Tag Archives: Kickstarter

Filmmakers: Gather Your Audience Early and Often

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Chris Dorr

Tweet Film festivals have long been powerful tools for indie filmmakers who seek audiences for their films. They serve as launching pads for that elusive big distribution deal that catapults an obscure filmmaker and unknown movie to fame and (sometimes) … Continue reading →

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Can Indie Film Achieve a Network Effect?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Chris Dorr

Tweet In a recent post entitled Networks And The Enterprise, Fred Wilson explains how his firm Union Square Ventures invests in networks. He included this line. My uber goal of writing this post is to explain that the wired and … Continue reading →

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99% of All Filmmakers Should Crowd Fund

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Chris Dorr

Tweet The original version of this piece appeared a year ago on  the Future of Film Blog at Tribeca Film.com, a blog I created and edited. There is nothing more frustrating and time consuming for a filmmaker than raising the … Continue reading →

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The 1,000 True Fans Strategy

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Chris Dorr

Tweet In the movie business, the audience is usually described as either mass or niche.  Typically, Hollywood movies seek a mass audience and independent movies seek a niche audience. Today, there is a new way of thinking about the audience … Continue reading →

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