عنوان

Swimming upstream :

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0240809556

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9780240809557

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b744385

Title Proper

Swimming upstream :

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[Book]

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a lifesaving guide to short film distribution /

First Statement of Responsibility

[edited by] Sharon Badal.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Focal Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 304 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

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Includes index.

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Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Swimming Lesson #1-Testing the Waters: The Indie Landscape -- Gore, Penguins, and the Cultural Zeitgeist of Distribution -- The Producer's Perspective -- Conversation with Andrew Herwitz -- Strategizing Specialized Film -- Management Matters -- Swimming Lesson #2-Learning to Float: The Buyers -- Who Is This For, Anyway? -- Swimming with Dolphins: Shorts Distribution 101 -- Who's Gonna Rescue Me if I Start to Drown? -- Life Starts When? -- Taking the Brake Lights Off Your Film -- Make Your Mark -- So You Want to Sell That Short? Not So Fast ... -- Swimming Lesson #3-The Deep End: Exploring All Options -- Plympton's Dogma -- The Fragile Emotion -- Life in Short -- Conversation with Tom Quinn and Carter Pilcher -- Rudiments of the Short Film -- What's a Short Film, Really? -- Swimming Lesson #4-How I Learned to Swim: Filmmaker Survival Stories -- Full Circle -- Trial and Error in Hollywood -- dare to Create -- Mother's Journey -- The Long and the Short of It -- Conversation with Peter Sollett -- Losing Your Virginity -- Interdependent -- Group Therapy -- From Nelson to Gowanus and Back -- Swimming Lesson #5-Little Fish, Big Pond: Thinking Globally -- Shorts Down Under -- The International Marketplace for Short Films: Now with a Digital Assist -- Short Films in Japan -- Magic Little Differences: The European Audience Loves Short Films -- How to Make It with a Short Film in the UK and Europe -- Swimming Lesson #6-No Lifeguard on Duty: Internet and New Technology -- Conversation with Megan O'Neill -- Demystifying Mobile Video: The Market Opportunity -- Conversation with Jim Bankoff -- Brave New Virtual World -- Conversation with Bahman Naraghi -- The Power of Distribution, in the Hands of Filmmakers -- Swimming Lesson #7-Navigate the Rapids: Film Festivals -- A Briefing on Shorts -- Show 'Em Your Shorts! -- Conversation with George Eldred -- Some Serious Funny Business -- Conversation with John Polson -- Your Short Film and the LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender) Film Festival -- Conversation with Trevor Groth -- Swimming Lesson #8-Waterlogged: My Story -- The Unfortunate Television Incident -- Swim Test: The Workbook -- 1. Creating Your Logline -- 2. Expanding the Logline into a Short Synopsis -- 3. Creating Your Tagline -- 4. Creating Visual Elements -- 5. Creating the Pitchline -- 6. Developing Your Festival Plan of Attack -- 7. Investigating Distribution -- 8. Designing a Worksheet for Your Short Film's Progress -- Index -- About the Author.

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"Swimming Upstream is the ultimate lifesaving guide for both aspiring and established filmmakers of short films. Whether a short film is meant to be a calling card, a segue to a feature film, or simply a creative endeavor, this book describes the potential paths for distribution. Written by one of the programmers of the renowned Tribeca Film Festival, it features invaluable contributions from key short film buyers and distributors, conversations with major film festival programmers, and insights from film industry and new technology executives - in short, what's most important to the decision makers and gatekeepers in the expanding world of short films."--Page 4 of cover.

Motion pictures-- Distribution.

Motion pictures-- Marketing.

Short films.

Motion pictures-- Distribution.

Motion pictures-- Marketing.

Short films.

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Badal, Sharon.

Date of Transaction

20201204044729.0

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[Book]

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