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Pipes Don’t Make Water, and Distribution Doesn’t Guarantee an Audience Original

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By Daren Smith
| IndieWire Verified
Editor’s note: This is the ninth chapter of “A Producer’s Path,” an ongoing column for IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking from independent producer Daren Smith. Read previous chapters here. On our last two independent theatrical releases, we put our movies on nearly 400 screens. We thought we had it figured out — a distributor partner ready to work, minimum guarantees from downstream buyers, a real theatrical footprint. Then opening weekend came, and most of those seats stayed empty.
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You Can’t Choose a Road Until You’ve Chosen a Destination Original

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By Daren Smith
| IndieWire Verified
Editor’s note: This is the eigth chapter of “A Producer’s Path,” an ongoing column for IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking from independent producer Daren Smith. Read previous chapters here. A GPS cannot give you a single instruction until you tell it where you’re going. Same with asking for directions from a stranger — you’d get the most confused look if, when asked where you’re going, you said, “I don’t know…” A compass is helpful but only in relation to the direction you want to go.
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Choose Your Destination Before Your Road: A Producer’s Path

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By Daren Smith
| timewarnerent.com
You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Before you take the first offer in front of you, consider whether it actually leads your film towards your desired outcome. ad Source link
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