Has anyone worked with Buffalo 8 in the distribution of a finished film? If so, would you kindly share your experience? They just made me an offer on a completed doc and I am concerned about some of the of the terms in the offer.
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Is their anyone who can help me get my youtube channel to take off I have over 100 songs on their I have written it's kinda urgent as I only have about 1 year to live bone infection is taking me down,, I need my music heard
Thank you for sharing that with me — I'm sorry you're going through this. Unfortunately, music/YouTube promotion isn't my area of expertise; my work is focused on screenwriting and script editing. I h...
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I am not doing so well either, but I have no set departure date. You really never know for sure what is going to happen until it happens. Leave your songs to someone who will take care of them, if it is not today, maybe someday they will be heard.
There’s a music promotion option within YouTube. it’s also important you use eye catching thumbnails, relevant key words, catchy titles, video descriptions that grab the audiences attention. Tags can...
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So I have had a crazy life and wrote a thing about it would u like a copy currently I'm paralyzed shot by Seattle cops in 2001 I'm diabetic I have chronic bone infection in my hips and 2 stage 4 pressure sores
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A cinematic archive built to s…
A cinematic archive built to showcase the world, mythology, characters, and vision behind the franchise.
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Karolina Ferguson
- 3 weeks ago
Interesting concept a cinematic archive is an ambitious way to house a franchise's world and mythology. I'd be curious to see it in motion. As a screenwriter and script editor, I always enjoy seeing how creators build out world and lore before the story itself takes shape.
Thank you, Karolina! I really appreciate it.
My goal is for SAVAGE SMILE to feel like you're walking through the archives of a real universe rather than just visiting a movie website.
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Muhammad Muhammad
- 2 weeks ago
I like the direction you're taking with this. It feels less like a promotional website and more like a place where fans can explore the universe at their own pace.
As someone interested in how audience...
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Thank you so much, Muhammad!
That honestly means a lot. My goal has always been to make SAVAGE SMILE feel like a living universe rather than just a place to promote a film.
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Fox (Disney) Buys ROKU
Fox has just arranged to purchase Roku for $22B. Fox, owned by Disney, and which purchased Tubi in 2019 (after which it began focusing on major studio releases and slowly pruning independent films. I believe this closes the circle - there are only a couple places left where and independent film can...
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Abhijeet Aade
- 3 weeks ago
Shadow Dragu-Mihai This raises an important question for independent filmmakers. As larger companies continue to consolidate distribution platforms, do you think it becomes harder for independent film...
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Shadow Dragu-Mihai
- 3 weeks ago
Abhijeet Aade One dynamic is that a platform uses the titles it gets as traffic generators. It does not promote your title, ever. Nor do distributors these days. And whichever platform you are on cont...
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Lindbergh Hollingsworth
- 3 weeks ago
Adding to what Shadow wrote, if you have a film that's on Amazon Prime or Netflix (and others), sure you're excited it's there. The problem is, is no one is looking for your film. 20% of all the movie...
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Lindbergh Hollingsworth I think that's one of the biggest challenges for independent filmmakers today. Getting onto a streaming platform is a milestone, but it doesn't automatically create an audience...
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Abhijeet Aade
- 2 weeks ago
Shadow Dragu-Mihai Thank you for sharing that perspective, Shadow. I completely agree that getting a film onto a platform is only one milestone, not the finish line. Discoverability has become just as...
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Happy Tuesday, fellow creatives! Our first feature, the Horcom, Necromance, (in which the high school it couplecbutchers an unholy Fidelity spell to disastrous results that threatens everyone’s lives) is nearing Final Cut. Please give me any & all insights to streaming distribution!
Shadow Dragu-Mihai
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Ewan Dunbar
- 2 weeks ago
A lot of sales agents have relationships with streamers and are one of the best ways for getting new projects to them. Take a look on IMDB for recent titles like yours and see which sales agent picked...
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I’m currently building an original IP called TEMPTATIONS™ across books and future film/television development.
I’m curious to hear from creators who have successfully built audiences before pitching their projects.
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New independent streaming platform
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U.S. theater attendance was up 14% to 30.7 million filmgoers, against a year-earlier 27 million
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Yes, they have a distribution division and have a number of features and docs which they have sold.
Deborah Dennison I see their fee structure and of course the agreement they have would have to define "gross receipts" as money they actually receive (which is not what the streamer/exhibitor charges...
Expand commentDeborah Dennison I see their fee structure and of course the agreement they have would have to define "gross receipts" as money they actually receive (which is not what the streamer/exhibitor charges or generates), so it's essentially a meaningless term unless you know and agree on the fee split between their distro and the other parties in the pipelne. At first blush, Filmhub.com has a better fee split with no upfront costs, but it all depends.
Deborah, feel free to send a message....
Deborah Dennison Thank you for starting this discussion, Deborah. I recently had conversations with Buffalo 8 regarding one of my feature screenplays, although it was for executive producing and packa...
Expand commentDeborah Dennison Thank you for starting this discussion, Deborah. I recently had conversations with Buffalo 8 regarding one of my feature screenplays, although it was for executive producing and packaging rather than distribution. They were professional and transparent in explaining their process and fee structure. I'm following this discussion with great interest because firsthand experiences from filmmakers who have actually worked with their distribution division are incredibly valuable. Wishing you the very best, and I hope you find the clarity you need before making a decision.
Congratulations on the offer, finished docs that draw offers are rarer than people admit. Whatever company it is, judge the paper on five things: how gross receipts are defined (money they actually re...
Expand commentCongratulations on the offer, finished docs that draw offers are rarer than people admit. Whatever company it is, judge the paper on five things: how gross receipts are defined (money they actually receive, not platform revenue), which expenses are recoupable against you and whether they're capped in writing, which rights and territories they concretely need versus everything they're asking for, reporting cadence with audit rights, and (critical) the reversion clause if minimums aren't met by a set date. Then ask for two or three filmmakers currently on their roster and talk to them about statements, not the courtship. Full disclosure, I run a streaming platform in this space (filmmakers keep 65%, paid on real watch time, non-exclusive), so weigh my bias accordingly. But whichever way you go, never grant a right the company can't name a plan for.