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Crazy insane revenue numbers are coming out of the first quarter of YouTube.
No doubt, if I'm an advertiser, I would think twice about cable television, radio (unless it's Spotify, TuneIn, etc.). Where your audience lives is a huge component of distribution. It's not easy to get to that point of "Yo...
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Hi
Cannes hasn’t even officially started yet, but already we’re getting signs of how things are shifting. A few things I’ve noticed so far:
* Tickets are going to be harder to get than ever before.
* With the number of attendees rising, and (allegedly) more tickets going to sponsors, there are fewer a...
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Hi Geoff.
I’m arriving in Cannes tomorrow morning. Will you be there? Let’s meet.
Hi Jack, sadly not. My Producer is there. Cannes is still on the list to go there sometime, but alas not this year. I hope you have a great and profitable time. Are you going to the Marche with a film?
Hey Everyone. I am looking to understand what feature film genres consistently sells in the US and overseas. What makes that particular set of genres sellable and why? I am writing my first psychological thriller and i'm curious what the market is for something like that. I'd also like to see if i c...
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I've had four distro meetings this week - all different -- all interesting.
First, there’s the guy who has a few movies across streamers including Peacock, Amazon, Apple and Tubi. Then there’s the guy who’s piped into a distro house – and who charges folks to get distribution in that company through...
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Congratulations on "Daddy" getting picked up by two streamers, Fran Harris!
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival is in full swing and Stage 32 is all over the Croisette! Learn how to stay tuned in and part of the action in today's blog!
https://www.stage32.com/blog/tune-in-for-cannes-film-festival-updates-li......
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Should be a hoot!
Absolutely, Debbie Elicksen!
After all the bad news about the fall in UK streaming and the finance problems for UK film, here’s a little good news from the UK.
Mind you, with that latter financial problem in mind, where are the UK candidates for Artificial Eye going to come from?
https://variety.com/2024/film/global/curzon-arti...
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That's great for Arthouse creatives, Geoff Hall! I love watching mainstream films, but Arthouse movies feel more personal and more impactful sometimes.
Maurice Vaughan yes it is, Maurice. It’s kinda my niche too, so it’s now on my radar.
I caught this amazing interview on Film Courage about how an indie film grossed $600k in cinemas - would love to know your thoughts!
Thanks for sharing!
Great strategy for indie filmmakers, Karen "Kay" Ross!
Awesome story. Should be noted, this was a decade ago. A lot has changed. Many no-name, no-budget filmmakers use to get foreign sales, now they don't and it's dropped on YouTube and Tubi by distributo...
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So cool. People need to see this. Karen "Kay" Ross thanks for sharing this.
I’m a big fan of these guys at Show & Tell — talks a lot about docs but very applicable to narrative films. https://show-tell.teachable.com/p/starterprogram...
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My question is the first steps after you make a feature film? We haven't shot yet but my approach to this is reach out to producers or well known actors to see if anyone is interested, if not (which is obviously highly likely) I'll try to find private lenders, after that crowd funding and after that...
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David Santo brother, thank you for sending me this document! Very Helpful. I'll be suing these resources.
Dear Ahi, The films were created in my native language, so I gave them to Swedish public access television stations.
The first movie was filmed in the way it was supposed to. With actors in front of t...
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I recommend this Stage 32 webinar taught by the amazing Kristin Harris on securing distribution for your films: https://www.stage32.com/education?p=8944873079091...
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Ahi Black It's the first you're hearing of this because filmmakers will very often resent it when a producer wants to test the movie with an audience. So it's not something creatives really encourage....
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Ahi Black my advice for what it’s worth, would be to plan distribution now, before production. Who is your audience? If you don’t know that, then you’ve got a bit of research to do. It’s not private l...
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An FYI post for those from the Stage32 community attending this year’s Cannes Film Festival. There’s a talk about ‘Hong Kong Perspective on Asia’s Film Market’, with Chris Lo, Gary Mak and Franck Priot, plus others for those who are wanting to know more about this territory opening up for distributi...
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I now have three more films on my radar. Let’s see how they fare at Cannes this year.
My standouts are:
The Death of Robin Hood, The King of Covent Garden and Nuremberg. What are yours?
https://www.screendaily.com/news/major-market-projects-at-cannes-2024-la......
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Geoff Hall "Alpha," "The Death of Robin Hood," "11817," "Encore," "Nuremberg," and "Double Booked."
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Sam Sokolow thanks Sam. We have a 125 mbs broadband service, with WiFi signal boosters in the main room, so I guess we should be okay.
Now here’s a question that’s been burning in me for a while. YT a...
Expand commentSam Sokolow thanks Sam. We have a 125 mbs broadband service, with WiFi signal boosters in the main room, so I guess we should be okay.
Now here’s a question that’s been burning in me for a while. YT as part of a distribution strategy? Yes? No? Maybe?
Have you used it for any of your projects, Sam?
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Geoff Hall It's the biggest search engine and makes billions each quarter, provides a truckload of tips and resources for users -- of course you use it for a distribution strategy. :) It's where every...
Expand commentGeoff Hall It's the biggest search engine and makes billions each quarter, provides a truckload of tips and resources for users -- of course you use it for a distribution strategy. :) It's where everybody on the planet lives.
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Debbie Elicksen Hi Debbie, so what is on there that I don't know yet, that I need to watch? ;-)
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Debbie Elicksen oh my, I've just checked $57.99 per month!!! :-()
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I used to be involved in car culture and one of my guys quit his corporate job (married with kids and a huge mortgage) and started doing car youtube videos full-time. Currently he has over 200K follow...
Expand commentI used to be involved in car culture and one of my guys quit his corporate job (married with kids and a huge mortgage) and started doing car youtube videos full-time. Currently he has over 200K followers and he says he makes more than his corporate job. Started with an iphone camera & $200 editing software.