10:59:25 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------- We will get started shortly. We are waiting a few moments to allow everyone to arrive. In the chat, tell us one of your key takeaways from last session! You are muted on entry and will be unmuted during certain points in this meeting. We would like you all to have your videos on if possible. ---------------------- 10:59:51 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : We will get started shortly. We are waiting a few moments to allow everyone to arrive. In the chat, tell us one of your key takeaways from last session! You are muted on entry and will be unmuted during certain points in this meeting. We would like you all to have your videos on if possible. 10:59:53 From Dale Windle to Everyone : Aloha! 11:00:09 From Mimi deGruy to Everyone : Wish I’d taken this before signing my current distribution deal! 11:00:10 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) to Everyone : Key takeaway: Conferences! 11:00:15 From Rick Minnich to Everyone : Greetings from Berlin! 11:00:18 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : Welcome all 11:00:20 From Alejandro Enríquez García to Everyone : Hi from Spain!! 11:00:21 From Beth Polish to Everyone : Hi! Happy Spring! Great to be hear from NYC! 11:00:23 From Kathy Hassinger to Everyone : Partnerships, Teamwork 11:00:35 From Robin Rosenthal to Everyone : know who your film is for 11:00:36 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : We will get started shortly. We are waiting a few moments to allow everyone to arrive. In the chat, tell us one of your key takeaways from last session! You are muted on entry and will be unmuted during certain points in this meeting. We would like you all to have your videos on if possible. 11:00:44 From Trudi Angell to Everyone : Hi from Baja California Sur, Mexico 11:00:45 From Bill Brummel to Everyone : 80% of energy should go to conferences instead of festivals. 11:00:47 From Peter McDowell to Everyone : I had no idea that I could possibly distribute/make money from conference and was thinking only of festivals. Also I once spoke at a conference for like 10 really enthusiastic people and wish I had known about the Plenary/Key Note thing!! 11:00:48 From Michelle Paymar to Everyone : Keynote. Plenary. 11:00:49 From Tina Datsko to Everyone : Hello, everyone, from Long Beach, CA! Takeaway: slow distribution is a good thing! 11:01:01 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : Strategies to hold private screenings to refine/identify core audiences — your original plans for a core audience are probably wrong! 11:01:03 From Kim Saltarski to Everyone : Core audience will be refined as you really discover who they are. 11:01:07 From Lawrence Confino to Everyone : Greetings from NJ 11:01:13 From Dale Windle to Everyone : Key take away: my confidence is high that I'll finish with a roadmap for future distribution for our docs and low budget narrative features. 11:01:18 From Connie Bottinelli to Everyone : You won’t be right on your first guest of audience. 11:01:25 From Douglas Darlington to Everyone : Partnerships. Networking conferences 11:01:49 From Ned Augustenborg to Everyone : I’m excited to hear that so much of my hard work sucks : ) 11:01:52 From Trudi Angell to Everyone : My takeaway was “get going on the Super Fans” list 11:02:02 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------- We will get started shortly. We are waiting a few moments to allow everyone to arrive. In the chat, tell us one of your key takeaways from last session! You are muted on entry and will be unmuted during certain points in this meeting. We would like you all to have your videos on if possible. ---------------------- 11:02:04 From Don Colacino to Everyone : I should be looking for conferences and events that will pay to show my film! 11:02:06 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : scope of distribution that’s possible, amount of control that’s possible 11:02:10 From David Kessler to Everyone : finally feeling positive about virtual events 11:02:13 From Doug Block to Everyone : Get feedback early and often on trailers, samples, strategies, etc. 11:02:15 From Stan Crider to Everyone : research to find your key audience 11:02:24 From James Becket to Everyone : Hello from Ojai, Ca 11:02:24 From Michael Johnson to Everyone : Good morning, everyone, from San Marcos (SoCal)… 11:02:33 From Jane Shang to Everyone : the film’s best audience is unpredictable 11:02:34 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Don’t want to get ahead of things, but interested in Pitch Deck 11:02:38 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : It takes a village! Find the right team players! 11:02:39 From Ryan Mayers to Everyone : Establishing partnerships with organizations who share the passion for your subject is key to building your audience 11:02:39 From CJ Crim (she/her) to Everyone : Partnerships with organizations for watch parties. 11:02:41 From Susan Stern to Everyone : Core audience! Core audience! Core audience! 11:02:44 From Dean Butler to Everyone : I had no idea there were so many avenues for distribution of special interest films beyond selling a DVD. I wish I could back five years ago and start again. 11:02:45 From John McAllister to Everyone : Feedback is best gained through a large audience openly discussing the film 11:02:52 From Diane Vicari to Everyone : Good Morning 11:02:53 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : Yeap… guessing our core audience at first was big! 11:02:56 From Rodney Martel to Everyone : Change is the only constant 11:03:29 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : This strategy of core audience also helps with grant applications 11:03:31 From Tatiana Bacchus to Everyone : It’s ok to be wrong about my core audience and I likely will be wrong first time out. 11:03:36 From Beth Dolan to Everyone : Greetings from Lancaster, CA! 11:03:37 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------- We will get started shortly. We are waiting a few moments to allow everyone to arrive. In the chat, tell us one of your key takeaways from last session! You are muted on entry and will be unmuted during certain points in this meeting. We would like you all to have your videos on if possible. ---------------------- 11:03:43 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : I am actually glad I don’t have a distribution deal in place but now I have some profound fundraising questions that need answering. 11:04:07 From Ned Augustenborg to Everyone : Your first documentary better be your worst. 11:04:24 From Dean Butler to Everyone : Was there a release of the recording from last week? 11:04:26 From Megan Sanchez-Warner to Everyone : Getting started before the film is finished. I’d like to hear more about that today. 11:04:33 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : Will we be saving the chat each week? 11:04:43 From Jim Becket he/him CA to Everyone : Where is the survey? And breakout room preference? 11:04:45 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : Survey link..? 11:04:49 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone : Yes the chat will be saved and with all the course materials 11:04:56 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone : Here’s the link to the course survey 11:04:58 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------- We will get started shortly. We are waiting a few moments to allow everyone to arrive. In the chat, tell us one of your key takeaways from last session! You are muted on entry and will be unmuted during certain points in this meeting. We would like you all to have your videos on if possible. ---------------------- 11:05:07 From Elliat Graney-Saucke to Everyone : I have a question, when it’s appropriate - the difference between this element of a distribution strategy and an impact campaign. Thanks! 11:05:09 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpcumprT4iE9CXtGiI3HlJNJiIIw53e0ZQ 11:05:22 From David Streit to Everyone : Excited 11:05:31 From Robert Rooy to Everyone : Hi, all! 11:05:33 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : Building the right team - one of my key takeaways 11:05:38 From Alex Leff to Everyone : Spend 80% energy on conferences, 20% on festivals 11:06:01 From Michael Jacobsohn to Everyone : Michael Jacobsohn filmmaker from New York City: mjacobs2008@gmail.com 11:06:30 From Beth Dolan to Everyone : Beautiful dog, Sarah! 11:06:50 From Lisa Gossels to Everyone : Ditto @Elliat! From a funder/budgeting standpoint: where do distribution, outreach and impact campaigns differ and overlap? 11:06:50 From Claire Panke to Everyone : Takeaway from last week (still hard to completely digest) - that festivals are not the must-have they used to be 11:07:02 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone : Thank you Beth! 11:07:49 From Judy Branfman to Everyone : putting so much more time into conferences! 11:09:13 From John Ware to Everyone : The 2nd largest chain, Regal is opening their theaters on April 2 w/WB Pics deal (45 day window to streaming). There will likely NEVER be less competition. What do you think of the feasibility of theatrical right now? Note: I have an indie Sci-fi. See finalfrequencyfilm.com 11:10:07 From Tina Datsko to Everyone : Because I’m experiencing sciatic pain, I’m needing to be off camera much of the time to lie down and stretch. 