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Author Topic: Independent Film Maker Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-31-2000 06:11 PM                        If I made a film, how could I get it to a cinema, even though I'm a nobody film maker?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-31-2000 09:52 PM                     Er, ahm...do you mean make a "film" or a "video"?  |  IP: Logged Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-01-2001 07:34 AM                        On film  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-01-2001 08:23 AM                     Tim Johnson is probably the man to answer this best, since he has recently done so with his movie "6 Days in Roswell". It just hit the DVD market last month. www.roswell6.com  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-01-2001 09:05 AM                        Well, you can always rent out the theatre, have them run your film, and then charge admission. There's a recent thread about this in the rec.arts.movies.production newsgroup. Some films have been successfully self-distributed ("Man With a Plan," for example, was very big in Vermont and was totally self-distributed by the director), but this can be expensive and risky. More likely, you'd try to show your print in as many festivals as possible and try to get the attention of a distributor, who would then hopefully try to make a deal with you. If you just want to see your film on the big screen, try to make friends with a manager or projectionist at a local independent theatre where you are a regular customer. If they're film buffs and your material is interesting, they might run it after hours for you.  |  IP: Logged

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