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Ep 03: How to Appeal to Film Distributors and more
In Episode 3 of this new podcast - Episode 3 - Producer and Global Sales Agent Marc Clebanoff talks with Level 33 Owner and veteran distribution professional Andreas Olavarria about domestic distribution strategies including day and date releases, how to best appeal to [...]
Getting the Right Money
Over the years of raising funds I have deciphered that there is a huge difference between getting money versus getting the right money to make movies. Earlier in my career I successfully raised some of the wrong money, and as a sales agent [...]
Casting Faces vs Names For Low Budget Films
I get pitched projects all the time. More often than not, when I get pitched a film package, particularly a lower or micro budget film, the attachments include actors that may be recognizable but likely have no name value or bankability. 3 Rules [...]
The Tricky Dynamic of Producing on Set
Every film that gets the greenlight is a small miracle. As producers and content creators, we spend 99% of our time killing ourselves to be able to spend 1% of our time reaping the benefit of our own small miracle – shooting our [...]
The Myth of a Movie’s Value
As a sales agent, I always delicately inquire to producers what their real cost to recoup on their film is. Much of the time producers are honest with me and disclose their real budget, and often producers are dishonest and over-inflate their budget. [...]
Avoiding Project Fixation
As independent filmmakers, there are a lot of rabbit holes we have to be careful of going down. There are false investors, incompetent or dishonest producers, bad distributors – a million pathways that can either set up our dream project, or kill our [...]