' Micro-Budget Film Case Study Part 3: Nearly Completed Festival Run...
The process of releasing and distributing my first film has been a challenge, and as we enter the last month or so of pre-release work I will be sharing more a long the way. In the previous two posts...
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'Menthol' Micro-Budget Film Case Study Part 4: Meet the Cast & Crew (Video)
Our festival run is almost complete and we're preparing for our imminent online launch. Direct distribution is a moving target, and we're constantly shifting our release strategy and making...
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Distributing Your Film Online? Make Sure You Offer Lots of Bonus Content
Direct distribution platforms have made finding an audience for independent, no budget movies a real possibility. And though much of your effort might be focused on just getting your film online and...
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'Menthol' Micro-Budget Film Case Study Part 5: Release Day! (Video)
Menthol is finally done playing film festivals and we're in the clear to release online. It's been a long road getting to this point, navigating various distribution strategies and seeing what we can...
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'Menthol' Micro-Budget Film Case Study Part 6: Post-Release & Post-Production
Now that Menthol was finally released online last week, let's check in with the release status and watch the 3rd part of our interview series with the makers of the film. This post will complete my...
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Yekra Releases First Case Study (& It's Impressive)
Yekra launched last year as a very interesting distribution tool & platform for filmmakers and distributors. Now they've released the financial breakdown of their first case study, the documentary...
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