Comments on: Film Fund-amentals: By the Book http://www.creditspectrum.com/2010/02/film-fund-amentals-by-the-book/ Bringing science back to financial engineering Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:53:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Morrie Warshawski http://www.creditspectrum.com/2010/02/film-fund-amentals-by-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Morrie Warshawski Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:33:29 +0000 http://creditspectrum.com/?p=975#comment-373 David: Thanks so much for including my book in your list. Re Sherri's comment above, I've just had published a brand new 3rd edition of SHAKING THE MONEY TREE. Sherri is right, and I had to make many additions changes to this edition to reflect the current scene in fundraising for film, especially the role of the Internet - which is why for the first time I commissioned 15 experts in the field to write sidebars for this new completely revised edition. Hope you can give it a once over and see if the advice still holds up. Best, Morrie Warshawski www.warshawski.com David:
Thanks so much for including my book in your list.
Re Sherri’s comment above, I’ve just had published a brand new 3rd edition of SHAKING THE MONEY TREE. Sherri is right, and I had to make many additions changes to this edition to reflect the current scene in fundraising for film, especially the role of the Internet – which is why for the first time I commissioned 15 experts in the field to write sidebars for this new completely revised edition. Hope you can give it a once over and see if the advice still holds up.
Best,
Morrie Warshawski
http://www.warshawski.com

]]> By: Sheri Candler http://www.creditspectrum.com/2010/02/film-fund-amentals-by-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Sheri Candler Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:11:51 +0000 http://creditspectrum.com/?p=975#comment-363 Dennis, I have to say I find this list full of old thinking. Most of these books have to have been first published 10-15 yrs ago? So much has changed in just the last 2 years, I doubt there is a lot of relevance to the current indie scene, especially low budget. With the constantly changing landscape, there are few books that could keep up and I find my current info on blogs instead. One book of particular relevance to film distribution is Think Outside the Box Office by Jon Reiss. He is a filmmaker and has dealt with the realities of making a film with the old thinking (find a sales agent and distributor and hope for the best) and being caught in the new reality (finding an audience and getting the film seen himself). It should be required reading for anyone trying to navigate the marketing and distribution landscape now, including digital rights. There are wonderful conversations about these topics and filmmaking in general on the following blog sites (much more relevant than any book or course): http://www.chrisjonesblog.com/ http://trulyfreefilm.blogspot.com/ http://workbookproject.com/ http://documentarytech.com/ http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/ http://www.filmspecific.com/ http://jonreiss.com/blog/ http://www.indymogul.com/ Dennis, I have to say I find this list full of old thinking. Most of these books have to have been first published 10-15 yrs ago? So much has changed in just the last 2 years, I doubt there is a lot of relevance to the current indie scene, especially low budget. With the constantly changing landscape, there are few books that could keep up and I find my current info on blogs instead.

One book of particular relevance to film distribution is Think Outside the Box Office by Jon Reiss. He is a filmmaker and has dealt with the realities of making a film with the old thinking (find a sales agent and distributor and hope for the best) and being caught in the new reality (finding an audience and getting the film seen himself). It should be required reading for anyone trying to navigate the marketing and distribution landscape now, including digital rights.

There are wonderful conversations about these topics and filmmaking in general on the following blog sites (much more relevant than any book or course):

http://www.chrisjonesblog.com/
http://trulyfreefilm.blogspot.com/
http://workbookproject.com/
http://documentarytech.com/
http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/
http://www.filmspecific.com/
http://jonreiss.com/blog/
http://www.indymogul.com/

]]> By: Deron Paul http://www.creditspectrum.com/2010/02/film-fund-amentals-by-the-book/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Deron Paul Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:51:54 +0000 http://creditspectrum.com/?p=975#comment-361 Thanks Dennis, really excellent, helpful series making it possible for many to make the films they otherwise couldnt. Appreciate u sharing your prodigious expertise. Thanks Dennis, really excellent, helpful series making it possible for many to make the films they otherwise couldnt. Appreciate u sharing your prodigious expertise.

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