[tof] Self Distribution Kit for doco-makers

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Someone who you may want to engage with about this is Peter Broderick.
Based in the US he has very deep knowledge about this and will be able to help you get a fix on who else is doing similiar stuff.  This may open up the possibilities of international collaboratin and not having to reinvent the wheeel. Alternatively, it will help you better position your idea by better differentiating it form what others are doing/have done.  Peter has been a regular visitor to Oz in recent years and is currently at SPAA Fringe in Brisbane.

Here is a blurb:

President of Paradigm Consulting, which provides consulting services to filmmakers and media companies. He was founder and President of Next Wave Films, which helped launch the careers of exceptionally talented filmmakers from the U.S. and abroad. A company of the Independent Film Channel, Next Wave supplied finishing funds and other vital support to filmmakers, and financed digital features through its production arm--Agenda 2000. 

Next Wave's features include: Christopher Nolan's Following; Joe Carnahan's Blood Guts Bullets & Octane; Julie Money's Envy; Ron Judkins' The Hi-Line; Jordan Melamed's Manic; Henry Barrial's Some Body; Kate Davis's Southern Comfort, Josh Aronson's Sound and Fury; David and Laurie Shapiro's Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale; Amir Bar-Lev's Fighter Maxie Collier's Paper Chasers and Tony Fisher's The Trouble with Men and Women. 

Peter Broderick played a key role in the growth of the ultra-low budget feature movement. A leading advocate of digital moviemaking, Broderick has given presentations on digital production at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin and many other festivals. He has lectured at Harvard, taught courses at UCLA, and written articles for Scientific American, The New York Times, The Economist, The Los Angeles Times, and Filmmaker magazine. One of his latest articles, Maximizing Distribution, was published in the Directors Guild of America magazine (Jan. 2004) and is online at www.dga.org. He began his film career working with Terrence Malick on Days of Heaven. A graduate of Brown University, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School, he practiced law in Washington, DC. 

An article you might want to chaeck out is at: 
http://www.dga.org/news/v28_5/craft_maxdist.php3

His contacts:

President
Paradigm
2510 7th St., Suite E
Santa Monica, CA 90405
USA
Tel: 1 310 393 7483
e-mail: upwards at earthlink.net

Steve

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Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2005 9:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [tof] Self Distribution Kit for doco-makers


Hi Jen, I think this is an excellent idea. I wonder if there has 
already been feasibility work done on these possibilities, or if 
individuals might have advice about their own experiences? It sounds 
like a great idea for a workshop at the next documentary conference (in 
Melbourne) if it is not already on the list... The SPAA / ASDA 
Documentary Council's draft report (SADC/'Creative Strategies'/Higgs 
Report) suggests the establishment of an "Ozdoxs" site (borrowing the 
'brand' from the mob doing such a good job in documentary cultural 
events in Sydney) for this kind of work - it is one of the better ideas 
in an otherwise blisteringly disappointing excercise. Best JH


On 10/08/2005, at 2:16 PM, tof at lists.culture2.org wrote:

> Hi all,
> I am considering researching and developing a self distribution 
> strategy, to
> include an 'outreach kit' for independent doco makers to assist them
> Self distribute when they cannot get a commercial distributor.
> The idea regarding the 'need' has come from having short docos myself 
> that
> could reach wider audiences, and the TTGJ (Time to go john) experience 
> - I
> think many of these short films could reach more people both in Aust 
> and the
> TTGJ feature in other English speaking countries. The Idea for the
> 'solution' has come from www.mediarights.org
> To begin with the information could be on-line, ultimately it may need 
> a
> hard copy which could be sold.
> What does everyone think?
> Jen Hughes
>
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