11:10:50 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : No worries, Tina. Please do what you need to do to take care of yourself. 11:11:01 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me or Mark or Sarah (look for TECH at the front of our names). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about WINDOWS and GROWING YOUR TEAM. Please only put each question (about WINDOWS and GROWING YOUR TEAM) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:11:23 From Paul Steinbroner to Everyone : How do you sign up and receive the class list? 11:11:57 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : You’ll get the directory in an email today/tonight! 11:12:02 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone (in Waiting Room) : Here’s the survey link for everyone again: https://forms.gle/7mSKnJzhaPBeUuD98 11:12:02 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : I like to know more about break out rooms 11:12:43 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me or Mark or Sarah (look for TECH at the front of our names). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about WINDOWS and GROWING YOUR TEAM. Please only put each question (about WINDOWS and GROWING YOUR TEAM) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:13:37 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone : Here’s the survey link for everyone again: https://forms.gle/7mSKnJzhaPBeUuD98 11:14:17 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : Oops, I meant to say "no" 11:14:30 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : sorry…I was late..still filing out.. 11:14:43 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : Just to say I tried to check if my zoom is up to date but didn’t know how to do it so is there guidance if it doesn’t work? 11:15:11 From Robert Rooy to Everyone : I thought I was voting on zoom windows, not windows of distribution. So “no” 11:15:31 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : Lol Rob 11:16:13 From Susan Hamovitch to Everyone : I feel like I missed something — but what do you mean by “windows? 11:16:59 From James Egan to Everyone : Peter voice sound muffled 11:17:49 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : I thought it was zoom windows so I said yes.. ;-) change vote to no? 11:19:41 From Louise Rosen to Everyone : Wasn't the original theory that you went from the smallest subset of the viewing universe to the largest? For example - theatrical to pay TV to home video to free TV. 11:22:26 From Elliat Graney-Saucke to Everyone : Question - can you talk more about theatrical? to me this is something for larger budget documentaries and I don’t know any other doc filmmakers who have had theatrical. Is there a new reality for this or something I’m missing? 11:24:12 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : I think there’s a balance though…in particular if some of your goals are impact. We are finding that educational programming in conjunction with the film festivals is allowing us to interact with schools and teachers, as well as have panels/Q&A for the general public, which feel like true outreach/impact to some degree. I understand why conferences when it comes to revenue…potential buyers of your educational screening kits, but if your goals are 50/50 impact/revenue, I would think there’s a bit more leeway? 11:24:22 From George King to Everyone : But conferences are often annual, surely one might be waiting 10 months before a meeting…seems like a large hole opening up in distribution strategy. 11:24:29 From Elliat Graney-Saucke to Everyone : Yes to this about festivals - my friend produced Iraq in Fragments, successful at Sundance and then no one would pick it up for distro, and even after the Oscars the bistro was still harder than they thought it should be. Wild! 11:24:58 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : The experience we had were conferences were expensive and time consuming 11:25:03 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : What of conferences in the age of COVID? 11:25:17 From Robert Rooy to Everyone : virtual 11:25:25 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : Are we acknowledging other reasons to be at festivals, whether you sell your film or not? Like how much fun festivals are to attend with your film, and what good networking opportunities they can provide? 11:25:30 From Mark Gordon to Everyone : Will we learn how to put together the Educational Packages? 11:25:33 From S Jacob Scherr to Everyone : What about the value of festivals in getting feedback from engaged audiences? 11:25:57 From Amanda Dyer to Everyone : Can we talk more specifically about what you do at conferences (or what you pitch)? Are you showing a trailer and speaking (about what)? Are you showing the full film and doing a Q&A, for example? 11:26:20 From Karen Zhang to Everyone : Can you help me to understand partners in the distribution process? What kinda roles partners and I share? 11:26:29 From Nicole Betancourt to Everyone : Aren’t festival awards helpful to get conference events? 11:26:49 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------------- Hot tip: if you need captions, you can click the CC Live Transcript button down at the bottom of your screen and select “show subtitle.” ---------------------------- 11:26:51 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : Could you address the great open maw needing virtual content? How best to get to streaming? 11:27:01 From Claire Panke to Everyone : Second George King’s point about having to wait a long time to show at a conference, and would likely want to do other distribution before that. 11:27:14 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : in the age of COVID, I’ve found virtual conferences to be fantastic…you can sometimes reach more ppl than an in-person conference…you can still charge a significant fee (I like ~$3K) for a virtual keynote and screening 11:27:53 From Alexandra Lexton lexproductions.net to Everyone : What is the name of the online screening group from Peter (bananrama??) 11:27:54 From Jim Becket he/him CA to Everyone : What was the name of that theatrical distributor for docs? 11:27:57 From Robbie Leppzer to Everyone : What is the name and website for the theatrical booker Peter just mentioned? Abramorama? 11:28:10 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : Claire and George: conferences are like festivals in that they typically happen once a year….and that’s okay…you can do conferences while doing other things. I did conferences until very late in the distribution of my film 11:28:31 From Regan Brashear to Everyone : https://www.abramorama.com/about 11:28:35 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : Abramorama: https://www.abramorama.com/ 11:29:26 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : There was a time when having a NYC and also possibly LA premiere theatrical week was essential for getting national press, even if you have to 4-wall your event. Do you think the national media will still be interested in your film if you don’t have that theatrical premiere week (or a national broadcast)? 11:29:42 From Allen Wolf to Everyone : Can you give us a sample of the screening request form? 11:30:25 From Peter McDowell / Doc is "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : What does 4-wall your event mean? 11:30:36 From Laj P. Waghray to Everyone : Do you need varying lengths 11:30:42 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her to Everyone : Do you have a screen request form you can share? 11:31:06 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : 4-wall means you basically rent an independent theatre screen to run your film for a week. A “cheap” rate to do that in NY is 10K 11:31:37 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco, US to Everyone : Can you give us an example of how you customize pricing after people fill out the screening request? What helps you to quote pricing after the requests arrive? 11:31:40 From Thomas Gibbons to Everyone : What constitutes a Private Screening vs. a Public Screening? 11:31:41 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : 4 wall: paying a fee up front to rent a screening pace 11:31:48 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : While on can host a virtual screening, still filling the seats needs marketing, how does that work? 11:31:48 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : sample screening form: https://www.fiveseasonsmovie.com/organize-a-virtual-screening/ 11:31:56 From Sam Smartt to Everyone : Repeating a question from last week: can we talk about how to transition from feedback screenings with partner orgs to monetized screenings with the same/similar orgs? At first we’re asking them a favor and now we’re asking them to pay to watch it again? 11:31:59 From Laj P. Waghray to Everyone : argh! I submitted half a questions-do we need different lengths for education list/conferences? 11:32:29 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : What format are you reco for sales DVD? online 11:32:53 From Ryan Mayers to Everyone : With educational sales is it for a limited time or in perpetuity 11:34:16 From TRICIA REGAN to Everyone : Don’t screenings and conferences overlap? After all, may conferences relooking for screenings. 11:34:19 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : During educational SALES or RENTAL? 