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How To Sell A Short Film
First, let me start off by saying that this article isn’t about encouraging you to go out there and spend some of your hard earned cash making a short film with the goal of turning a profit.
Making short films isn’t a smart business move and I’d say that if you do make a short with your own money in order to gain experience, skills and showcase your talents…I’d say limit the budget to $1,000 or less.
This article is mainly for anyone who is in the process or as already produced their short and was looking for a way to recoup their money and make a profit.
There are several buyers of short films in the marketplace today:
Canadian Reflections buys shorts made by Canadian filmmakers.
Movieola also purchases films less than 40 minutes.
However, from my experience http://www.ouatmedia.com/ is a great place to start. Ouat Media is a film distributor that acquires short films and sells them around the world to various TV broadcasters, Internet, mobile devices, and all other newly-developed media. If they like your film, they’ll offer you a four year distribution deal and you’ll receive 50% net profit of all the worldwide sales.
As your film is sold around the world, you’ll receive your royalty cheques in the mail from Ouat.I’d like to end with a quote from film director Robert Rodriguez as he was addressing filmmakers on how to be successful in the film industry.
“There is no one right way to do anything” – Robert Rodriguez
So…there’s no one right way to sell your short film…I’m just sharing with you how I sold my film and hopefully this information can be of use to you.
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About the Author
Ian Agard is film producer,screenwriter and director living in Toronto. Go to http://www.ianagard.com where Ian reveals more useful tips to boost your filmmaking career.