[tof] Self Distribution Kit for doco-makers

[tof at lists.culture2.org]

I am actually writing an article on the state of the Australian doco
industry and read this subject heading as "Self Destruction Kit for Doco -
Makers"! Obviously no guessing where the article is heading!

Think the Self Distribution Kit is a great idea.

Natasha Gadd
Daybreak Films
 


On 11/8/05 10:12 AM, "tof at lists.culture2.org" <tof at lists.culture2.org>
wrote:

> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tof at lists.culture2.org [mailto:tof at lists.culture2.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2005 9:37 PM
> To: tof at lists.culture2.org
> 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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