Like many aspiring filmmakers I find myself continually wondering how I am going to create inroads into an industry notorious for being coolly unavailable. My attempts at finding an agent who will read a screenplay (or even reply to an inquiry) have been altogether disheartening. Lately I have been seeing a number of promising articles on the web that offer, perhaps, a little light for those like me.
A few days ago an article in Wired magazine focused on a pair of filmmakers who now have the first ever Youtube feature-length narrative film on the site. Apparently this was made possible, partly, by their longstanding relationship with the site Spout and their scores of devoted fans.
What is truly impressive is that Spout has altered one of their services, just for Four Eyed Monsters, so that people have the option of referring the film with just one click. This click leads to Spout (as I understand it) then donating one dollar toward the film. At the two-week mark I believe the total is $34,383 that the film has made via this service. Not taking into account that the filmmakers spent $100,000 to make the movie, this is exciting news. So far my attempts to find out if Spout will be offering this referral service for other filmmakers have failed. The one email I have received was a miscommunication and nothing else has yet come in.
All in all, for those of us still operating on the principle of "don't spend anything" this model for marketing your film and making some cash looks promising indeed!
1 comment:
That's very interesting. I'll have to keep my eye on Spout since I haven't paid much attention to it before.
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