Comments for PMD | Producer of Marketing and Distribution | Audience Engagement Services for the Independent Feature Film and Documentary Industries http://pmdforhire.com Shot a film? Great! But now you need an audience. PMDs -- or Producers of Marketing and Distribution -- can help you achieve your goals. Hiring a dedicated crew person gets this job done properly. Tue, 15 May 2012 18:39:40 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Go analog…mainly because it’s better than digital… by Mike Shields http://pmdforhire.com/2012/05/13/go-analogmainly-because-its-better-than-digital/#comment-14212 Mike Shields Tue, 15 May 2012 18:39:40 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/05/13/go-analogmainly-because-its-better-than-digital/#comment-14212 For a moment there I thought you were recommending shooting on film, as we all know, film is dead ;) For a moment there I thought you were recommending shooting on film, as we all know, film is dead ;)

]]> Comment on PMD Proverbs | Do NOT crowdfund for your entire budget! by Christopher Wade http://pmdforhire.com/2012/05/15/pmd-proverbs-do-not-crowdfund-for-your-entire-budget/#comment-14207 Christopher Wade Tue, 15 May 2012 16:56:04 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/05/15/pmd-proverbs-do-not-crowdfund-for-your-entire-budget/#comment-14207 Kickstarter is a powerful way to achieve funding when it's used correctly. My small animation studio was commissioned for a project and after I did some thorough researched the client, I suggested that since they had a large enough audience (a fanbase), that using KickStarter would allow them to interact with the project and gauge it's progress. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/557429950/peter-and-company-the-animated-pilot?ref=home_social) That said we made our goal of 10K with two weeks to spare with a large amount of the money going towards the animation to make it high-quality. However, this would not have happened if (1) the client and I had not prepped his audience for funding and (2) if the audience was not established prior to the campaign. The client has had an audience base for over 4 years if Im not mistaken which definitely solidified his need for a project fund. Kickstarter is a powerful way to achieve funding when it’s used correctly. My small animation studio was commissioned for a project and after I did some thorough researched the client, I suggested that since they had a large enough audience (a fanbase), that using KickStarter would allow them to interact with the project and gauge it’s progress.

(http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/557429950/peter-and-company-the-animated-pilot?ref=home_social)

That said we made our goal of 10K with two weeks to spare with a large amount of the money going towards the animation to make it high-quality. However, this would not have happened if (1) the client and I had not prepped his audience for funding and (2) if the audience was not established prior to the campaign. The client has had an audience base for over 4 years if Im not mistaken which definitely solidified his need for a project fund.

]]> Comment on Everything is a potential piece of viral content in service to your film… by Everything can be Viral http://pmdforhire.com/2012/04/11/everything-is-a-potential-piece-of-viral-content-in-service-to-your-film/#comment-12956 Everything can be Viral Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:39:51 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/04/11/everything-is-a-potential-piece-of-viral-content-in-service-to-your-film/#comment-12956 [...] PMD For Hire | Read the Full Article [...] [...] PMD For Hire | Read the Full Article [...]

]]> Comment on Canadians are still painfully risk-averse when it comes to film… by ADM http://pmdforhire.com/2012/03/23/canadians-are-still-painfully-risk-averse-when-it-comes-to-film/#comment-12168 ADM Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:34:04 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/03/23/canadians-are-still-painfully-risk-averse-when-it-comes-to-film/#comment-12168 Hi Shawn, rather than reply, I took the initiative to reply this way: http://thep.md/GQqs97 Great comment! Hi Shawn, rather than reply, I took the initiative to reply this way:
http://thep.md/GQqs97

Great comment!

]]> Comment on Canadians are still painfully risk-averse when it comes to film… by Shawn Whitney http://pmdforhire.com/2012/03/23/canadians-are-still-painfully-risk-averse-when-it-comes-to-film/#comment-12056 Shawn Whitney Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:13:24 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/03/23/canadians-are-still-painfully-risk-averse-when-it-comes-to-film/#comment-12056 Interesting piece. I was just talking to someone recently about this and the fact that English Canada hasn't produced anything like the French New Wave or Dogme 95 or mumblecore. I wonder how much it is the role of state financing per se (the Dogme movement, after all, rose in Denmark where there is support aplenty, ditto Almodovar et al in Spain). It seems rather that Canada has the worst of both worlds - not enough state support to create a flourishing, indigenous film sector - but enough to make filmmakers look towards it. And not enough of the can-do culture amongst filmmakers to generate a mumblecore scene. It's like we have an industry that exists on eternal life support without sufficient nutrients to really thrive, just survive. Do you think that now that there are more venues for distribution - I'm thinking of VOD here - there will be more opportunities for edgier material, which will encourage greater risks and experimentation? I ask this as someone who is in pre-production on a microbudget as we speak - and doesn't have Telefilm cash (though I have two other screenwriting projects in with Telefilm seeking development money at the mo'). Thanks for your articles. I've been enjoying them thoroughly! Interesting piece. I was just talking to someone recently about this and the fact that English Canada hasn’t produced anything like the French New Wave or Dogme 95 or mumblecore. I wonder how much it is the role of state financing per se (the Dogme movement, after all, rose in Denmark where there is support aplenty, ditto Almodovar et al in Spain). It seems rather that Canada has the worst of both worlds – not enough state support to create a flourishing, indigenous film sector – but enough to make filmmakers look towards it. And not enough of the can-do culture amongst filmmakers to generate a mumblecore scene. It’s like we have an industry that exists on eternal life support without sufficient nutrients to really thrive, just survive.
Do you think that now that there are more venues for distribution – I’m thinking of VOD here – there will be more opportunities for edgier material, which will encourage greater risks and experimentation? I ask this as someone who is in pre-production on a microbudget as we speak – and doesn’t have Telefilm cash (though I have two other screenwriting projects in with Telefilm seeking development money at the mo’).
Thanks for your articles. I’ve been enjoying them thoroughly!

