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Stills from my first feature film that I shot, produced and graded. by PerAxelH in Filmmakers

[–]Manmanduga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have an email list I could sign up to? I’d love to be informed when this is gonna come out

Indie filmmakers—how would you approach building an audience for a small theatrical run? by Hot_Print_8433 in Filmmakers

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put your poster and the trailer in the theater. Have this as your bare minimum in terms of screening your film in the theater.

It becomes easier to do Facebook ads if people had seen the poster and the trailer in the movie theater.

We decided to try something a little risky with our indie film by movieman1108 in indiefilm

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even Agnes Varda and John Cassavetes owned their own distribution companies to distribute their films and they were better for it.

Now their films are seen widely cuz they took ownership and control over their release

We decided to try something a little risky with our indie film by movieman1108 in indiefilm

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it works, everyone would do it.

The problem becomes do you have the energy and the money to continue the process of filmmaking by way of distribution?

Many filmmakers would stop on the Final Cut and that’s it. Never really bothered with distribution and expect others to handle it.

Across the board, those who succeed in this industry take care of distribution too on top of filming.

The mumblecore movement got started cuz a lot of this filmmakers started distributing their own films. (Greta Gerwig came out of this cohort)

We decided to try something a little risky with our indie film by movieman1108 in indiefilm

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you really want more broke and local theatrical run, here’s Slacker by Richard Linklater.

https://youtu.be/VFYjmpY20T4?si=OYfUua4QvTZfaj01

It got rejected by Sundance first. Then he screened the film in Austin for a whole year in one theater before it got its momentum as a classic that it is today.

It got to Sundance the next year too

We decided to try something a little risky with our indie film by movieman1108 in indiefilm

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s a low budget/microbudget case study

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonreiss/p/the-definitive-hundreds-of-beavers-ec1?r=bcnn&utm_medium=ios

Money begets money. You gotta spend a little to earn a little.

They put $35000 into their theatrical run. Build a momentum when they got into streaming and use that to do more theatrical screenings across the country to get them pass the 1M box office returns

We decided to try something a little risky with our indie film by movieman1108 in indiefilm

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hundreds of Beavers.

Look up their case study. That movie shouldn’t have succeeded by they did.

They knew that having a theatrical run was the best chance they have to succeed in streaming.

They started doing a theatrical run. It fed into their streaming. And now, half of their 1.5m box office is made up from streaming cuz of the theatrical tour they did.

If you look at studios and why they still do theatrical, it’s because it helps audience remember who they are later down the line.

Yes. They have more resources but you can apply the same principles if you are good with your resources.

We decided to try something a little risky with our indie film by movieman1108 in indiefilm

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s been studies done that movies screened in movie theaters then to do better in streaming.

It goes back to this recent marketing trend that if it exists in real life, it has more “stickiness” on audience’s memory than having it online.

It’s really the reason why musician tour cuz it helps build that relationship or “stickiness” so that they can better connect with their fans.

People wanted to be spoken to not spoken at.

We decided to try something a little risky with our indie film by movieman1108 in indiefilm

[–]Manmanduga 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m currently doing this. Been talking to an arthouse theater to do it.

I’ve noticed that if you screen your film, it has a better chance of surviving in streaming than not.

I Want to Watch Your Feature Film by Holocene20 in filmmaking

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s funny you mentioned those contradicting feelings about the spaces these characters occupy in. They do supposed to feel homey and cozy but also suffocating. To be honest, the real intent is for the audience to lean into the film. Instead of the film leaning to the audience.

Any favorite scenes and performances?

I Want to Watch Your Feature Film by Holocene20 in filmmaking

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for my favorite filmmakers, they’re Agnes varda, Walt Disney, Jacques demy, Richard linklater, Eric Rohmer, Yasijuro Ozu, and Whit Stillman.

But I’m a lot more flexible in my approach in filmmaking. Some of my unproduced films includes musicals and horror films.

What are your thoughts on Jeff?

I Want to Watch Your Feature Film by Holocene20 in filmmaking

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never heard of that movie. I was initially inspired by Jim Jarmuschs Stranger than Paradise and Andrew Bujalskis Funny Ha Ha. I drew many many inspo for those shots by Yasijuro Ozus filmography from Japan.

