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Copyright (c) 2008 Daniel Lafleche



So, you are in an indie film and you want to find distribution.



Have not many options available to them to spread, ever so confusing to decide what is right for you and your film. The industry has a transition time period, ie every person on that line to the future to download, but nobody knows how it will work immediately. As well, the distribution has also gone online, with a plethora of options for the indie filmmaker and producer. What to do, what to do.



This article is the first 5-part series looking at each of the routes open to you as a filmmaker and distributor. We offer some tips to get your movie house.



Whatever your film about the final destination, your goal is to find a buyer for the movie license. Who are film buyers? We are talking about the TV broadcast (cable, satellite and terrestrial), home DVD companies, VOD service providers and mobile content providers.



Let's start this series by examining the psychology of this rare and overworked professional. Here are five things you should know about Film Buyers and 5 tips for the best person to make the film forward.



1. Film Buyers want a 'story'. This may prove a bit of terminology here some confusion. We are not talking about the plot of the film or documentary subject, but the story to sell the film - on paper. You must do everything in your power to create that story. To do this, you're all out of the movie you know and love them, and ask yourself: What the film to sell to someone who does not know and love is the way I can? The answer to this question the "story" you use to sell your movie.



It is the most-valuable raw material for all the sales pitch ... star power. Movie stars often do not attract audiences, but anything that makes film buyers feel more peaceful than the current number of personalities in the mix. If you are robbed of any bona fide name power, not fear, there are other options. Festival play and any press generated are also incredibly important. You should knock themselves out to a kind of festival and press exposure to film. Even though the top of a festival or a top publication, festival and press play will be chosen for the film, since there is no story at all that the first chapter. Hype is over-hyped, but your movie will look more valuable to buyers as a story. If you can say, had "some exposure of the film already. A review of the film. The film festival was. The film is a reaction. The movie has an online presence. The film began with an audience or niche audience, "you are buyers trying to cuddle with the story.



If you are looking for ideas, you should look at the craft sector. Watch the distributors of their films, and figure out how to do this on a small scale. You want your story to a comfortable and familiar. "But my film is original, beautiful, heart-breaking, unique ... and my marketing must be the same, "you say. This brings us to another point ...



2. Film buyers ndollair idea, no passion. When selling your film, do not rely on your own enthusiasm and passion to make the sale. Again, channel your enthusiasm into the story of the purchaser to understand movies, the story of how and why the movie is to attract people to. The genre of the movie was a great success recently? Intersect the film for any problems or issues anchoring attention? Turn your passion for film, and focus your energy in the preparation of other professional marketing campaign and learning the language of film buyers-effective.



3. Film buyers are overloaded, their short attention spans, and do not want to waste time. Film buyers are professionals. Hook them fast with a comprehensive program (or a magazine to sell). The circumstances in which you are pitching your film will change, but one thing that everyone should at some point a blade as part of their promotional package. This is the crucial thing: should be short and the brochure on the point. The program is a cliff notes for the most exciting aspects of your film. Is there a positive review? Large, use them in the press equipment, but the program only the best line to use for each person. Are you a seasoned talent? Stick their names on a sheet of 1 or 2 of their most famous films, but later full biographies store. Each film is a ton of stationery, but everyone will all go. Do not bury the opportunities for buyers and sell your movie will get. Not included, customers will accept a password on the screener. Meet buyers most of the hundreds and hundreds of screeners every year and many of the watch yet. Save your screeners for buyer to show a benefit, or even your buyers that you feel good about.



4. Film Buyers want to operate a comfort zone. To save your time and your customer on time, you should always do research beforehand, especially if you make the first transfer. Are you focused on the buyer to make sense to film? Why do you think? What was the other buyer / company done that you think is the right company for your movie. Again, these points may, if not part of a program, the introduction of the story for the film. You will look professional and on the ball, you will notice if you think it would investigate and personally addressed to the buyer on specific skills, past successes and proven strengths.



5. Film buyers are freaked out. By and large film buyers are a worried bunch, squat in ruins and decimated the music industry are wondering if their company from going under their feet thiachóga. Film and music to various animals, and the future of cinema in the era of online exhibition is still not fully predicted, but the atmosphere is certainly wary. The film industry is changing and every person has a way to handle themselves, some better than others. You see coimeádach stripes, but also on Canny entrepreneurs wanted to benefit from the changing terrain. In general, most buyers want to minimize costs in advance. This practice in itself is not suspicious, but for your own protection do your homework and make sure you're dealing with one company and the reputation of a company and is in stable financial position.