]]> Comment on The #Berlinale | Talent Campus | Killer / Hope Crossing the Lines by The PMD | Make it into a series…if you can… | Adam Daniel Mezei http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/16/the-berlinale-talent-campus-killer-hope-crossing-the-lines/#comment-10709 The PMD | Make it into a series…if you can… | Adam Daniel Mezei Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:27:24 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/16/the-berlinale-talent-campus-killer-hope-crossing-the-lines/#comment-10709 [...] Something I’m fond of telling my clients when I give speeches on PMDing is the need to lace things together in series, as opposed to one-off “startup” approaches to filmmaking. [...] [...] Something I’m fond of telling my clients when I give speeches on PMDing is the need to lace things together in series, as opposed to one-off “startup” approaches to filmmaking. [...]

]]> Comment on The #Berlinale | Talent Campus | Killer / Hope Crossing the Lines by The PMD | Make it a series…if you can… | PMD | Producer of Marketing & Distribution for Independent Feature Films and Documentaries http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/16/the-berlinale-talent-campus-killer-hope-crossing-the-lines/#comment-10708 The PMD | Make it a series…if you can… | PMD | Producer of Marketing & Distribution for Independent Feature Films and Documentaries Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:25:05 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/16/the-berlinale-talent-campus-killer-hope-crossing-the-lines/#comment-10708 [...] Something I’m fond of telling my clients when I give speeches on PMDing is the need to lace things together in series, as opposed to one-off “startup” approaches to filmmaking. [...] [...] Something I’m fond of telling my clients when I give speeches on PMDing is the need to lace things together in series, as opposed to one-off “startup” approaches to filmmaking. [...]

]]> Comment on THE PITCH | A recent LIVE EVENT at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Art/CCA by Callum Smith http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/29/the-pitch-a-recent-live-event-at-glasgows-centre-for-contemporary-artcca/#comment-10533 Callum Smith Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:30:28 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/29/the-pitch-a-recent-live-event-at-glasgows-centre-for-contemporary-artcca/#comment-10533 Hi Adam, I'm Callum, one of the producers of last night's event. Thanks again for coming, hope you enjoyed the night. Thanks also for a lot of these helpful comments. We're a small, 3-man operation, and this event was the first of (what we hope) will be many. As I'm sure you can appreciate, we had a fair bit to do last night, so many of the things you mention in your post were swept by the wayside whilst we tried to sort tickets and ensure the evening ran smoothly. We're doing our damnedest to get the social-media outlets alive and kicking, and hope to step it up a notch at the next event. A selection of the photographs are now up on our Facebook (www.facebook.com/cheekybreakfast), and our video team are putting together some promo-reels and entire performance-recordings as we speak. Thanks again for coming, and for your helpful comments and for helping spread the word. Callum The Cheeky Breakfast Hi Adam,

I’m Callum, one of the producers of last night’s event. Thanks again for coming, hope you enjoyed the night. Thanks also for a lot of these helpful comments. We’re a small, 3-man operation, and this event was the first of (what we hope) will be many. As I’m sure you can appreciate, we had a fair bit to do last night, so many of the things you mention in your post were swept by the wayside whilst we tried to sort tickets and ensure the evening ran smoothly. We’re doing our damnedest to get the social-media outlets alive and kicking, and hope to step it up a notch at the next event.

A selection of the photographs are now up on our Facebook (www.facebook.com/cheekybreakfast), and our video team are putting together some promo-reels and entire performance-recordings as we speak.

Thanks again for coming, and for your helpful comments and for helping spread the word.

Callum
The Cheeky Breakfast

]]> Comment on Reasons why American indies continue to trump their European peers by THE PITCH | A recent LIVE EVENT at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Art/CCA | Adam Daniel Mezei http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/28/reasons-why-american-indies-continue-to-trump-their-european-peers/#comment-10518 THE PITCH | A recent LIVE EVENT at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Art/CCA | Adam Daniel Mezei Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:59:29 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/28/reasons-why-american-indies-continue-to-trump-their-european-peers/#comment-10518 [...] a couple more hundred fans and likes to this page. Again, I think this is more attributable to something I’d mentioned yesterday, that there are huge cultural gaps in terms of comfort levels in tooting one’s own horn. In fact, [...] [...] a couple more hundred fans and likes to this page. Again, I think this is more attributable to something I’d mentioned yesterday, that there are huge cultural gaps in terms of comfort levels in tooting one’s own horn. In fact, [...]

]]> Comment on Reasons why American indies continue to trump their European peers by THE PITCH | A recent LIVE EVENT at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Art/CCA | PMD | Producer of Marketing & Distribution for Independent Feature Films and Documentaries http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/28/reasons-why-american-indies-continue-to-trump-their-european-peers/#comment-10516 THE PITCH | A recent LIVE EVENT at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Art/CCA | PMD | Producer of Marketing & Distribution for Independent Feature Films and Documentaries Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:46:03 +0000 http://pmdforhire.com/2012/02/28/reasons-why-american-indies-continue-to-trump-their-european-peers/#comment-10516 [...] a couple more hundred fans and likes to this page. Again, I think this is more attributable to something I’d mentioned yesterday, that there are huge cultural gaps in terms of comfort levels in tooting one’s own horn. In fact, [...] [...] a couple more hundred fans and likes to this page. Again, I think this is more attributable to something I’d mentioned yesterday, that there are huge cultural gaps in terms of comfort levels in tooting one’s own horn. In fact, [...]

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