11:34:20 From Akiko Mikamo to Everyone : How do you structure or come up with prices for educational licenses? For One day conference, and for 1 year license? 11:35:18 From Alka Raghuram to Everyone : Can you share an example of the deck/info you share with conferences 11:36:10 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : Costs to broadcast documentary can run 10-12 K 11:36:32 From Claire Panke to Everyone : Confused about distinction between PRIVATE sales and PUBLIC sales. Understood to wait for PUBLIC sales, but is offering on your website or offering via email list to buy a DVD considered private sale or public sale? 11:36:42 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : How long might the educational / Inst Sales window be? Did Peter say 6 months or does it depend on what the filmmaker wants to do? 11:36:43 From Claire Panke to Everyone : +1 Tricia Regan question 11:36:50 From James Egan to Everyone : What is SVOD 11:37:04 From George King to Everyone : Keith, when you say PBS broadcast—I presume you don’t mean a satellite feed to the entire network done by PBS. Isn’t that an unlikely scenario in 2021? I know there are other marketers and one can approach individual stations, but the days of getting PBS to screen your doc are generally speaking, over. 11:37:17 From Alka Raghuram to Everyone : Who are the companies to contact for educational sales 11:37:42 From Arlene Rimer to Everyone : So if broadcaster delivery date is set- you have to deliver to edu 6 months earlier? And build that into broadcast licence? 11:38:00 From Paul Steinbroner to Everyone : Please share the screen request form that Peter mentioned… 11:38:25 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Details available on what is happening with Amazon and documentaries? 11:38:29 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : What AVOD? 11:38:44 From James Egan to Everyone : What do this terms mean? 11:39:10 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : Advertising video on demand, where you have ads around your film. 11:39:13 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : What do you mean by “6 months before SVOD?” 11:40:12 From Rob and Laurie Tranchin to Everyone : How necessary are traditional distributors to approaching theatrical and virtual theatrical screening opportunities these days? 11:40:23 From Laj P. Waghray to Everyone : Thank you for doing that! 11:41:29 From Polly Wells to Everyone : Keith, r might be better to say “public television” than “PBS” as there is a distinction. 11:41:43 From Megan Sanchez-Warner to Everyone : This all quite fast, would like to hear more about windows you just breezed through. Will that come? 11:42:07 From Megan Sanchez-Warner to Everyone : How do we decide on sequence of windows? 11:42:25 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : So, this chart represents the sequence of the windows? And the virtual on the right can happen simultaneously with the list on the left? 11:43:01 From Elliat Graney-Saucke to Everyone : Is TVOD the same as Direct Sales? 11:43:04 From Odette Scott to Everyone : If conferences for your core audience only happens once a year or once every other year, would that window overlap with other windows? 11:43:06 From Allen Wolf to Everyone : Is there a go-to place or resource to use to figure out who to distribute to in the Educational Sales market? 11:43:19 From Amy Jenkins to Everyone : Can you talk about timing for each phase overall? 11:43:20 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : same question as Eliat 11:43:35 From Odette Scott to Everyone : same, no idea how to time your windows or gauge how to time your windows 11:43:43 From Robert Rooy to Everyone : Can’t the educational window actually be several years? 11:43:46 From Bill Brummel to Everyone : Can virtual conferences happen at same time as virtual screenings? 11:43:47 From Karen Zhang to Everyone : When you say private virtual screening, do you mean we can screen it even from home? And what hardwares I need to have to host such screening? 11:43:58 From Janet Kirchheimer to Everyone : Windows were very fast - will you be going over each in more detail at some point? 11:45:00 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------------- Intros: Two sentences on who you are (name + pronouns) and what your film is about. Question: Which window of distribution has been (or will be) the most important for you? ---------------------------- 11:45:02 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : can we change rooms? 11:45:17 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : Agree that I still have a lot of questions about windows. 11:45:25 From Megan Sanchez-Warner to Everyone : way too fast 11:45:25 From Shannon Cohn to Everyone : Would love more info about how we navigate maximizing educational distribution as it’s most important revenue stream - feels unclear at this point. Distributor vs. non-distributor for educational? etc. 11:45:48 From Nicole Betancourt to Everyone : I am interested in more help about negotiating deals with broadcasters 11:46:41 From S Jacob Scherr to Everyone : Is there an “environmental” room? 11:46:46 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Can’t join 11:46:53 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : we’ll cover several Qs on windows during the Q&A! 11:46:55 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Want arts and performance 11:47:02 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her to Everyone : I don’t see any room 11:47:03 From Alka Raghuram to Everyone : can’t join 11:47:10 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : Same, no rooms showing up 11:47:28 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : Got it 11:47:28 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : No do not have breakout room option 11:47:29 From Robbie Leppzer to Everyone : Can you make an environment category? 11:47:40 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Scroll keeps moving and I keep getting locked out 11:47:44 From Lynn Roth to Everyone : Not happening 11:47:55 From Mark Gordon to Everyone : Trying to join rail justice 3 11:47:59 From Megan Sanchez-Warner to Everyone : No breakout room options 11:48:06 From Mark Gordon to Everyone : Racial Justice 3 11:48:15 From Susan Kaplan to Everyone : I can’t seem to get into one 11:48:16 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : I am unable to join 11:48:27 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : How to join the random room? 11:48:27 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : How to join the random room? 11:48:29 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : How to join the random room? 11:48:29 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : How to join the random room? 11:48:29 From Susan Hackley to Everyone : i am not sure where to hover 11:48:35 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : I am unable to join as well 11:48:43 From Lara Slife to Everyone : how do you join? 11:48:54 From beth schiff to Everyone : And how to join? 11:48:55 From Susan Hamovitch to Everyone : I don’t see the option for ‘join’ 11:48:59 From Susan Kaplan to Everyone : I am hovering and can’t join. Thanks. 11:49:04 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : I see the break out room and I see the options and the window 11:49:05 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : there is no option. No more. I did not upgrade is that why> 11:49:05 From Leah Mahan to Everyone : I see the rooms and participants but no option to join 11:49:06 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : But I cannot join 11:49:14 From Mark Gordon to Everyone : It won’t let me join Racial Justice 3!!!! 11:49:20 From Mark Gordon to Everyone : Not responding 11:49:22 From Leah Mahan to Everyone : Ah, found it 11:49:24 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : I can’t join 11:49:27 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her to Everyone : i see crime, but can’t join 11:49:33 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : Put me in Random room please 11:49:33 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : Arts or health 11:49:34 From Robin Rosenthal to Everyone : clicking a room but don’t see the yes/no join 11:49:37 From Connie Bottinelli to Everyone : Disability - 11:49:39 From Susan Hackley to Everyone : i want to join random 11:49:46 From Christoph Dostal to Everyone : Racial justice please 11:49:47 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : I click on Bio/hist… but I don’t join? 11:49:48 From Lynn Roth to Everyone : bio history 2 11:49:48 From Diane Vicari to Everyone : Arts & performance 3 11:49:50 From Vicki Topaz to Everyone : i have clicked health disability 3 but i do not see my name Vick Topaz 11:49:53 From Robin Rosenthal to Everyone : please put me in one of the random rooms 11:49:56 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : How to join Random room? 11:49:58 From Lara Slife to Everyone : how do you join? 11:50:00 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her to Everyone : please put me in crime 11:50:13 From Ellen Salemme to Everyone : Random room please 11:50:20 From Diane Vicari to Everyone : clicking on the room but my name is not being added 11:50:28 From stephen berkley to Everyone : I’d like to join something about health and healing 11:50:35 From stephen berkley to Everyone : Can’t find button 11:50:37 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : