The new Hollywood
p2p news / p2pnet: [ ] our goal is that eventually filmmakers will go out with their little mini-DVD cams and make a movie for practically nothing, specifically to sell it on IndieFlix because it costs them nothing. And we give them the publicity tools, the marketing tools, and we make it for them and deliver it in a timely manner. We feel every film has an audience.”
So says the New York Times quoting Scilla Andreen who, with filmmaker Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi, founded IndieFlix.
Andreen’s motto? “Own a movie for less than a movie ticket.”
It`s, one place aspiring filmmakers can go, says the story. Directors submit their films, which are then posted on the web site and, “When users log on and click to buy the films that capture their interest, IndieFlix burns them onto a DVD and ships them out. The price is $9.95.
All filmmakers have to do is prove the rights to their film have been cleared and a provide master to be copied and, in contrast to the usual practice, the filmmakers retain all the rights, says the NYT.
“We had distribution offers from Artisan and Lions Gate and various other name companies and realized that the terms were so horrible,” Andreen said, going on, “you’d have to make $10 million before you begin to see a penny, and then they still wanted you to go out and do this grass-roots campaign and marketing and publicity for our own movies, even after we had to do all that other stuff.”
They wanted the rights for 20 years but, We got them down to seven.”
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New York Times – New route for movies: Direct to Web, October 22, 2005
October 24th, 2005 at 10:57 pm
“When users log on and click to buy the films that capture their interest, IndieFlix burns them onto a DVD and ships them out. The price is $9.95.â
The amature film thing is a pretty cool idea but the distribution model is, umm, outdated before they even start and the price point is way to high.
Luddites…
To be fair I suppose the horrible lack of innovation in the DVD player market, like the (NOT) widespread adoption of mpeg4 + CD-R video (VCD & SVCD) compatable players is partly to blame. People need to be able to watch this stuff if they are going to pay for it. Hollywood shoots itself in the foot AGAIN. Well, actually the last time the court system would not let them (Betamax), but since they now OWN the court system they can shoot at will… Hobble, hobble, limp, limp, LAME.
October 25th, 2005 at 3:39 pm
i don’t really get it. why bother with DVD, if one can easily distribute them via bittorrent. there will be no costs for dvd production, the delivery is fast, there will be no extra fees for deliveries out of US. so, why stick to an old and expensive way of distribution?