"Brits are always the go to villains." Glad to oblige!
"Brits are always the go to villains." Glad to oblige!
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...
Expand postHi 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 Faceback or IMDb, "The Trailer Bar Book Club.") Would love anyone's thoughts on what you see regarding the film. Also, we want to take the film to a film festival and was wondering what film festivals are more interested in and open to romantic comedies? If anyone has some thoughts on that I would love to hear them! Thanks so much and look forward to participating through Stage 32! Sincerely, 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!
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Expand postHi Lynne. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 300,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.
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Harold, that is true. I might put it this way instead: multiple locations is not a crutch by which to make your film good. Bad stories told badly are bad, period. Good stories told well are great, period.
I agree: Multiple locations does not guarantee a good movie.
ROOM did it well, with half the film in a confined space. But it's hard to make it work.