New 48 Hour Film Project Reality TV Series Comes To Nashville
Nashville July 6 application deadline for show partnering with the 48 HFP.. The 48 Hour Film Project has partnered with Summerset Television to create a new competition reality television show for independent filmmakers called The 48 Hour Film Showdown that will air on the new Halogen cable network. Each week the show will feature two teams of filmmakers from different cities, pitted against each other in a competition to create the best short film in just 48 hours. The teams will be supplied with all the gear, workspace, and locations they need, as well as additional creative guidelines that might include a ...
FilmNashville – Typical Paths of Distribution for an Indie Feature Film
Festival run, no distribution other than perhaps via internet / direct DVD sales [usually no soundtrack, other than perhaps via website] Direct to Retail DVD distribution [no theatrical release or television] [usually no soundtrack, unless bundled with DVD and/or sold via website] Direct to TV cable, DVD, and foreign [sometimes a soundtrack, depending upon strength of TV promotion] Four-walled, limited domestic theatrical release [self-distributed, renting out theatres] - this is often done by makers of art films, without much financial gain [usually no soundtrack, other than perhaps bundled with eventual DVD or via website] [NOTE: DEFINITION OF TERM: "P&A" - Prints & Advertising - ...
Indie Production Financing Overview
There are numerous basic and sophisticated ways to finance a feature project, though usually involving a combination of one or more of these elements: Investment capital -- yours and/or that of third parties [typically, investors get 100% of first profits earned until they recoup all of their initial investment, then receive 30-50% of all profits earned from the project, in perpetuity [deals can vary from project to project, depending on type of investors, risk factors, ancillary revenue opportunities, pre-existing distribution arrangements, etc] Sponsorship, usually in the form of product placement -- $$ contributed for exposure of corporate brand in the film - ...
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Nashville July 6 application deadline for show partnering with the 48 HFP.. The 48 Hour Film Project has partnered with Summerset Television to create a new competition reality television show for independent filmmakers called The 48 Hour Film Showdown that will air on the new Halogen cable network. Each week the show will feature two teams of filmmakers... [Read more of this review]
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