I was just wondering if it's difficult for an indie filmmaker to get distribution in pre-production. Out of the productions I have worked on as a boom op so far, after the movie is made, it is never released after and it's kind of a shame really. The movie is just not heard of again, at least so far. Maybe in the future they will re-surface.
But a lot of times movies will have a sign contract to be released even before they are made. For an indie film, it wouldn't be to all theaters, but is it difficult to get blu ray and DVD distribution in pre-production even?
For example, when the new Fantastic Four movie came out, a lot of people hated it. But no matter how bad a movie is generally considered to be, it still has a signed contract of payed release in pre-production.
I was wondering is it difficult to that on an indie production to the point where they will go ahead and greenlight a movie (the last one I worked on was made for one million Canadian dollars for example), without a signed release date, so the filmmakers are just gambling on hope that it will be picked up, with no guarantee?
But a lot of times movies will have a sign contract to be released even before they are made. For an indie film, it wouldn't be to all theaters, but is it difficult to get blu ray and DVD distribution in pre-production even?
For example, when the new Fantastic Four movie came out, a lot of people hated it. But no matter how bad a movie is generally considered to be, it still has a signed contract of payed release in pre-production.
I was wondering is it difficult to that on an indie production to the point where they will go ahead and greenlight a movie (the last one I worked on was made for one million Canadian dollars for example), without a signed release date, so the filmmakers are just gambling on hope that it will be picked up, with no guarantee?