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.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support.

Episoder(984)

IFH 285: Community Indie Filmmaking with Josh Doke

IFH 285: Community Indie Filmmaking with Josh Doke

If you ever wanted to learn how to get your local town, group or community behind your indie film this is the show for you. Today's guest did just that, writer/director Josh Doke got his entire town o...

18 Des 20181h 1min

IFH 284: iPhone Filmmaking & Cinematography with Jason Van Genderen

IFH 284: iPhone Filmmaking & Cinematography with Jason Van Genderen

Today on the show I have iPhone filmmaking master and TEDTalk Speaker Jason Van Genderen. I've wanted to have Jason on the podcast for a long time. He is a true inspiration to anyone who wants to pick...

6 Des 20181h 1min

IFH 283: Building an Audience for Your Indie Film with Paola di Florio & Peter Rader

IFH 283: Building an Audience for Your Indie Film with Paola di Florio & Peter Rader

Today's guests are Oscar® Nominated writer/director Paola di Florio & and producer Peter Rader. They worked on one of my favorite documentaries in recent years called AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda.The ...

4 Des 20181h 9min

Indie Film Hustle TV: December 2018 Releases

Indie Film Hustle TV: December 2018 Releases

First off thank you for all the support that the IFH Tribe has given to IFHTV. It has been overwelling and that's why I'm so busy acquiring​ and producing amazing new content for you every month.I'll ...

1 Des 201814min

IFH 282: So You Didn't Get Into Sundance...Neither Did I

IFH 282: So You Didn't Get Into Sundance...Neither Did I

Well, it's that time of year again when filmmakers around the world get that dreaded rejection letter from the Sundance Film Festival. Below is my rejection email:RE:  On the Corner of Ego and DesireD...

29 Nov 201817min

IFH 281: Shooting from the Heart at Sundance with Diane Bell

IFH 281: Shooting from the Heart at Sundance with Diane Bell

Today's guest is returning champion writer/director Diane Bell. Diane and I go way back. I had the pleasure of working on her first feature film OBSELIDIA, which won two awards at Sundance. The film m...

27 Nov 20181h 16min

IFH 280: Misadventures in Micro-Budget Filmmaking with James Morosini

IFH 280: Misadventures in Micro-Budget Filmmaking with James Morosini

Today's guest is actor/writer/director James Morosini. His film Threesomething is a micro-budget film that he jumped off a cliff to make. With this being his first feature film as a director he defini...

21 Nov 201839min

IFH 279: How to Self Distribute Your Niche Indie Film with Brad Olsen

IFH 279: How to Self Distribute Your Niche Indie Film with Brad Olsen

Today's guest is returning champion Brad Olsen, director of the documentary Off the Tracks. This time we discuss his misadventure in distribution. After meeting over 40 traditional distributors Brad d...

21 Nov 201858min

Populært innen Fakta

fastlegen
dine-penger-pengeradet
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem
rss-strid-de-norske-borgerkrigene
treningspodden
jakt-og-fiskepodden
rss-sunn-okonomi
smart-forklart
foreldreradet
merry-quizmas
sinnsyn
gravid-uke-for-uke
rss-var-forste-kaffe
hverdagspsyken
tomprat-med-gunnar-tjomlid
rss-adhd-i-klasserommet
aldring-og-helse-podden
fryktlos
rss-kull
rss-kunsten-a-leve