Important to hover over number to join…wasn’t obvious 11:50:37 From Sebastienne Mundheim to Everyone : What are the randoms 11:50:47 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : i did not upgrade so see no options 11:50:59 From Polly Wells to Everyone : I HAVE JOINED but haven’t been sent to the room. 11:51:10 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : I don't have options to join 11:51:22 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : anywhere 11:51:26 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : I don’t see any options 11:51:29 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : you can put me anywhere 11:52:06 From Christoph Dostal to Everyone : Would love to join radial justice or bio pics 11:52:53 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : Biographical or historical 11:55:00 From Catina Jones to Everyone : Im unable to you Racial Justice 3 12:01:25 From Douglas Darlington to Everyone : 15 minutes is waaaay too short LOL 12:01:29 From Diane Vicari to Everyone : we could stretch it with 5 more min. 12:01:32 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : I wonder if you can cap the room sizes for next time 12:01:33 From Doug Block to Everyone : Too many people in our breakout room (12) 12:01:38 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : Would love a group focusing on gender 12:01:39 From Alexandra Lexton lexproductions.net to Everyone : I’d like to suggest that a point person takes the lead so that they can keep things moving in the chat rooms 12:01:39 From Odette Scott to Everyone : That was not very useful, too many people 12:01:41 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : That was good to meet with other people working on similar topics, but we barely got through short intros. 12:01:42 From Dean Butler (he/him) to Everyone : 15 minutes is a little short. 12:01:46 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : We had a great group, but not enough time for discussion. 12:01:47 From Rod Martel (Minneapolis) to Everyone : Recommend that we choose a FACILITATOR IN ALL BREAK OUT GROUPS 12:01:48 From George King to Everyone : I think we need more time in breakouts. 12:01:51 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : 15 minutes too short 12:01:55 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : It was good to listen everyone. 12:01:59 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : Agree with Rod. 12:01:59 From Mark Meatto to Everyone : Maybe there should be a cap on number of people in the room? 12:02:01 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : +1 on facilitator 12:02:05 From Mark Maxey to Everyone : Choosing rooms worked great. Agree that 20 minutes would be better than 15. Terrific though. 12:02:09 From Renee Bergan to Everyone : AGREED 12:02:11 From Julie Englander to Everyone : Can someone explain why a window (specifically) the educational window) should have a limited time frame? 12:02:13 From Ruth Somalo to Everyone : I don’t really understand the usefulness of just telling people without having time to give each other feedback 12:02:18 From Cirina Catania to Everyone : It is nice to meet everyone in the room! 12:02:18 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) CA to Everyone : Yeah, facilitator or have someone volunteer to do the timing in breakout rooms would be idea. 12:02:19 From Alexandra Lexton lexproductions.net to Everyone : Facilitator 12:02:19 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : It was a Grand Prix start and a too short… 12:02:22 From Arlene Rimer to Everyone : Too many people per room 12:02:22 From Tina Datsko to Everyone : Thanks for the themed breakout rooms. It really helps. Could we also have a specific question or brainstorming task to help each other? 12:02:23 From Larry Confino to Everyone : Perhaps an MC for each chat room? 12:02:24 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : Really interesting to hear the subject matter of each person 12:02:24 From Jim Becket he/him CA to Everyone : We had too many and people didn’t kept to two sentences so no everyone had a chance to speak. 12:02:24 From Paul Espinosa to Everyone : need a little more instruction about what to discuss in chat room 12:02:34 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : Cap rooms at 6-8 12:02:39 From Kyra Schaefer to Everyone : A few people in my breakout group, including myself, are working on doc series, and we are all wondering how does our distribution plan differ from a regular feature length film 12:02:40 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her to Everyone : It was over just when we were sharing information 12:02:41 From Shari Robertson to Everyone : Love choosing, much better than random! 12:02:57 From Michael Jacobsohn to Everyone : Great session; its amazing how talented and accomplished the filmmakers are. 12:03:01 From Doug Block to Everyone : Educational distribution was a running issue for most in our breakout room 12:03:06 From Louise Rosen to Everyone : Concerns about educational, is there still a market? Is it more work than most have time for? 12:03:15 From Susan Kaplan to Everyone : Thanks for sharing your WIP screening John! 12:03:18 From Nicole Betancourt to Everyone : question: our group had a lot of overlap - what about packaging your film with other films - would that help with sales? 12:03:21 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : I couldn’t hear audio on three of the people in our room so it was frustrating. I’m not hearing Barbara now her audio is breaking up. 12:03:36 From CJ Crim (she/her) to Everyone : I learned that people are working on some AMAZING docs. I can’t wait to see them! 12:03:41 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : Thank you for the push Susan. 12:03:46 From Mark Maxey to Everyone : agree with CJ 12:03:49 From Alejandro Enríquez García to Everyone : As Shannon Cohn said: 12:03:49 From Paul Espinosa to Everyone : limit breakout rooms to 6-8 12:03:55 From Elliat Graney-Saucke to Everyone : Agree with the @CJ - amazing docs! 12:03:56 From Alejandro Enríquez García to Everyone : Would love more info about how we navigate maximizing educational distribution as it’s most important revenue stream - feels unclear at this point. Distributor vs. non-distributor for educational? etc. 12:04:13 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : Jill, it may be an audio issue on your computer because I’m hearing Barbara just fine. 12:04:18 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : One question came up in our group: pros and cons working with an educational distributor vs. self-distributing to the educational market (and the reality that most ed distributors probably don’t want to pick up your film and put a lot of energy into marketing if they are competing against you) 12:04:20 From Michelle Paymar to Everyone : How do you know when you’ve “exhausted” the educational/institutional window? 12:04:27 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : You may need to adjust your audio in Zoom or on your computer settings. 12:04:31 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : We are doing on a feedback screening this Sunday through Keith’s platform: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/double-dummy 12:04:34 From Pablo Miralles to Everyone : CMEs fees depend on the conferences and the organization hosting 12:04:44 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : I would like to hear more about working with underwriters and the ramifications of attaching to a Companies possibly 12:04:46 From Paul Steinbroner to Everyone : CEU course could range with the low being $10 12:04:53 From Claire Panke to Everyone : +1 DAN HABIB question 12:05:16 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : Claire made a good point that many conferences, especially for groups about aging, are struggling to get funding themselves and don’t pay $3,000 speaking fees. 12:05:17 From Jon Fein to Everyone : Like Kyra, I’m interested in series distribution. 12:05:21 From Christopher Dawes - He|Him|His to Everyone : Other industries, including Architecture, also have continuing education requirements, so potential beyond the medical field. 12:05:22 From Patrick Norman to Everyone : +1 dan habib as well 12:05:28 From TECH: Mark Stolaroff (he/him) to Everyone : Here’s what we’re covering in future classes…https://www.superchargeyourdistribution.com/copy-of-crash-course 12:05:40 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : Would love to hear what Keith and Peter have to say about SVOD distribution - it’s near to impossible to do this on your own without a sales agent who gets you in the door. 12:05:57 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Ditto Christi Cooper 12:06:02 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : Good point! Did not discuss international sales window! 12:06:24 From Tina Datsko to Everyone : I second the question about what part of educational distribution makes sense for DIY and what part would make sense with an educational distributor? 12:06:29 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : I have 5 cats and a dog 12:06:40 From James Egan to Everyone : Please define SVOD, PVOD, 12:06:46 From Susan Hamovitch to Everyone : I have a catahoula cur_she thinks! 