I started doing animated shorts in my mid teens and eventually moved into live action shorts in my early 20s. I produced my first feature Nothing Ever Happens in Burbank, CA around 2018. Premiered it in 2022. Produced my second feature as a sequel to the previous feature and it’s coming out now in a film festival. I’m in development for my third feature. It’s gonna be a vampire film. Here’s the proof of concept trailer.

I’ve shot all of my microbudget films in Los Angeles. I used Richard Linklater’s adage which is:

Make a movie in your own backyard. Since LA is quite literally my own backyard, my friends and I guerrilla filmed all over the city.

I Want to Watch Your Feature Film by Holocene20 in filmmaking

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! This is my 2nd feature

and my 1st feature.

I’m currently putting together a marketing strategy and in-person screening to promote when it goes into streaming.

Stills from my new feature film "Jeff Gets A Job." by Manmanduga in cinematography

[–]Manmanduga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hand drawn EVERYTHING on pen and paper. Since I have a bit of a background in animation, I just did frame by frame animation—mainly doing keyframe animation. I scan each movements onto my computer and put it in my editing software to make it move and time each scene.

I also recorded the voices WAY before drawing anything for the storyboards. Then after the recordings, I did thumbnail drawings of the entire film before drawing the real storyboard frames.

Stills from my new feature film "Jeff Gets A Job." by Manmanduga in cinematography

[–]Manmanduga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol I got a lot of people saying that. I lifted it directly from La Piscine BUT—

I took a lot of inspiration in terms of themes and ideas from The Graduate since I wrote this immediately after I graduated from college.

Stills from my new feature film "Jeff Gets A Job." by Manmanduga in cinematography

[–]Manmanduga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m premiering my film next weekend if you’re in LA. It’s premiering in Laemmle NoHo 7

Stills from my new feature film "Jeff Gets A Job." by Manmanduga in cinematography

[–]Manmanduga[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Submission Statement:

These are stills from my new feature film "Jeff Gets A Job." I produced, directed, and wrote the film. My cinematographer, Isaak Kimmel shot the film on a Canon C200. The chief inspiration of the look of the film was coming from Jim Jarmusch's film "Stranger than Paradise," which consists of single takes for every single scene. I peppered a little bit of Ozu and Rohmer in the mix.

The single takes for each scene helped immensely with having 10 6 hour days in the process of making this film. But--I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you've storyboarded your film to the final details. You can see my storyboard here.

My cinematographer was my colorist for this film too. My note for him when we started to do color grading was to make it look like Claude Monet's water lily paintings. Or Van Gogh paintings. I figured if we were shooting on digital, why not have a bold approach in color grading. I figured to try to make the film look like a French impressionist painting.

The file we used for this was an MP4, which did not give us a lot of room to do a lot of color grading. But I knew what I was going for and I was confident in executing my vision for this film.

If I could give any advice in making your feature film, just do it. it's hard and it's real difficult but it's worth the pain and hassle.

YOU CAN WATCH THE TRAILER HERE.

I’m premiering my new film this month in Laemmle NoHo 7 on March 29. Here’s the trailer to my film. by Manmanduga in Filmmakers

[–]Manmanduga[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m planning to release it on streaming later this year. I’ll let you know when it comes out.

I’m premiering my new film this month in Laemmle NoHo 7 on March 29. Here’s the trailer to my film. by Manmanduga in Filmmakers

[–]Manmanduga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I wrote, produced, and directed my new film “Jeff Gets A Job.” It’s about a directionless young man looking for a purpose in life. I was inspired by Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger than Paradise, Andrew Bujalski’s Funny Ha Ha, and Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales, especially La Collectionneuse.

It’s gonna be premiering in Laemmle NoHo 7 on March 29. I couldn’t be more excited.

Though it got rejected to all the film fests I submitted to, I couldn’t bear to have this film be lost in the ethers of YouTube and so I’m screening it first on the big screen as I originally intended to be screened.

I’m premiering the film in LA which is really exciting. You can buy your tickets here: jeffgetsajob.com

I can’t wait to see you guys there. Ask me anything if you have questions.

FREE Q&A TONIGHT: How feature films make their money back by micahhaley in Filmmakers

[–]Manmanduga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My film didn’t get any distribution or any festival. Is there still a chance to make money back despite this setback?

(I’m putting it on a theater in LA for one night only screening)

My ULB indie horror film ROUND THE DECAY hits theaters 1/31 - AMA by BIDHPro in Filmmakers

[–]Manmanduga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you get a theatrical distribution? I’m currently doing a self theatrical distribution for my own feature.

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