NonDē
Non-dependent filmmaking.
NonDē
Only make films without thinking about your audience if you are willing to lose all the money and time you have invested into it
Richard Rushfield • 14 Dangerous Ideas for a New New Hollywood
At (and since) Sundance (less than one month ago) I had many conversations with filmmakers and I’ll always ask them the question, “what are you thinking for distribution?” Most of the responses I get fall into one of three buckets:
Richard Rushfield • 14 Dangerous Ideas for a New New Hollywood
Audiences are tiring of IP and rewarding original stories
Stephen Follows • How the film industry's new shape is an amazing opportunity for filmmakers
A small company can now build a repeatable film business without needing a traditional distributor or a studio-sized overhead. The building blocks are:
- Direct audience revenue.
- Low-cost distribution access.
- Modular teams.
- Rights strategies that work at smaller scales.