12:07:08 From David Kessler to Everyone : It would be great if there was a Slack or Discord associated with the course so we can meet up and continue to chat, share our stories, and help each other out 12:08:35 From Paul Steinbroner to Everyone : Please share the screening request form 12:08:47 From Paul Steinbroner to Everyone : Please share the screening request form 12:08:53 From Heather Lenz to Everyone : I think Lex’s idea to do multiple groups of same topic is good. 12:09:05 From Robin Rosenthal to Everyone : more topics pls 12:09:21 From Eladio Arvelo to Everyone : +1 on Christi Cooper's question. 12:09:38 From Robbie Leppzer to Everyone : Seeing that there are many questions about educational distribution. I want to let people know that there are several of us here taking the course who are owner-members of the New Day Films cooperative, which is a hybrid situation, where we work collaboratively together to self-distribute our films. Perhaps the New Day members could offer a mini-workshop about how New Day works at some point? 12:09:44 From Heather Lenz to Everyone : Hope you will consider adding Environmental films as a topic 12:10:02 From Susan Hamovitch to Everyone : This isn’t quite on topic, but at some future date, I’d love to learn how people have gotten publicity for their films through print media — writing an op ed, letter to the editor, writing journalists, etc. Had a little bit of success with this with a previous film, but this one seems topical and timely and feeling stumped 12:10:04 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : International sales, where in the window sequence? 12:10:06 From Michael Johnson to Everyone : I’m with Heather. 12:10:20 From Allen Wolf to Everyone : Would love to know if others are doing films about autism or human trafficking. 12:10:22 From Julie Bridgham to Everyone : Agree, Environmental would be great 12:10:44 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : is it because I did not upgradee that I had no breakout room option? 12:10:46 From Robin Rosenthal to Everyone : how about an “immigration topics” room 12:10:47 From Susan Hamovitch to Everyone : Allen Wolf — yes! A short. 3Conversations in April 12:10:51 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : Maybe a mental health group? 12:11:09 From Dean Butler (he/him) to Everyone : How about Sports room? 12:11:15 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : my film is a mixture of corruption/environmental health/social justice and a right to object to nuclear energy project 12:11:17 From Rick Minnich to Everyone : My thirteen-year old film “Forgetting Dad” is still making money in educational distribution despite it being out on DVD and lots of VOD platforms, which I got onto through Filmhub. 12:11:20 From Alejandro Enríquez García to Everyone : I´d like a wild life room 12:11:47 From Akiko Mikamo to Everyone : Could you please talk about how to come up with a price for an educational conference showing, let’s say for one day for an X number of participants? 12:11:47 From Cirina Catania to Everyone : Anything for veterans / military 12:11:56 From Hamilton Sterling to Everyone : Will Peter to Keith talk about international edu or conferences? 12:11:57 From Mimi deGruy to Everyone : Wildlife/enviro would be good 12:12:29 From Emily Branham (she/her) to Everyone : Love these puppers!! 12:12:32 From Marie Wilkinson to Everyone : Wildlife/enviro/indigenous culture 12:12:34 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : Great idea 12:12:43 From Robbie Leppzer to Everyone : More arts and performances break out groups since we had a very crowded room. 12:12:46 From Melanie Wallace to Everyone : In my group there were a lot of Holocaust projects maybe that could be a room 12:12:48 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) CA to Everyone : Sad to say that I lost my orange tabby cat Pablo (who was 15 1/2 years old) in December. 12:12:58 From LeeAnn Dance to Everyone : Where are the cats??????? 12:13:08 From Robbie Leppzer to Everyone : Also a break out room for people already doing virtual screenings so we can trade experiences. 12:13:15 From A'magine | she/they to Everyone : Reproductive Justice room?? 12:13:17 From Akiko Mikamo to Everyone : Lost my dachshund in December, too 12:13:18 From David Kessler to Everyone : my cat is eating. she was crying for the last hour 12:13:19 From Janet Kirchheimer to Everyone : I agree with Melanie - I'm also working on a film about the Holocaust. A separate breakout room would be great! 12:13:22 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : Ditto @robbie 12:13:22 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : ONE OF 7 CATS 12:13:22 From Louise Rosen to Everyone : One of my cats is asleep, the other is outside 12:13:33 From A'magine | she/they to Everyone : Mine are sleeping too. 12:13:33 From Rick Minnich to Everyone : I’ve got a Holocaust film, too. 12:13:34 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : +1 on reproductive justice 12:13:36 From Maria Fortiz-Morse to Everyone : I have a kitty! 12:13:37 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : Ruth <3 12:13:39 From Julie Englander to Everyone : Re: Rick Minnich’s comment about making money in educational sales 13 years later… this is why I’m wondering about limiting the educational sales window. 12:13:42 From Laj P. Waghray to Everyone : I might end up with a pet instead of distribution- this is so cute! 12:13:42 From Emily Branham (she/her) to Everyone : Yes Ruth!! 12:13:49 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : I have to say, getting to see people’s pets was good motivation to return on time. 12:14:01 From A'magine | she/they to Everyone : Yeah good approach 12:14:42 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : Thanks for all the suggestions on breakout rooms. I’ll be creating more rooms this time around! 12:14:44 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Did I get it: Phase One Windows: Fests/Conferences Phase Two: Screenings Phase Three: Educational Phase Four: Consumer Distribution 12:14:48 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : and adding your suggested rooms 12:15:28 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone : Thank you for showing your adorable pets! 12:15:41 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : Thank you everyone for sharing your furry loves with us. I’m sorry for those who have lost pets <3 12:15:54 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : That was so much fun. I tried to show my cats. But I couldn’t figure out to tell you. 12:16:07 From Ruth Somalo to Everyone : yeyyy interspecies team 12:17:05 From Elliat Graney-Saucke to Everyone : Great example of a film that has toured for a long time is Big Sonia, super impressed with their impact campaign! 12:17:16 From Douglas Darlington to Everyone : Did you plan that 2 year time line ahead of starting distribution or did it grow into a 2-year plan as you jumped into distribution 12:18:53 From Bill Brummel to Everyone : Can you talk about the process of getting an under-writed PBS broadcast? 12:19:39 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : I would also like to hear about underwriters and working with PBS 12:21:47 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : If not an intern, then how much should the Assoc. Producer be paid? On commission? 12:22:18 From Kevin White to Everyone : Also how to negotiate different windows with PBS if they have money in the program. 12:22:27 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : Typo! 12:23:30 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : Who would you recommend as an impact producer? 12:25:05 From Alejandro Enríquez García to Everyone : Maybe sharing some figures would be a good idea. 12:25:42 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : Yes, I agree with Alejandro, the more ballpark figures, the better. 12:26:09 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : Thank you for the emphasis on paying, proper title and at a decent rate for creative distribution collaborators 12:26:10 From Alexandra Lexton lexproductions.net to Everyone : You can get enthusiastic interns from colleges for free. Often paid by the college 12:26:35 From Chris Bournea to Everyone : Is hiring a "virtual intern" through a site like Upwork an option? 12:28:46 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : Can you share it with us all? 12:28:56 From Roland Mesa to Everyone : yes please share with all 12:28:58 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : +1 on Wendy’s request 12:29:10 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : +2 on Wendy’s request 12:29:12 From Annika Iltis to Everyone : +1 on Wendy’s request as well 12:29:46 From Odette Scott to Everyone : +3 the young person I have in mind for my smiler and dialer will be very surprised at this proposal and I don’t know how to present it to her 12:30:00 From Peter McDowell / Doc is "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : I have always had bad luck with hiring friends of friends and great luck with hiring strangers who fit job descriptions. 12:30:09 From Alexandra Lexton lexproductions.net to Everyone : What would the structure of paying Associate Producer on commission look like? 12:30:48 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : Unpaid interns are not to be depended on unless they are paid or getting credit 12:30:58 From Peter McDowell / Doc is "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : I think paying anyone on commission for anything is not a good idea. Just my own opinion. 