just thinking

[deepcope]

ok this may be a stupid question but say ive made my movie, its great and perfect and completely finished.

now what i do ?
assuming its made very amaturly there probebly isnt that much to do with it but still... how do i actually get to show it to a audiance, or is it a case of most movies are `made simply for fun`

i assume theres a lot of filmakers - being a filmakes forum and all - reading this so tell me what have happened to your films

[N. Foster Tyler]

Send it out to festivals.

[shirt]

Before you send it off to festivals, and waste your hard earned money get some reactions... show it to friends, and family. Show it to whoever you can! Ask them what they think... and how it can be improved, etc. That's unless you are as artistic as Foster who is just so great, and everything he does is just perfect.... FIGHT ME BITCH! (joke).

[Mark Jury]

that's the clever part. What to do when you have your film completed.... if it's crap, remake it or another one, but if it's bloody good then do show it to everyone you can find and get the local news to help promote it. Send it to an agent, and as many producers you can.... I dunno.. good question this.. most films never get seen, let alone distributed.

[deepcope]

so there are no success stories ou tthere, not even vaugly successfull. so basically festivals are the the only way to get it shown.

[eddie]

hmmm, good point. This is a film makers forum, but no success stories.
Does that damn you to the realm of the obscure and the unknown?????

God if you have made something put on your own festival! Rent out a town hall or cinema and sell tickets yourself!

Find a local dodgy fleapit /art house cinema and ask them to show it.

Strewth.

[Chance1234]

depends on what you measure as a succesful film to whether there are any success storys out there

[miker]

Personally I'm looking forward to the day when anyone can stick a server up on the web and stream their content ... just need to get DSL in my area then I'm there!

Then a few well placed press releases and your internet content has cult status and, dare I say it, selling potential.

So you start burning VCD, then DVD when that gets affordable, taking care of your own distribution from orders on your website.

Then suddenly people realise that your films are actually quite good, and do you want to direct this feature... or how about this advertising campaign, it will pay for your mortgage...

And then, when they realise that there's a market in hosting other ppl's content, the new film distributors are born...

Suddenly the very people who are slagging off the industry on this board *are* the industry. Are we gonna let any outsiders in?
I guess we'll have to wait and see how all this pans out...

[Eliud25]

Send it to Blockbuster, win $100,000, and get a production deal. If that doesn't work, send it to ICM in Beverly hills, get an agent, and let the agent get you a production deal in Hollywood. If that doesn't work, send it to Ifilm, get it screened by millions, get a production deal. If that doesn't work, sell it to a foreign market that speaks English, get a couple $thou, and get a production deal with a foreign company. If that doesn't work, then try and try again and get a production deal.

[Chance1234]

missed out re-shoot with Naked women in and send it ot he adult market and then get a deal with them