Here's a good article with some advice about signing deals with aggregators, sales agents, or distributors.
What I wish I knew about distribution before self distributing I am not a hipster
Although their film went to Sundance, their route was supported by many different people and the sundance institute itself, so you see how tough it is even for a film that has Sundance's support. What about the smaller films like ones that don't go to Sundance?
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
Making a Good movie trailer or teaser
It is crucial to make a very good Trailer for your movie. Many filmmakers spend so much effort and time on making their film, that when it comes time to promote and market the movie, they run out of juice. Don't stop here, you need to cut together a really compelling Teaser, then a Trailer. These will sell your film. I've been told by a Sales Agent that sometimes many of these buyers don't even bother to watch the movies, they will base their purchases on the Trailers, and then maybe scrub through the movie or watch it in parts. This is because they have hundreds of films to look through, and they're just a bunch of lazy shmucks.
Here's my Teaser Trailer I made for my new movie LAS VEGAS STORY.
So, make a 30second Teaser. Then make a 90sec Trailer. And if you want to go further, make a 2nd trailer that markets the film in a different angle.
In order to make a good Trailer, you need to first get the full movie completed and get the Stem files of the audio tracks from your sound designer. This means the dialogue, music, fx, are all on separate tracks. This is so that you can edit a scene into the trailer without the background music. The trailer music is separate and you should have your composer make the music specifically tailored for the trailer.
Trailers need cool trailer sound effects. You can go to pond5.com or similiar sites and get some good effects. Make sure you're good at editing, if not, get a real Trailer editor to do the job. Someone who has edited trailers before and that are actually good.
Make sure you include good visuals. Good sound bites. But make sure you're not retelling the entire movie for us beat by beat. It's better to leave the viewer wanting more, or not fully understanding everything that's going on is better than giving us a 90sec version of your movie. No one wants that!!
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Here's my Teaser Trailer I made for my new movie LAS VEGAS STORY.
So, make a 30second Teaser. Then make a 90sec Trailer. And if you want to go further, make a 2nd trailer that markets the film in a different angle.
In order to make a good Trailer, you need to first get the full movie completed and get the Stem files of the audio tracks from your sound designer. This means the dialogue, music, fx, are all on separate tracks. This is so that you can edit a scene into the trailer without the background music. The trailer music is separate and you should have your composer make the music specifically tailored for the trailer.
Trailers need cool trailer sound effects. You can go to pond5.com or similiar sites and get some good effects. Make sure you're good at editing, if not, get a real Trailer editor to do the job. Someone who has edited trailers before and that are actually good.
Make sure you include good visuals. Good sound bites. But make sure you're not retelling the entire movie for us beat by beat. It's better to leave the viewer wanting more, or not fully understanding everything that's going on is better than giving us a 90sec version of your movie. No one wants that!!
Good luck!
Thanks for reading! Connect with me below!
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