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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 [...]
Ep 02: The Strategy in Film Distribution and more
In Episode 2 of this new podcast - Episode 2 - Producer and Sales Agent Marc Clebanoff talks with Rich Wolff, the CEO of Breaking Glass Pictures, a Philadelphia based domestic distributor about the mechanics of what happens to a film once it’s [...]
10 Ways To Succeed in the Film Making Business
In the spirit of sharing my own experiences as a seasoned filmmaker and distributor, below are 10 key suggestions that I've learned first hand will put you ahead of the competition: 1. Produce Your Own Content Don't wait for others to offer you opportunities. [...]
Ep 01: Film Distribution Streaming Platforms: AVOD vs SVOD and more
In Episode 1 of this new podcast - Producer and Sales Agent Marc Clebanoff talks with Hyvio.com founder and CEO MJ Angel about the rapidly evolving VOD market, the do’s and dont’s for indie filmmakers and the future of streaming independent content. [...]