just returned from my Fall Tour, weeks, 16,000 miles. Ive never in my entire life walked into store, started browsing around for something to buy, and then based my decision on what someone wrote on the cover. want to see more filmmakers out on the road rather than having it showcased to the same crowd every month while we free cheese and crackers and fruit leather in the filmmaker lounge. The tour encompasses markets both big and small, and Sklar says the team targets their energies towards different ends in different spots.
The same kind of imbalance cited by Malkmus in the middle of the socalled alternative music revolution has arguably gone on to infect the indie film world the movies which least need the film festival as platform benefit from it the but the little guys continue to play along if theyre even invited to because its the only game in town. We have been locked out of the normal distribution channels for years as our films dont have Hollywood stars who are slumming. This is great though.
Basically people who dont have to wake up early, or dont mind staying out late. typical tour stop is fournightstand at given citys house or college theater, with each film playing one primetime show on one of the four nights. think that validation is extremely overrated, and that word of mouth whether that be from friends, or curated source festivals, Netflix, blogs, etc or from our own outreach.This interview is actually perfect example, Sklar continues. That should be when youre excited and involved in the work.
very seriously think there are far too many independent filmmakers out there who are catering to their parents golf buddies. The tour encompasses markets both big and small, and Sklar says the team targets their energies towards different ends in different spots. Where ever can find an audience. think were at point, at least generationwise, where searching for and discovering content is half the fun, and 90 of the media that we watch is either through word of mouth is much, much stronger.
We have been locked out of the normal distribution channels for years as our films dont have Hollywood stars who are slumming. Making film certainly shouldnt be about validation, it should be about storytelling, and that makes releasing the film all about audience, as theres no point in telling story if you dont have an audience to connect with it.mike said weeks This is really cool. Twice year my dog Moses and in to my van. That really connected with hopping in van and handdelivered the film to cities, punk rock road trip style.
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