I hope you’re having a great week so far! . Now that AFM is wrapped up I’m hearing about some of the experiences you guys had there and one thing that stands out is I’m seeing people rushing into deals they were presented with at the market. . Maybe you met with a handful of […]
As promised I’d like to give some final AFM take-aways but also, I plan to explore certain topics a bit deeper over the coming weeks as they deserve posts of their own….things like, attaching talent (to high and low budgets), building your team during development (who to hire and what to budget), dissecting back end […]
On Wednesday we left off talking about Day 1 & Pre-Game Analysis and I touched on the appeal of niche films in today’s marketplace…. and I want to pick up the discussion there today because this is an AFM trend this year that seems to be playing out in almost every deal that’s been announced so […]
I thought I’d kick off the series of AFM Dispatches today on Day 1 just to share a few quick tin-bits and impressions so far on this year’s market. . But first, I want to announce a special one week flash sale we’re doing on my Film Finance Essentials course which is soup to nuts […]
Last week in my AFM Series I talked about the conundrum of going to AFM with an indie comedy or drama…mainly that, AFM is not comedy and drama ‘friendly’, and much more open to talking with filmmakers who have ‘genre’ films. . By the way, this isn’t to say you shouldn’t make an indie comedy or […]
In Part Two of our AFM Series we left off talking about the Comedy & Drama Conundrum (plus a potential workaround).… the workaround having to do with domestic VOD distribution. . One question that came up off the back of that is whether domestic VOD distribution is even effective for comedies and dramas in the first place? […]
On Monday we left off talking about the AFM Outreach Formula & Observations, and I want to pick up the AFM Series today talking about non-genre films. . Some of you might know that AFM is mostly a genre-friendly market, and by that I mean if you’re shopping an indie drama or comedy, you’re not going to […]
With AFM coming up I’m getting a lot of people asking me if as a screenwriter you need a manager or agent to be able to submit your projects to production companies. . While it certainly can help in certain situations and particularly with the bigger companies, you can also skirt around this requirement by […]
Earlier this week we talked about getting your TV series to buyers, and I introduced the TV Essentials Course 2 I’ll be leading next month, right on the heels of MIPCOM so you’ll be getting all the most recent up to date intel for 2018. . If you’d like to learn more about the course […]
I hope you had a great weekend! Anyone else up for watching the Emmy’s tonight? I’m typically not a fan of award shows but one thing I love about the Emmy’s is observing how much TV series have developed and evolved in the last few years and also, how many film stars have fully crossed […]