12:31:49 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : Agree with Karen. We’ve had a lot of unpaid interns on Faulkner doc. It only worked with one intern. I also agree paying on commission is not a good idea because it takes time to do 12:32:35 From Alexandra Lexton lexproductions.net to Everyone : Where do we find an “events” person? 12:32:54 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : I’ve had terrible experiences with college interns. They always ended up flaking out in the end. 12:33:08 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : Can you go back to last slide? 12:33:14 From Nora Jacobson to Everyone : When you say part time—how many hours a week do you think are necessary? 12:34:32 From Heather Lenz to Everyone : If you make a film about an interesting person it seems like a lot of conference organizers would rather have the subject of the film rather than the filmmaker as a speaker at their events. Can you please comment on this? Is this something you suggest filmmakers discuss with a potential subject at the start? 12:36:06 From Sam Smartt to Everyone : +1 Heather 12:36:39 From Regan Brashear (they/she) to Everyone : though we’re not taking new impact distribution clients right now, i appreciate Keith’s invitation to share here if we do impact producing work. Please check out my company Making Change Media where we do a mix of impact campaigns and coaching around distribution to the edu market https://www.makingchangemedia.com/ and consider us if you need support with this type of work down the road. Happy to have a call. I’m also part of a global impact producers list serve with over 300 impact producers around the world - so happy to forward job postings. 12:36:54 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : +2 on Heather 12:38:16 From Doug Block to Everyone : What was the name of the website Keith just mentioned to find graphic designers? 12:38:23 From Sam Smartt to Everyone : crowdspring 12:38:31 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : +3 on Heather 12:38:42 From Jonathan Viscuna to Everyone : crowd spring I think 12:38:42 From Claire Panke to Everyone : GREAT free website to help with graphics/ social media creation is Canva.com 12:38:57 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : @Heather that’s a great question. The ‘stars’ of my films have been very active co-presenters at many film screenings, sometimes traveling around the country to events. The audience LOVES hearing directly from the subjects after seeing them on screen. Two thoughts: 1) make sure they get paid directly, and paid well for their time! Like $1000-1500 minimum with all travel expenses covered. And 2) I preferred not to bring that co-presenting opportunity up before the film was complete. It felt like straddling an ethnical line, ie if we finish this film, you could make money, etc. And I found it could be a distraction from just letting their story unfold through the verite filming process. 12:39:05 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : Good to know about the impact producer list Service Reagan. Thanks for sharing 12:39:46 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : I second Claire’s suggestion. I LOVE canva and use it for many things! 12:41:09 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : Who is that guy with short hair, no mustache and glasses? :) 12:41:19 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ^^ I was wondering the same ;) 12:41:25 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : That’s our Keith... 12:41:26 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : +1 to Matthew’s questoin 12:41:33 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : And a tie????? 12:41:45 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : Is the “content person” and “social media person” one or two hires? 12:41:54 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : Third-ing Canva - I love it and use it almost daily 12:43:24 From Pamela Sporn to Everyone : How do you build your email list? 12:43:36 From Susan Hamovitch to Everyone : How do you get a writeup in one of these niche publications? 12:43:42 From Scott Morris to Everyone : How does a sales agent fit into the team? 12:43:49 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : Keith - how much did you charge organizations who are screening your film to do Q&A? Travel too? 12:44:27 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : $3K + travel and accommodations! 12:44:32 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) to Everyone : that was my standard 12:44:39 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : thanks 12:45:24 From Scott Morris to Everyone : Keith - same question: How does a sales agent fit into the team. 12:45:48 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ---------------------------- Intros: Two sentences on who you are (name + pronouns) and what your film is about. Breakout room question: If you could only have one teammate, what would you have them focus on? Or what’s the most urgent thing you need a teammate to help you with? ---------------------------- 12:46:17 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : there is no button 12:46:35 From Jennifer Sharp to Everyone : nope i’m on big computer 12:46:40 From Trudi Angell to Everyone : Please let me know where I can go… since those buttons don’t work for me… nope am on a Macbook pro 12:46:45 From Regan Brashear (they/she) to Everyone : you have to hover over where the numbers are 12:47:10 From Alexandra Lexton lexproductions.net to Everyone : Not seeing anything 12:47:23 From Trudi Angell to Everyone : Bio historical again for Trudi 12:47:24 From Mark Gordon to Everyone : I still can’t get on Social Justicw 1 12:47:25 From lauren levine to Everyone : Can you put me in one of the racial justice groups? 12:47:27 From Philip Shane to Everyone : I’m on a computer, no buttons 12:47:28 From Christoph Dostal to Everyone : Bio historical please 12:47:44 From Mark Gordon to Everyone : Can you put me in the Racial Justice 1 12:48:06 From Trudi Angell to Everyone : Me either…. 12:48:18 From Philip Shane to Everyone : Oh, I see the buttons after pressing “Breakout Rooms” button. D’oh. :) 12:48:25 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : I can not enter a room? 12:48:27 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : Can you join me to historical or bio 12:48:28 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : Can you join me to historical or bio 12:48:29 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : Can you join me to historical or bio 12:48:29 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : Can you join me to historical or bio 12:48:37 From LeeAnn Dance to Everyone : cannot enter 12:48:37 From Ellen Salemme to Everyone : Environmental please 12:48:39 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : Can you join me to arts 12:48:47 From Laj P. Waghray to Everyone : I will leave early today. Thank you!!! 12:49:24 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : I can not enter a room please Art/Performancew 12:49:26 From Catina Jones to Everyone : Id like racial justice 1 12:49:56 From LeeAnn Dance to Everyone : I’d like to be Holocaust 12:51:05 From Rebecca Hamm to Everyone : Ill go into the health one as well, thank you 13:03:53 From Cirina Catania to Everyone : stack 13:03:53 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : That was GREAT! Just enough time 13:04:04 From Diane Vicari to Everyone : stack 13:04:07 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : jilldembyguest@gmail.com 13:04:19 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : In this instance, it was nice to go back into the same group and go a little deeper. 13:04:21 From Jim Becket he/him CA to Everyone : I ended up alone with a close friend and we’ve discussed everything before. 13:04:33 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : Breakout was great this time!! 13:04:37 From Trudi Angell to Everyone : Several folks have info about not using distributors. 13:04:41 From Michael Jacobsohn to Everyone : The issue of Sales Agents came up in the brake out room. What about sales Agents? 13:04:53 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : Very good breakout session 13:04:54 From Alejandro Enríquez García to Everyone : Good wildlife group, also 13:05:00 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : about stack 13:05:00 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : Can I make a suggestion? Perhaps it would be smart for the break out room to be set for the day and different questions presented for the same group to discuss 13:05:13 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : Still not long enough. Need a little more structure. 13:05:21 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her to Everyone : My group was very friendly and sharing. 13:05:28 From David Streit to Everyone : Interfaith? Tolerance? Conflict Resolution? 13:05:29 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : +1 on all of those that have asked about sales agents, and how critical those are these days to get the best opportunities for broadcast/high-profile streaming deals. 