Looking for Buyers of Movies? Steps to Ensure The Distribution of Your Indie Film

So you have an independent and want to find the distribution film.

Never have so many options for distribution are available; It has never been so confusing to decide what is good for you and your film. We'll give you some tips on how to find your film home.

Whatever the final destination of your movie, your goal is to find a buyer for the license of your film. Who are the buyers of movies? We're talking about broadcast TV (cable, satellite and terrestrial), DVD home companies, VOD service providers, and mobile content providers.

Let's start this series by examining the psychology of this rare and overworked professional. Here are five things you should know about the buyers of movies and 5 tips to put the best face of your film forward.

1. Film Buyers want a 'story'. This bit of terminology here might create some confusion. We are not talking about the plot of your film or the subject of your documentary, but a story that will sell the film - on paper. The answer to this question is "history" that you will use to sell your film.

The most valuable raw material obviously for a sales story is ... star power. Movie stars often fail to attract your audience, but nothing makes film buyers feel more peaceful than the presence of some familiar names in the mix. If you are lacking any power name in good faith, do not be afraid, you have other options. Game Festival and all the press generated are also extremely important. You must be leak to find some kind of festival and press exposure for your film. Although this is not a top festival or a theater publication, festival and press will overlook your movies have no history at all to have a first chapter. Hype is over-hyped, but your film will look more valuable to buyers if it has a history. If you can say ..... "This film already had some exposure this film has been revised The film played in a festival This film has a response this film has an online presence This film is the beginning of a hearing or a public niche ', then you have a story buyers will want to snuggle with.

If you are looking for ideas you should check the operations of the industry. Look at how distributors market their films, and understand how to do this on a small scale. Film Buyers think in dollars, not passion. When selling your film does not rely on your own enthusiasm and passion to make the sale. Again, channel your enthusiasm into a narrative the film buyer can understand a story about how and why this film will draw people to it. Does this kind of film has been recent notable successes? Does your film intersect with any questions or problems that are gaining attention? Save your passion for your success, and focus his remaining energy to developing a professional marketing campaign and learning the highly efficient language film buyers.

2. Buyers films are overworked, have short attention spans, and do not want to waste time. Film buyers are professionals. Connect them quickly with a full sheet (or sell sheet). The circumstances in which you are pitching your film varies, but one thing that everyone will need at some point is a sheet as part of their promotional package. Here is the crucial point: your sheet should be short and to the point. This sheet is a cliff notes to the strongest features of your film. All experienced talents? Stick their names on a sheet with 1 or 2 of their best-known films, but save full biographies for later. Any film can create a ton of paperwork, but nobody is going to go through all this. Do not bury the selling features of your film and assume buyers get. Most buyers accumulate hundreds and hundreds of screeners every year and many of them remain unattended. Save your screeners for buyer who show interest, or even for buyers who you have a good feeling.

3. Film Buyers want to work in their comfort zone. To save your time and time of your buyer, you should always do research beforehand, especially if you make the first move. Are you targeting a buyer that makes sense for your film? What else had this buyer / company done that makes you think the company is right for your movie. Again, these points can be, if not a part of your paper, an introduction to the history of his film.
 
4. Film Buyers are freaked. Wholesale buyers films are a group concerned, huddled in the ruins of the decimated music industry and wondering if your business will disappear under his feet. Movies and music are different animals, and for the future of cinema in the online exhibition is still not completely predicted, but the atmosphere is certainly prudent. The film industry is in transition and everyone is handling in their own way, some better than others. Overall, however, most buyers want to minimize advance spending.