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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

"Official" "I've been rejected by Sundance" thread.

Film festivals aren't all they are cracked up to be in my opinion. Our film was only admitted into a few minor festivals, yet we managed to do something few Sundance films do... turn a huge profit. Our movie cost about $30,000 to make and we've sold almost 32,000 DVDs at a profit of about $10 each. Do the math. Plus, our target audience loved it, it has a nearly perfect 5 star rating on Amazon.

For those that are curious our movie was a documentary about Firefly & Serenity called Done The Impossible. ( www.donetheimpossible.com ). And we'll be releasing the Blu-ray version sometime in 2010.
 
If we can't get distribution, we will definitely be going that route. We KNOW we've got a very good film. Audiences really like it. The question is, will the festivals.

I'll probably have to start my own "Official" "Slamdance rejection thread" in a few weeks.

:-)

Stephen
 
Yeah I personally think the lock that film festivals like Sundance/Telluride/Toronto/Slamdance had on indie audiences in the '90s no longer really applies. (Although their marketing teams are trying their hardest to convince filmmakers otherwise.) You can easily four wall a film in most cities if you want to show in front of an audience.

And the big bounce that a film supposedly gets from showing at Sundance- that happens for maybe 5 movies a year. The rest will never be seen in a theater outside of the festival circuit. And nowadays there are so many self-distribution options from viral to youtube/vimeo to Amazon Unbox etc. There's really nothing stopping you from getting your work out there. Kudos to folks like Jeremy btw- that's brilliant.

Now if it's making a sale of your movie and getting theatrical distribution you're after, well that's as much of a long shot than ever. For every success like Paranormal Activity there are tens of thousands of features that never get any sort of distribution. Bottom line- this stuff is not for the faint of heart. The best way to get a movie distributed is write a kickass script and sell it to a film studio. Course that aint' easy either...

Noah
 
Stephen Pruitt said:
Super congrats, Jake! It's more competitive for shorts than it is for features!

Stephen
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Thanks Stephen. It was rewarding experience to be a contributor to a great film. Having it ended up at Sundance was a little unexpected, but welcomed benefit.
 
Red is one ...

Red is one ...

... of the sixteen finalist in the Dramatic Section at Sundance Film Festival '10.

We had the pleasure today of meeting the Director and Producer of one of the 16 finalists in the Dramatic Section .... will screen their movie next week.

And yes .... it was shot on you know what ....

RED continues to change the dramatic landscape .... first RED/ProRes4444 into Toronto FF and now another into Sundance.

Visual story telling is pure art ... either you get it, or you don't .... either you care or you don't ... either way, you want to win or you don't.

Visuals, music and story .... what else is there??? .... err yes, even an ex-Brit knows that there's more to life than mere movie making .... and that is se ... nd an email to RAWworks .... we're going to sponsor the Can-Do Film Festival .... either you can or you can't .... either you're on the wave or you're on on the shore ... life is never long only short .... make every frame count.

Neil
 
Sent in my three short films shot on the Nikon D90, none of them made it in. :frown5: Hoping Slamdance is a second chance.

If not, then there are a bunch of other film festivals I've entered for next year. Based on what I've been hearing and reading, Sundance is really not the hippest film festival anymore.
 
Any Red Heads going? I'm arriving Saturday (23rd) for a week. It's a great time, but for me I always love to talk shop about Red.
 
Stephen Pruitt said:
Well. . . did you make it?

Did any RED features make it?


But it's worse than that this year. That's right! This year, Sundance accepted only 16 U.S. narrative features out of the 1068 submitted.

Amazing.

Stephen
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I shot a Feature that is screening at Sundance using mostly RED. The Perfect Host will have it's world premiere tomorrow night. I shot it in LA late last year and was pretty excited to get it in. I also have a short shot using the Si2K @ slamdance as well, using a homebrew anamorphic rig if anyone's interested.

Anyone going to be there ? Drop me a line !

jb

(currently at Sundance / LA)
 
Adult videos is where its at if you want to make good money. Adult Videos pay the bills so you can work on the artistic stuff on the side.
 
Yeah. I sometimes wish i had no morals or artistic integrity to get in the way of making serious cash in Adult.
 
My short Piano Man is an OFFICIAL REJECTION of the Sundance, Slamdance, Santa Barabara, and Cine Quest film festivals!

http://vimeo.com/5572232

0 for four so far, but I've applied to a couple others so well see. Big thanks to the 15 thousand or so of you that have watched so far - much appreciated.
 
Andrew Wilding said:
My short Piano Man is an OFFICIAL REJECTION of the Sundance, Slamdance, Santa Barabara, and Cine Quest film festivals!

http://vimeo.com/5572232

0 for four so far, but I've applied to a couple others so well see. Big thanks to the 15 thousand or so of you that have watched so far - much appreciated.
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Andrew, I just watched the short. Excellent work! I love the camera work in throughout and the set design in the home. Don't worry about not getting into those festivals. Keep pushing forward... you clearly have a good eye and storytelling abilities. Can't wait to see what you do next.

Best,

Omar
 
Thanks Omar - its easy to get a bit down when the rejections start to pile in the inbox - It helps me remain philosophical to know that people out there enjoy my work!

Thanks

Andrew
 
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