13:05:39 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : Maybe can sort groups into what the needs are or what stage the film is in. 13:05:40 From Dean Butler (he/him) to Everyone : At what stage in the process are we making the first hire? 13:05:43 From Kent Bassett to Everyone : Is it possible to recommend international sales agents, or a way to find them? 13:05:44 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : In the room there was discussion about most doc makers not being able to pay a salary without first raising funds. 13:05:49 From Susan Stern (she) to Everyone : in these partnerships, can you give some examples of what the “partners” (not the filmmaker) gets? 13:06:00 From Doug Block to Everyone : Cirina’s reference was to The D-Word - www.d-word.com 13:06:02 From Clate Korsant to Everyone : Could use even more time and perhaps a moderator 13:06:05 From Lisa Gossels to Everyone : + 1 David Streit 13:06:11 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : How is international placed in the window progression? 13:06:12 From Joel Gardner to Everyone : Focus on EDU: for a bio/literary, doesn’t it make sense to go directly to English Departments? (for example) 13:06:21 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : Also interested in International 13:06:47 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : It would be good to talk about where these “hiring funds” will come from. Is it something that moving forward should be a line item in our budgets. What the over budget would be for outreach and schedule over time. 13:06:48 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : Question: We are planning on making various cuts of the film, but our partners can’t pay for that upfront…I’m assuming we can roll those costs into screening fees….or do you have other suggestions or tips. I guess also looking at their sponsors might be good so we could approach them? 13:06:54 From Kent Bassett to Everyone : We are currently selling five streaming links each day from our site ($19 each) and also doing a live virtual screening each month with good attendance (average 400). Is it a bad idea to combine these two “windows?” 13:06:57 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : Sample outreach budgets would be welcome. 13:07:00 From Javier Prato to Everyone : Are DVDs still relevant today? 13:07:00 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : Pay for the additional editing costs….I meant 13:07:04 From Connie Bottinelli to Everyone : +1 in these partnerships, can you give some examples of what the “partners” (not the filmmaker) gets? 13:07:06 From Paul Espinosa to Everyone : Gudula, I'm at espipaul@gmail.com. Thanks! 13:07:06 From Susan Hamovitch to Everyone : must go. Look forward to next time. Thanks for this! Great information and terrific breakout room! 13:07:18 From Amy Jenkins (she/her) to Everyone : Also RE Windows, what is Overall Timing from festivals to direct sales, and rough timing of each category within? 13:07:28 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : Peter and Keith would you be in a position to consult on a topic based in the Middle East?? 13:08:15 From Sam Smartt to Everyone : +1 Susan 13:08:24 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : Peter is breaking up 13:08:36 From A'magine | she/they to Everyone : Peter sounds fine to me. 13:08:40 From Doug Block to Everyone : A lot of emphasis was placed on educational distribution, but it’s a ton of time and work to do it yourself. Do you suggest going with educational distributors, and if so which do you recommend? 13:08:43 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) to Everyone : Matthew it might be your internet connection I can hear him clearly 13:08:52 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : Matthew that may be your computer. You may want to close anything else you have open and shut off wifi on other devices. 13:09:05 From Claire Panke to Everyone : +1 DOUG BLOCK question about educational distribution 13:09:31 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : +1 Doug Block question 13:09:34 From Bill Brummel to Everyone : Are potential broadcast partners going to look negatively at a film that’s had a LOT of virtual screenings? 13:09:38 From Shannon Cohn to Everyone : +2 about educational distro 13:10:03 From Kevin White to Everyone : Educational distributors often work with Kanopy, which usually requires exclusivity for their platform. Suggestions on how to navigate to open up options for other platforms. 13:10:43 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : How much is suggested to get money wise with educational sales? 13:10:46 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : How can I sign up for Tuesday Sessions? 13:10:48 From Mimi deGruy to Everyone : I would also love to see discussion at some point on international distribution 13:10:56 From Akiko Mikamo to Everyone : Any recommendation for tech person/company for security for virtual screening/educational sales? 13:10:59 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : Do any of the big streaming players (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu) balk at a long ed window before they broadcast the film? 13:11:02 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : +1 mimi 13:11:10 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : +1 on international distrubution 13:11:13 From J.R. Heffelfinger to Everyone : Who are the most successful companies in the the educational distribution space? 13:11:29 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : +1 on educational distributors 13:11:30 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : +1 J.R. 13:11:47 From Claire Panke to Everyone : Still confused difference between whether direct sales from website (or e.g. selling a dvd to conference attendees or screening attendees) vs. “consumer” sales. 13:11:54 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : what does the plus mean? 13:11:56 From Lillian Glass to Everyone : How do you make download streams for your website 13:12:00 From Akiko Mikamo to Everyone : +1 J.R. 13:12:04 From Gloria Houston to Everyone : +1 Claire 13:12:05 From Norm - Donut Dollies to Everyone : It feels like it would be great to be able to offer direct sales (dvd or streaming) of a film to participants in a virtual conference - but it seems you’re saying direct sales have to wait till everything else is done? 13:12:06 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : Re Educational Distribution - I’ve worked with Women Make Movies, who are great. You do have to fit their specific areas of interest, though. 13:12:24 From Norm - Donut Dollies to Everyone : +1 Claire 13:12:24 From Joel Gershon to Everyone : +1 on learning more about sales agents, eduational and international distributors 13:12:27 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : At what point would a sales agent need to come in if you are trying to control much of this yourself? 13:12:27 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Thank you so much, great info and the recap really helped 13:12:40 From George King to Everyone : I’m trying to figure out DVDs and Blu-Ray, I’m concerned Blu-Ray is a much smaller audience, and/or digital downloads from my website. Any thoughts? 13:12:44 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : +2 on sales agents, where and when to get them. 13:12:56 From Akiko Mikamo to Everyone : +1 on sales agents 13:13:04 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : But online screening are worldwide… hum... 13:13:39 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : You can geoblock virtual screenings. 13:13:39 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : We absolutely need sales agents for any SVOD deals…for the most part. 13:13:42 From Alejandro Enríquez García to Everyone : If you have consumer deal from preproduction, does it make its window run to the first position? 13:13:44 From Kevin White to Everyone : When would you approach Planes/Trains/Ships and suggestions for access? Would this run in parallel with Educational? When travel starts up do you anticipate any demand here? 13:14:03 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : What did Peter say is 52-54 minutes? 13:14:28 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Length preferred for international 13:14:49 From TECH: Mark Stolaroff (he/him) to Everyone : @Diane: I will send everyone info about the Tuesday (and Sat) sessions tonight. 13:14:59 From David Streit to Everyone : How do you protect from being ripped off? Theft, basically? 13:15:46 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : Agree that commission is NOT good 13:15:47 From Mark Birnbaum to Everyone : most of us have to raise money for a project before we can hire anyone 13:15:54 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : What does SVOD deals mean? 13:16:25 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : Streaming video on demand 13:16:39 From Donald Harrison to Everyone : Just to clarify, for $20/hr hires are you generally doing 1099/contractors or making a temporary employee? Makes a difference in terms of who pays taxes. 13:16:40 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : https://imagen.io/resources/what-are-svod-tvod-avod/ 13:16:53 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : Subscription video on demand 13:17:11 From Wendy Lobel to Everyone : +1 Donald’s question about 1099s 13:18:04 From Julie Bridgham to Everyone : Can you share more about the typical percentage taken these days from distributors for Educational, TV and online platforms? It would be nice for filmmakers to see more transparency of what distributors are typically taking so we don’t enter into potentially exploitative deals. 