IFH 024: How I Made Over $90,000 Selling my Short Film

IFH 024: How I Made Over $90,000 Selling my Short Film

So I directed a small action short film a few years back called "BROKEN." I shot the film on MiniDV Tape (yes I'm old) on the Panasonic DVX 100a, the indie film workhorse of its day. My team and I filmed it in West Palm Beach Florida (not exactly the Mecca of the film industry) and it starred only local, non named actors.
Now once the filming was over I marketed the living hell out of that little short. It went on to screen at over 250 international film festivals, win countless awards and be covered by over 300 news outlets. That little film had a life of it's own. I even got a review of legendary film critic Roger Ebert:

"BROKEN is essentially a demonstration of the mastery of horror imagery and techniques. Effective and professional." - Roger Ebert

Now you must be asking,
"But Alex how the hell did you make money with it?"
Well, I knew that no one would pay real money for a 20 minute short film, shot on MiniDV, with no name actors and from a first time director to boot. So I planned to create a guerrilla indie film school with over 3 hours of footage, tutorials, commentaries and more.
For the whole story take a listen.

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IFH 345: Distribber Bankrupt - How to Protect Yourself

IFH 345: Distribber Bankrupt - How to Protect Yourself

In this episode, I update filmmakers on the emergency situation going on with the film aggregator Distribber. In last weeks episode, I spoke a bit about what is going on with this company. After that ...

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IFH 344: Shooting a Feature in One Take with Gavin Michael Booth

IFH 344: Shooting a Feature in One Take with Gavin Michael Booth

Today on the show is one take filmmaker Gavin Michael Booth. Gavin is obsessed with one take movies, music videos and real-time filmmaking in general. His latest film is Last Call. Shot in two true si...

10 Syys 20191h 33min

IFH 343: The Dark Underbelly of Predatory Film Distributors - BEWARE!

IFH 343: The Dark Underbelly of Predatory Film Distributors - BEWARE!

I'm pissed off guys. I'm tired of getting emails, messages, and calls from filmmakers who have been or are going to get taken advantage of by a traditional film distributor. THIS NEEDS TO STOP! So man...

6 Syys 201933min

IFH 342: Making Money Self Distributing Your Indie Film  with Naomi McDougall Jones

IFH 342: Making Money Self Distributing Your Indie Film with Naomi McDougall Jones

Today episode is probably one of the most important shows I have released in some time. On the show is filmmaker Naomi McDougall Jones the writer, actress and producer behind the indie film Bite Me, a...

3 Syys 20191h 30min

THROWBACK FRIDAY: How to Make 250K Indie Film Look Like $25 Million Blockbuster with Gaelan Connell

THROWBACK FRIDAY: How to Make 250K Indie Film Look Like $25 Million Blockbuster with Gaelan Connell

Every once in a while I come across a filmmaker who is just a bit crazier than I am. This is true for writer/director Gaelan Connell who's film Blood Sand and Gold is a true indie film miracle. This m...

30 Elo 20191h 14min

IFH 341: Building an Audience & Industry Lessons with RB Botto & Alex Ferrari

IFH 341: Building an Audience & Industry Lessons with RB Botto & Alex Ferrari

As promised in this episode, I bring to you the live recording of my workshop from the 2019 HollyShorts! Film Festival on audience building and surviving the film industry with my brotha from another ...

27 Elo 20191h 22min

IFH 340: How to Face Your Fear and Finish Your Indie Film with Theo Hogben

IFH 340: How to Face Your Fear and Finish Your Indie Film with Theo Hogben

We have all been there. A film project that just goes on and on and doesn't seem to have an end in site. While you are waiting for the punishment to finish your life starts to take a downward spiral i...

22 Elo 20191h 25min

IFH 339: What to Do When Your Film Project Falls Apart

IFH 339: What to Do When Your Film Project Falls Apart

We all have gone through it, a project falls apart after months if not years of you working on it. It has happened to me so many times I lost count. I based my book Shooting for the Mob on my biggest ...

20 Elo 201922min

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