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Awesome news: Indie Rights has accepted the film! I'm really excited to be working with them and learn about this new part of the filmmaking process since I've only self-distributed with DVDs and YouTube in the past. I've looked through the list of deliverables and the only part I'm not sure...

Since my initial plan with Amazon didn't work out due to their policy changes, I'm now having to go through a third party. I'm applying to Indie Rights first because I've heard they're easier to work with, but Film Hub will be my backup. My goal is to have my film on Amazon and Tubi, though...

Feels really nice to be done with it! I was totally exhausted by the end of the premiere and did absolutely nothing yesterday which was really nice.

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Yesterday (Sunday) was premiere day and it went great! It was small, maybe fifty people or so, but everyone left emotional, which is what I was going for. My mom came up to where I was sitting while the credits rolled and gave me a hug with tears in her eyes. "That was amazing", she said. On...

Update time: Lot's happening right now. My number one priority has been getting ready for the premiere. While the film has been completed and is screenable for a couple of weeks now, I keep finding things that need to be fixed. And not little stupid stuff either that I can fix because I have...

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Spent most of today sending out press releases and a new promotional spot. I did an interview on Friday with a local paper, so hopefully that turns out nice. Right now my big task aside from finishing the physical media is getting butts in the seats for the premiere. I'll probably be applying...

Following up, I did find that if I imported the ProRes file back into Resolve, everything looked fine. I decided to move forward and opened the file in my encoding software an it looked fine in the preview. I encoded it for Blu Ray and that looks pretty good, maybe slightly washed out. My...

Thought I'd give the latest version of Resolve a spin since it can now export to ProRes on Windows. I did backup up everything first just in case I jacked things up, I also had exported an H.264 Master of the movie so I always have that to go back to. In any event, the ProRes file had...

I'll play. If you're a one man band, then you're going to need to learn to do VFX yourself. Fusion is built into Resolve and is free, but the real power comes from Nuke. However, now you have to learn to move your shots from Resolve to Nuke and keep the colors managed. You're going to want...

I remember a site called readthrough.com about 15 years ago. It let you assign voices to every character and narrator and then performed the movie for you. Then you could download the mp3 and listen to it. I used to drive from Montana to Washington and listen to it on the road. It was super...

Thanks, and yeah no kidding. Means my revenue from them just got sliced. It's getting harder to do this all on your own now when everyone requires a middleman.

I've just finished post on a feature shot on the URSA Mini 4K. It's basically a ten year old camera, but it did the job and looks great. When this dies, I'm totally looking at a 6K Pro. I love the Blackmagic image and shooting raw (CDNG in my case) has been a game changer. From a price to...

Talking with my wife, we decided to use Kunaki to make discs on demand for people that want physical media. I've got one guy that wants 20 already, and they'll make more money than streaming. Downloaded a template today from Envato and mocked up some promotional images: I'll have a QR...

Checked out the theater today and it's pretty nice. It's a performing arts center, so designed for stage work, but they have an HD projector and 10x20 foot screen. The price is right and the manager was super chill, so I booked it after testing my trailer. They're able to play straight from a...

Should be a fun night tonight. Got most of the cast coming over to record a commentary for the movie. My plan is to offer it as an incentive to those who purchase the film on Amazon. My wife is picking up pizza and drinks from Costco, so it should be a good time. I have an appointment...

I've finally set a date: April 13th! I found a theater that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for the premiere and I plan to release it on Amazon at the same time. I'm currently working on some promotional pieces that I'll send out at the 2 week mark, 1 week, day before and day of.

I think many of us have seen the hashtag #filmmakerslife on social media, so I thought it would be a fun play on words to do a podcast where I interview my wife. We sat down and I asked her things like what her initial reaction was when she found out this is what I do, her favorite and least...

Pretty much any comedy I enjoyed in the early 2000's. American Pie, Eurotrip, that sort of thing. I can't get through them now.