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Indie Film Financing and Movie Distribution - Dancing Nude

 Indie film financing and movie distribution reminds of what it would feel like dancing nude on stage (much respect for exotic dancers at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club!). You show up to pitch your movie project and need to be able to dance to a film investor's music. It's their stage and not yours as an indie filmmaker seeking film funding. They want you to make a sellable movie which appeals to movie distributors so the production can make money. Most investors I've met with are not interested in putting hard money into indie art house films because those are tough sells to movie distributors and overseas film buyers aren't usually interested in seeing them. The dialogue and scenes of certain art house type films don't translate well to foreign buyers and movie viewers. Action, horror and skin does not need subtitles for people to follow the story is what I've been told by distributors. Talking head movies can make no sense to viewers that don't understand...
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The World of Movie Distribution Is a Tough Place

  The world of movie distribution is a tough place. After fighting and sweating to finish a movie you're mentally and physically exhausted. You just want to take a break and rest, but you can't because finishing a movie is only half the battle. It's time to enter the world of movie distribution. Movie distribution is a tough place for filmmakers new to the grind kuutamolla It's hard to switch off the creative mind to deal with the business side of selling movies. What I've learned the hard way is the movie distribution really starts with promoting and marketing a movie. Social media is an inexpensive way to get the word out about your movie and create a killer viral buzz online. It's cool to go the film festival route to get your movie seen by viewers and potential film buyers, but over the years from talking to other filmmakers there is a common feeling that the film festival scene is too crowded now. U.K. filmmaker Wayne Daniells from LiarDice Films told me h...
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