Hi everyone, I am pretty new to Stage 32 but love all the information and connections that I have made! I have a question for those familiar with Film Festivals. I have written a screen play and it has been filmed and is now in post production. We are a romantic comedy (you can check us out on Faceb...
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Lynne, what would be your ideal release platform for "The Trailer Bar Book Club?" Do you see it as a cable movie....independent theatrical release....Internet release....DVD, etc?
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Hi Bill, I would love it to be a cable movie (Lifetime, etc) but I am not sure we are at that quality. We did reshoot some scenes where we had audio issues (we were shooting in a bar after all and we...
Expand commentHi Bill, I would love it to be a cable movie (Lifetime, etc) but I am not sure we are at that quality. We did reshoot some scenes where we had audio issues (we were shooting in a bar after all and we had the locals as extras so it was hard to control audio, we've learned a lot since the first shoot!). We would also love DVD release. If you have any advice we would appreciate it. Thanks, Lynne
I don't think my advice qualifies as expert advice, but if you already feel that you have some quality issues, well...that's not good. If a distribution expert confirmed that, then I would imagine tha...
Expand commentI don't think my advice qualifies as expert advice, but if you already feel that you have some quality issues, well...that's not good. If a distribution expert confirmed that, then I would imagine that, at best, your current version would serve you best as a demo to a production company that would partner up with you and that could make a better version. Or that you can use it and try to raise the money on your own from someone with capital in order to re-shoot it. I would probably try to get a distributor to review it first, and take it from there. Good luck, Lynne.
Thanks Bill. I think that is great advice. I hadn't considered that. I will talk to some local contacts regarding distributors but if you also have any contacts that you could recommend I would appreciate that. Thanks again for your help.
Just wanted to update everyone and thank you again for such great advice. We went back and fixed some of the audio (reshot one scene with lapel mics) and added music throughout the film. We then had o...
Expand commentJust wanted to update everyone and thank you again for such great advice. We went back and fixed some of the audio (reshot one scene with lapel mics) and added music throughout the film. We then had our premier of "The Trailer Bar Book Club" at the actual Trailer Bar where we filmed and it was a great success! We had copies of the DVD there for sale and sold out! I then took the advice of people here on this blog and submitted to local film festivals and we have been accepted to the Eastern North Carolina Film Festival! We are so excited! They have also stated they can help with distribution. I have not looked into that yet and hope the festival can provide us with some support in that regard. Thanks again to everyone here for your advice! It really made a difference!