Comments on: Part 18, Playing the film festival game http://www.thesensationofsight.com/part-18-playing-the-film-festival-game.html When life becomes a second language … Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:27:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Wayne Bosley http://www.thesensationofsight.com/part-18-playing-the-film-festival-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-100 John Wayne Bosley Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:51:35 +0000 http://www.thesensationofsight.com/?p=488#comment-100 Part of the problem with trying to "stay ahead of the curve" is that none of us really know where all of this is really leading. One moment a filmmaker does something a certan way and has success, then others try the same idea and get nothing. My best comparison is like acting on a stage when "everything that can go wrong does go wrong" in the middle of a performance. You have your lines (like a biz plan) but then you have to improvise because suddenly your finding things aren't working out like they're suppose to. Only thing I know is that a filmmaker (film company) has to find their identity, figure out their priorities and also what they're willing to sacrifice because they have to adapt to a rapidly changing world. Part of the problem with trying to “stay ahead of the curve” is that none of us really know where all of this is really leading. One moment a filmmaker does something a certan way and has success, then others try the same idea and get nothing. My best comparison is like acting on a stage when “everything that can go wrong does go wrong” in the middle of a performance. You have your lines (like a biz plan) but then you have to improvise because suddenly your finding things aren’t working out like they’re suppose to.

Only thing I know is that a filmmaker (film company) has to find their identity, figure out their priorities and also what they’re willing to sacrifice because they have to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

]]> By: Buzz McLaughlin http://www.thesensationofsight.com/part-18-playing-the-film-festival-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-97 Buzz McLaughlin Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:02:28 +0000 http://www.thesensationofsight.com/?p=488#comment-97 Thanks for the thoughts, John. It's going to be interesting the next two, three years to see what social media is going to do for filmmakers and how that's going to shift the paradigm, including the role of festivals. Everyone's talking about it. Did you see the Hermanez's Indiewire piece this week on fests? Dec. 7th I think it was. There's something fun about being in this biz as so much is shifting. It's staying ahead of the curve that's the challenge... Thanks for the thoughts, John. It’s going to be interesting the next two, three years to see what social media is going to do for filmmakers and how that’s going to shift the paradigm, including the role of festivals. Everyone’s talking about it. Did you see the Hermanez’s Indiewire piece this week on fests? Dec. 7th I think it was. There’s something fun about being in this biz as so much is shifting. It’s staying ahead of the curve that’s the challenge…

]]> By: John Wayne Bosley http://www.thesensationofsight.com/part-18-playing-the-film-festival-game.html/comment-page-1#comment-95 John Wayne Bosley Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:35:51 +0000 http://www.thesensationofsight.com/?p=488#comment-95 Great pics! It's great when the cast are right there at the fest to answer questions and connect with the audience. The great delemia with the fests has always concerned me. So many. So many options. So many films that disapear out of the view of the audience. That is why I started to acquire and dislike about the fest option. I'm not planning on any more in the future with any of my other films. Instead I will pursue the fans. When the fans demand something they make things happen. When you notice certain parts of the country or world where you have a large fan base you can they focus on doing screenings there to help build more buzz for the film. Then the fans become part of your marketing force. It becomes a movement. Then it doesn't matter what fest or not fests at all. They will catapult your film in the view of many. Great pics! It’s great when the cast are right there at the fest to answer questions and connect with the audience.

The great delemia with the fests has always concerned me. So many. So many options. So many films that disapear out of the view of the audience. That is why I started to acquire and dislike about the fest option. I’m not planning on any more in the future with any of my other films.

Instead I will pursue the fans. When the fans demand something they make things happen. When you notice certain parts of the country or world where you have a large fan base you can they focus on doing screenings there to help build more buzz for the film. Then the fans become part of your marketing force. It becomes a movement. Then it doesn’t matter what fest or not fests at all. They will catapult your film in the view of many.

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