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KEVIN LINDENMUTH: This is Kevin Lindenmuth for Expert Village talking about distribution
for you independent film or documentary. Where to begin? Okay, you finished your program.
Whatever it is, a feature or a documentary, a short, and you might have some idea where
the heck you want to show this, if this is going to be on the internet or if you want
to get distribution to like a video store or even send it for TV for broadcast consideration
for like PBS or whatever. So, and that's the thing. The easy part is making a program and
getting it finished even though that was-may have been a very difficult thing. That's actually
the easiest part. Before I make any money or income or whatever doing this, you will
have to figure out where you're going to send it. And I'm sure why you're doing it, you
have a pretty good idea. If you're making a feature, of course, you'll want it shown
in video, you want a DVD and video stores and such. If you do a documentary, it's probably
for festivals or it's for television or whatever. So, just do some research, you can look up
companies on the internet. A good way to find out companies where to send the program is
go to your video store and look at the back of the boxes and the addresses of the companies
that's distributing, even call up Blockbusters or call up whatever, NETFLIX, and just see
who their suppliers are because a lot of times, big companies won't deal with individuals
with individual films. So, they'll funnel you through another company. But more often
than not, they'll give you information of the companies to go to. I had a deal with
a couple of my horror movies in the mid early '90s when I was dealing with Blockbusters.
And it was the only way to get in and I just kind of had to do it. So, with distribution,
just know where you're sending it before you sent it off, you don't have an idea, again
do your research.