Gulp.
This article in Time.com is quite sobering although I saw this coming and it is why we started SnagFilms. These films need a new distribution model and the filmmakers and investors need a way to generate revenues other than ticket sales.
Independent films are a species deserving of being kept alive and thriving. Support your indie filmmaker today. Read this article and let us figure out what we can do to help.
Tags: Indie Films, SnagFilms, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
This article highlights that there is a correction taking place in the film world. The old system clearly isn’t working. The strong companies, the ones with the cash, are able to ride the storm (and make good $ in a time where attendance is steady; even for marginal product). The weak companies are dying off.
This is a time for a new business model to emerge. There is opportunity here. It only takes a few good ideas and people to make it happen.
The market for product, almost to the point of good and bad, has never been better. The disconnect is how to get the more niche product to the audience that wants to see something other than the same movie with different stars again and again.
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