19 Distribution

 

 

WRITING A SCRIPT is long and arduous. Shooting and editing a film is hard and exhausting, but once your film is finished, the work is really only ten per cent completed. Getting your film out there is a challenge equal to if not greater than the physical act of making it.

Distribution is a term that defines the methods and techniques used to connect an audience with a consumer. In reality it means a filmmaker tries to sell their film to theatrical distributors, broadcast networks, DVD companies and VOD platforms (video on demand).

Nothing has changed more dramatically in the movie business than in distribution, and it has all happened while I have been presiding over Raindance.

A Recent History of Distribution

In the old days ...

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