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4/27/10 Podcast:
The Jon Reiss Interview
A conversation with award-winning independent filmmaker Jon Reiss,
author of “Think Outside the Box Office: The Ultimate Guide to
Film Distribution and Marketing for the Digital Era“
(Photo: Jon Reiss with IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen)
(4/27/10) (Total time, 33:17)
What’s inside The Jon Reiss Interview?
- Why Jon Reiss wanted to kill himself every day for 6 months. (0:32)
- What problem do indie filmmakers face? (2:42)
- “There was this illusion that there was a system
that worked for everyone.” (3:52) - “The arrival of the new distribution and marketing techniques,
technologies, and strategies is a plus for filmmakers.” (4:53) - What makes Jon’s book unique? (5:10)
- Who has gone the farthest “outside the box” in terms of film
distribution and marketing? (9:06) - Expanding our concept of film and how to interact
with an audience. (10:26) - What are your goals? What do you want out of your film? (11:10)
- “Do not wait to finish your film to do distribution and marketing.
Embrace it from the beginning.” (12:28) - Need help devising your particular distribution and marketing strategy?
Read Think Outside the Box Office. Join Jon Reiss at his workshops.
Consult with Jon Reiss one-on-one. (14:50) - What are Jon’s workshops like? (16:14)
- “The website is a living resource guide for what I talk about in my book.” (16:41)
- Online premieres: the death knell for film festivals and theatrical releases? (18:02)
- “There is still this need within people to congregate as a community
to screen and socialize around film and story.” (20:00) - Every film has a different audience, a different set of resources,
different goals and desires.” (20:35) - What has Jon learned from writing Think Outside the Box Office
that he is applying to his own film work? (21:46) - What had to shift within Jon? (28:54)
- How to create a sustainable career as a filmmaker.
How to create a sustainable community of film and
distribution media content creators. (31:04)
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Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein
Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com
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Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
“It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein)
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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™ and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6.
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IndieFlix Name That Voice is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”
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4/27/10 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast
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