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TOTBO Tip of the Day 32 Use Organizational Partners
If you have laid the groundwork with organizational partners, you can have them organize many of your screenings ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 31 Embrace Live Event/Theatrical
This week’s tips concern the re-born “theatrical” movement in the US and around the world for independent film. ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 30 Request to Keep Assets that Others Create for Your Film
Make sure you get all of the elements for each stage of the delivery process, whether it is the files for your ...
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Perplexing Problems
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Perplexing Problems
My thoughts on educating filmmakers about distribution and ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 29 Full Frame Video Delivery Still Exists
Even though the world is moving to HD and its 16:9 aspect ratio as a standard, some television and VOD contracts ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 28 For Docs: Do Your International Cut Down When You Are Cutting Your Film
Documentaries usually need a 52-54 minute cut down of their film to sell to foreign television. I waited a year ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 27 Don’t Do Your Deliveries Alone
Yesterday I mentioned how onerous delivering your film can be. As a result – Having someone on your team either ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 26 Start Your Deliveries During Production
As I continue to create delivery elements for Bomb It (for new sales three years after its premiere) I am reminded ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 25 Budgeting
To conclude 2 weeks of crew tips – a reminder that it is best to be able to pay these crew people. While sales ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 24 Webdesigners Part 2
Oftentimes the best designer is not the best programmer, and vice versa. You may need two separate people: one for ...
IFP Presents Think Outside the Box Office Workshop with Jon Reiss
Very excited to be bringing the Totbo 2 Day Workshop to NYC! June 5th and 6th. Nuts and bolts strategy and ...
Film Independent Announces 2010 L.A. Film Festival Programming
I will be doing a 2 day Boot Camp at the LA Film Fest for its competition filmmakers. I am also designing the ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 23 Webdesigners
If you are not a technically-oriented person, you need an IT person to set up your website. Chances are, they will ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 22 Create a Grid of Rights
It is important that you or someone on your team keep track of who has the rights to what. Most lawyers will never ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 21 Lawyers
A good lawyer who is familiar with split rights scenarios and the vagaries of new distribution models is ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 20 Television Sales Reps
Television is a market that is hard to monetize if you DIY. You should get yourself a TV sales agent if you can. ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 19 Foreign Sales Reps
These are reps/agents that are relatively established in the split rights world and specialize in the sales of ...
TOTBO Tip of the Day 18 Don’t Despair
Since sales reps generally work on commission, they will be choosier about the films that they select. Hence more ...
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