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Posted by admin On December - 17 - 2008

just returned from my Fall Tour, weeks, 16,000 miles. Elder skipped the traditional festival route after super successful run at the Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Missouri cinemafriendly college town and home of the TrueFalse Film Festival, Sklar and his crew got in van and taking the film on the road booking and showing their films, touring is the best way to interact with your audience. 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.

You can appreciate Todd for what he is doing, but he is just one in long line of filmmakers who have been influenced by the concept of DIY that the punk bands did so well with. Kelley Where ever can find an audience. With that first tour resounding success, Sklar says, I figured we might as well do victory lap and head for the fall.

But for Sklar, the Pavement reference wasnt coincidental. We have been locked out of the normal distribution channels for years as our films dont have Hollywood stars who are slumming. That really connected with hopping in van and handdelivered the film to cities, punk rock road trip style. That should be when youre excited and involved in the work.Sklar first went on tour last year with his own movie about dudes being dudes, Box Elder. just returned from my Fall Tour, weeks, 16,000 miles.

have shown my films in bars. In Lawrence, KS, we might focus mostly on getting fun engaged crowd to help build that core audience, and then the following in Minneapolis week we might try to cater more towards picking up press exposure to use later on. 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.

As Real Independent Filmmakers we need to take that word back from Hollywood. 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. The tour encompasses markets both big and small, and Sklar says the team targets their energies towards different ends in different spots. That should be when youre excited and involved in the work.