Republished with permission from eMarketer.com The past few years have been bruising for the movie industry. After more than a decade of growth, the DVD began stalling in 2007. For the first time in its history, the industry saw its primary revenue source shrink without a new format coming along to take its place in … Continue reading Movie Industry Slouches Toward Digital Future
Month: August 2010
My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — Crowdfunding reveals vibrant new class of citizen funding.
Crowdfunding has great promise. And, it has exposed a vibrant new class of citizen funding. In the spring of 2010, in comments on Jeff Steele’s Film Closings blog at http://filmclosings.com/2010/04/new-method-indie-financing/, I publicly assessed crowdfunding as having the potential to generate a normal maximum of, say, $5,000 if one spent all one’s time on it. Then, … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — Crowdfunding reveals vibrant new class of citizen funding.
My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — Further Clarification of the PMD and Economics, by Jon Reiss
REPUBLISHED WITH PERMISSION "This from the man himself, Jon Reiss, in response to the many wonderful posts this week from Michael R. Barnard, Lucas McNelly and Dennis Peters regarding the PMD." ~ Sheri Candler Marketing & Publicity Let me clarify some of my feelings about the PMD. I will add my universal caveat that every … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — Further Clarification of the PMD and Economics, by Jon Reiss
My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — Indie filmmakers abuzz about new PMD position
Right now, the indie filmmaking community is grappling with the new concept of a role called PMD, the “Producer of Marketing & Distribution.” The confluence of the collapse of the indie film biz, scores of digital distribution options, and the ascent of social media has resulted in an incredibly strong and vibrant online community of … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — Indie filmmakers abuzz about new PMD position
My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — The battle to make an independent movie
One of the odd things about being an independent filmmaker is the battle to get into production. Those of us who don't have well-to-do families or impressive connections to powerful people have to cultivate other ways to fund the production. This is especially true today with all the turmoil in the indie film biz and … Continue reading My Bumpy Road Through “Hollywood” — The battle to make an independent movie
Michael R. Barnard's Thoughts & Discussions. 