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Why A24 and China are Growing Faster than the Rest

March 3, 2017 by Say Little Productions, LLC


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The short answer: DIGITAL MARKETING.  I know, seems pretty obvious to anyone who has kept even a remote eye on what's been happening in this industry lately. But, if it's that darn obvious, then why isn't everyone doing it?! Most filmmakers and content creators leave the marketing plans up to

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: a24, china, digital marketing, film production, producing

Reasons Not To Be Top Heavy

November 30, 2016 by Say Little Productions, LLC

It's easy to topple over. Many films make the mistake of spending too much of their budget on above-the-line costs. What are above-the-line costs you ask? Those costs would include: Story & Rights Producer(s) Director(s) Cast & Stunts ATL Travel & Lodging These costs

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: business, film production, movies, producer, producing, production, small business

Story Is The Star

November 12, 2016 by Say Little Productions, LLC

AFM As many of you know, for the past week, I was attending the American Film Market & Conferences. Wow, what an experience. I highly recommend producers and directors attending at least one year. You will learn a tremendous amount. One of the key pieces I learned this year's AFM was repeated

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: afm, directing, distribution, film, film production, genre, marketing, movies, producing

E & O Insurance

October 4, 2016 by Say Little Productions, LLC

A moment to talk about a little something called Errors & Omissions (E&O) Insurance. What is it? E&O insurance protects a production company from lawsuits alleging unauthorized use of titles, formats, ideas, characters, plots, plagiarism, unfair competition or privacy, breach of

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: distribution, errors and omissions, filmmaking, films, independent films, insurance, producers, producing

Why Micro Budget / No Budget Filmmaking Sucks

October 4, 2016 by Say Little Productions, LLC

Why Micro Budget / No Budget filmmaking sucks besides the obvious... It does not suck...  because you cannot use your favorite filmmaking toys. because you cannot have a trailer. because you may not be able to use SAG actors. because you have to shoot under 18 days. It

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: filmmaking, films, independent filmmaker, low budget, microbudget, no budget, producers, producing

Supply & Demand

September 30, 2016 by Say Little Productions, LLC

Ok, let's talk about supply and demand. Most small production companies and filmmakers are constantly burdened by the overwhelming question of "Will I sell my movie?" That is a pretty important question considering it will determine if your investors will ever trust you again. Now, this brings

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: film production, filmmaking, producing, production

Never Skip Pre-Production

September 30, 2016 by Say Little Productions, LLC

An effective pre-production process is highly undervalued and underutilized in the independent filmmaking world. Not making your day is, to me, a completely inappropriate event to occur on set unless an out-of-the-blue and completely uncontrollable rain storm happened while shooting your exteriors

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: film production, filmmaker, prep, preproduction, producer, producing

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