You have to be really rich or really stupid to make a movie. James and Francis aren’t rich, so they opt for stupidity when James sells his house to finance their debut feature. This kicks off a years-long journey through the wonderful, lucrative, glamorous world of indie filmmaking, where absolutely nothing bad happens never ever ever. A comedic documentary following the making of The Last Stop in Yuma County.
#docufilm #documentary #laststopinyumacounty #indiefilm
We went viral! Here’s what people have said about their distributors. Not exactly a five star review.
To be clear, we don’t want distributors to go away. In fact, we are trying to save them from making themselves obsolete.
We can’t afford to pay for help so thanks for your support. If we are successful hopefully it will serve as a road map for other films in the future.
#filmmaking #documentaryfilmmaking #indiefilmmaker #thelaststopinyumacounty #grassrootsmarketing
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New substack post about parlaying opportunities into achieving goals and taking advantage of the hand you have been dealt.
Sellyourhousefilm.substack.com
#filmmaking #realitytv #nakedandafraid #documentary #indiefilm
How to shoot a documentary with one camera and no crew. New post on substack if you like doing boring stuff like reading.
Read at: sellyourhousefilm.substack.com
#filmmaker #documentary #thelaststopinyumacounty #movies #behindthescenes
Indie film distribution part 3. Here’s what you need to know when signing a distribution deal for your indie movie.
TLDR: They give you an advance and money for marketing but you have to pay all of that back.
#filmschool #indiefilm #filmmaking #documentary
The set of “The Last Stop in Yuma County” was super chill and nothing bad happened.
#indiefilm #documentaryfilm #thelaststopinyumacounty #francisgalluppi #localboogeyman
Indie Film Distribution part 2. How it is supposed to happen. Part 3 covers how it actually ends up playing out.
Here is some further reading from people much smarter than me:
The distribution playbook - Emily best - https://thedistributionplaybook.notion.site/
Daren Smith - craftsman films - https://www.craftsmanfilms.co/learn/
In development at indiewire - /t/in-development/
Filmstack - Ted Hope - /pub/filmstackdailydigest?r=7xg6y2&utm_medium=ios
Animation by Mark Lopez at @silkwormstudio
#indiefilm #indiefilmmaking #documentary #documentaryfilmmaking #animation
New substack post about how I’m never going to measure up to the balls of @thelocalboogeyman but I’m doing my best. /@sellyourhousefilm /note/p-194245381?r=7xg6y2&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
