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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Deadly indie Speaks to Slices of Life Director Anthony G Sumner
1. Your newest DVD release is an anthology & a really good one i may add, can you tell us what inspired you to do a horror anthology and any other anthologies that influenced you? Thanks so much! III SLICES OF LIFE has really had an incredible response for such an extremely low budget movie. We worked very hard on it with extremely limited resources, so I am so happy that it has found an audience. The inspiration to do a feature length anthology was two-fold. The first reason is that I love short form stories and early anthology films like Trilogy of Terror, Creepshow, The House That Dripped Blood, Night Gallery, Tales from the Crypt, Asylum, Black Sabbath and many others. The second reason was economical; we had a tiny budget to work with and needed generate budget revenue over a longer period than the average feature. With this mind, having 3 separate stories with a wrap-around enabled us to do one segment and then stop, raise money, re-group and then shoot the next segment. Working this way is pretty hard, but it also has benefits when you are relying so heavily on the goodwill of performers, crew, locations etc.
2. What director in the Horror genre has the most influence on you as a filmmaker? That is a tough question because I love so many different directors for so many different reasons. But some of my favorites (in no particular order) are: David Cronenberg, Frank Henenlotter, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Wes Craven, Clive Barker, Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter, George Romero, Brian Di Palma, Lucio Fulci, Guillermo del Toro,
3. What advice can you give struggling filmmakers out there seeking distribution or are just trying to make a movie? First I would say don’t give up no matter how many obstacles you run into, and don’t be discouraged by not having access to the best equipment, a large crew or lots of money- if you work really hard and have a fun story then the movie will find its audience. In regard to distribution I would recommend sending trailers & press releases as well as watermarked screeners to every review site, social network, blog, vlog, etc. Whether the response is good or bad, you want the name out there and to have some name recognition. Harvest followers and impressions through facebook and twitter, distributors absolutely look at this when deciding on the viability of your project in markets. You can never pre-market too much. Also, don’t go with just one distributor to cover all your content delivery with a single profit sharing split. There are so many different media delivery options today from VOD, DVD, PPV, IPV etc.- if a distributor is primarily known as a DVD distributor (they will just become a sub aggregator to the other services and will deplete your cut of the profits). So do your research and license out your film À la carte to each service that handles the type of content delivery you want to do, this gets a little complicated- but you should put as much effort into your marketing and licensing strategy as you do the film.
4. What is your take on Distribution Do you prefer self distribution or being distributed through a distributor can you explain some of the ups & downs? I have not self-distributed yet, so it is hard for me to make a comparison here. I do believe that a person can do really well self-distributing if they treat it like a job and really focuses on getting the word out. For me the idea of self distribution becomes more viable once you have a couple pictures under belt and minimal name value for your product. The reality is that some distro channels will not open up to a self distributor (like Showtime, TMC, Chiller etc.) and depending on what your marketing strategy is, you might plan to access those channels and would need help from a distributor or film rep.
5. Anything you want to say to the fans out there? From one horror fan to all the other fans, thanks so much for supporting our little film and keep an eye out for news on our next feature that is currently in production and a much different beast than III SLICES OF LIFE.
2. What director in the Horror genre has the most influence on you as a filmmaker? That is a tough question because I love so many different directors for so many different reasons. But some of my favorites (in no particular order) are: David Cronenberg, Frank Henenlotter, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Wes Craven, Clive Barker, Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter, George Romero, Brian Di Palma, Lucio Fulci, Guillermo del Toro,
3. What advice can you give struggling filmmakers out there seeking distribution or are just trying to make a movie? First I would say don’t give up no matter how many obstacles you run into, and don’t be discouraged by not having access to the best equipment, a large crew or lots of money- if you work really hard and have a fun story then the movie will find its audience. In regard to distribution I would recommend sending trailers & press releases as well as watermarked screeners to every review site, social network, blog, vlog, etc. Whether the response is good or bad, you want the name out there and to have some name recognition. Harvest followers and impressions through facebook and twitter, distributors absolutely look at this when deciding on the viability of your project in markets. You can never pre-market too much. Also, don’t go with just one distributor to cover all your content delivery with a single profit sharing split. There are so many different media delivery options today from VOD, DVD, PPV, IPV etc.- if a distributor is primarily known as a DVD distributor (they will just become a sub aggregator to the other services and will deplete your cut of the profits). So do your research and license out your film À la carte to each service that handles the type of content delivery you want to do, this gets a little complicated- but you should put as much effort into your marketing and licensing strategy as you do the film.
4. What is your take on Distribution Do you prefer self distribution or being distributed through a distributor can you explain some of the ups & downs? I have not self-distributed yet, so it is hard for me to make a comparison here. I do believe that a person can do really well self-distributing if they treat it like a job and really focuses on getting the word out. For me the idea of self distribution becomes more viable once you have a couple pictures under belt and minimal name value for your product. The reality is that some distro channels will not open up to a self distributor (like Showtime, TMC, Chiller etc.) and depending on what your marketing strategy is, you might plan to access those channels and would need help from a distributor or film rep.
5. Anything you want to say to the fans out there? From one horror fan to all the other fans, thanks so much for supporting our little film and keep an eye out for news on our next feature that is currently in production and a much different beast than III SLICES OF LIFE.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
More Sparkle Vamps that Dont sparkle? Or something like that
RANK 5/10 For efforts..
Treasure Chest Of Horrors Coming Soon from Psykik Junkie Pictures
AP Press release
Coming soon!
Treasure Chest Of Horrors- Producer James Cullen Bressack & Psykik Junky pictures brings you a New Horror Anthology That is sure to deliver starring Genre Cult stars such as Lloyd Kaufman With segments by Shawn C Phillips & Doug Waugh
The film embraces the fact that anything can be made on any budget. It is hosted by a cookey pirate"
Also From Psykik Junkie Coming to DVD Very Soon
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