13:18:05 From Michael Jacobsohn to Everyone : Should you pay team members with 1199? 13:18:23 From Douglas Darlington to Everyone : Keith you said you had a 2-year distribution plan. It you create that plan prior to beginning distribution or did it develop one time to a 2-yr plan? 13:18:31 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : +1 Julie’s question… 13:18:34 From Shannon Cohn to Everyone : +1 Julie’s question re: typical %s 13:18:51 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : I’ve only had 1099 employees for 10 years 13:18:57 From Donald Harrison to Everyone : I’d expect most people are hiring 1099 freelancers, but didn’t want to assume. 13:19:08 From Claire Panke to Everyone : +3 Julie Bridgham question 13:19:10 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : A 1099 means that your team member pays their own taxes. That’s what we use unless we are trying to get incentive money, in which case many states require an employee - So for instance, we hired our editor as an employee and have a payroll company 13:19:18 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : You can address 1099 employees on your schedule C, no need to incorporate 13:19:36 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : Are distributors wanting a documentary that is more around 52 minutes? 13:19:43 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : Independent contractor laws have shifted a LOT in recent years. Make sure you are abiding by your state’s laws on requirements for ICs. Some need business identities, some need certificates, some need S-Corps. Every state is different. 13:19:45 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : +1 Julie B question 13:20:17 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : +++++++++++++++ 13:20:24 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : Sorry that was my cat 13:20:29 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : Loving the cat tail 13:20:36 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : Thanks. 13:20:39 From Norm - Donut Dollies to Everyone : +1 the cat :) 13:20:42 From Sam Smartt to Everyone : At least he had something positive to say. 13:20:54 From Ned Augustenborg to Everyone : Question: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT VIRTUAL EVENTS ARE HERE TO STAY — I LIKE IT BECAUSE OF SAVING ON OBVIOUS TRAVEL EXPENSES 13:21:04 From Sam Smartt to Everyone : +1 Ned 13:21:08 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : +1 Ned 13:21:26 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : +1 Ned 13:21:33 From Shasha Li to Everyone : +1 Ned 13:21:50 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : ------------------------------- Heads up that I will unmute EVERYONE right as we are wrapping up so you can all say goodbye to Peter and Keith! ------------------------------- 13:21:52 From DAN HABIB to Everyone : +1 Ned 13:21:54 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : +1 Ned ???????????? 13:21:58 From Regan Brashear (they/she) to Everyone : how do you handle the AB5 rules? Would love to hear more about how you’re finding ways to hire P/T contractors in CA. 13:22:02 From Rob Levi to Everyone : Is it worthwhile or dangerous to send a virtual festival a fine cut work in progress for a doc feature if they ask for it? 13:22:24 From Sam Smartt to Everyone : How important is it that private virtual events are not advertised on social media? It feels strange to me to ask for a screening fee but then not allow them to promote the event? 13:22:53 From Therese Shechter to Everyone : +1 on Sam’s questions re social media 13:23:16 From maurizio benazzo to Everyone : 30 to agent or filmaker???? 13:23:42 From Mark Meatto to Everyone : +1 on Maurizio’s question 13:23:44 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : Christi & Regan: great points about hiring IC especially in Cali! 13:23:56 From Claire Panke to Everyone : +1 Sam’s question on Social Media. Still so many important questions …. 13:24:29 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : Would be great to have an AB5 / California breakout discussion on another day 13:24:49 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : +1 Peter! 13:25:47 From Regan Brashear (they/she) to Everyone : @Peter, yes! I’d love that! 13:25:55 From Diane Vicari to Everyone : From the “old world” does pre-sales (international market) are still possible within the “new world?” 13:26:16 From Lynn Roth to Everyone : During the Pandemic, will Sales Agents have lower costs because there are no live markets, air travel, hotel expenses, etc. 13:26:40 From Ruth Somalo to Everyone : Could you share an example of an educational tool kit with us? 13:26:58 From Christopher Dawes - He|Him|His to Everyone : Question: For newer platforms, such as Pluto, if we catch them screening your film without a contract or agreement in place, how would you address the issue and how would you attempt to recover any revenue they may have made without alienating them with cease & desist orders and such? I’m having this issue with 2 platforms and am unsure how to proceed. Talk to a lawyer? 13:27:25 From Ned Augustenborg to Everyone : QUESTION: Are there people who specialize in discussion books, tool kits and bonus items! 13:27:57 From Christi Cooper to Everyone : Have to hop on a panel…thanks for today!! 13:28:15 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) to Everyone : Thanks for being with us, Christi! 13:28:21 From John McAllister, Double Dummy to Everyone : Keith, how were you driving university/colleges to your website? 13:28:28 From George King to Everyone : Need to get info on digital downloads. How have people done this? How do you protect yourself from piracy? 13:28:34 From Vicki Topaz to Everyone : I did not see there was a break out group that was military related. Are the break out groups part of the class recording that we receive each week? Also, hope military related break out groups will continue. Thank you and thanks for great program. (Vicki Topaz) 13:28:36 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : +1 John M 13:30:52 From Michael Jacobsohn to Everyone : Great workshop 13:31:01 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) CA to Everyone : Tech question: I couldn’t fill out the strategy workbook on computer. Can you send a google doc? 13:31:04 From Robbie Leppzer to Everyone : What is the title of the book that Peter just had up? 13:31:09 From Megan Sanchez-Warner to Everyone : Where do we send “befores”? 13:31:20 From Alex Leff to Everyone : +1 where do we send “before?” 13:31:26 From Dean Butler (he/him) to Everyone : Where is the strategy document? 13:31:31 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : +1 where send before 13:31:35 From Jill Demby Guest to Everyone : The Joy of Strategy, A Business Plan for Life by Allison Rimm 13:31:42 From Brittany Alsot l she/her l Chicago to Everyone : This was a ton of new info for me, so I’m absorbing it. But I’m really grateful for the step-by-step clarity. 13:32:10 From Steve Byrne, Detroit to Everyone : +1 Where is the strategy document? 13:32:20 From David Pelcyger to Everyone : Me too Brittany 13:32:37 From Peter McDowell / Doc "Jimmy in Saigon" to Everyone : How do we volunteer our website? 13:32:50 From Renee Bergan (she/they) to Everyone : +1 Peter 13:32:52 From Robin Rosenthal to Everyone : to which person should we send strategy workbook 13:32:59 From Dean Butler (he/him) to Everyone : Who is the email coming from? 13:33:02 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : Yes please send a google do for strategy 13:33:23 From Ruth Somalo to Everyone : Can you send the strategy workbook as a word document so we can write on it 13:33:31 From Amy Marquis to Everyone : Thank you Keith, super helpful message 13:33:39 From Lara Slife to Everyone : Can we put ideas about more than one film on the Strategy workbook? 13:33:43 From A'magine | she/they to Everyone : Ned: I am a curriculum writer/expert and can consult on your discussion guides and educational issues. 13:33:51 From A'magine | she/they to Everyone : Materials I mean 13:33:57 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) CA to Everyone : Thank you so much! 13:34:03 From Michael Johnson to Everyone : Thank you for a rich session again today! 13:34:06 From Janet Kirchheimer to Everyone : Can you send out the before/after document? Thank you. 13:34:18 From Majida Kabariti to Everyone : I don’t have a website… any guidance of what content needs to be in there? 13:34:21 From Bill Brummel to Everyone : Thanks, team! 13:34:32 From Karen Bernstein to Everyone : Thank you every one. 13:34:33 From Dianne Griffin to Everyone : Thank you everyone for your knowledge and sharing it with us 13:34:36 From Roberto Miller to Everyone : FYI, you can open the pdf workbook in word and save it as a word.doc. I did, and customized to my project 13:34:36 From Anne Davis O'Neal to Everyone : Thanks to you all! 13:34:44 From Sue Arbuthnot to Everyone : Thanks so much for a great session, cheers! 13:34:59 From Mark Meatto to Everyone : Thanks for Peter, Keith and the whole team! 13:35:10 From Regan Brashear (they/she) to Everyone : Thanks, everyone! Great session! 13:35:11 From Matthew Eisen to Everyone : Great session, and nice to meet everyone in my breakouts! Thanks! 13:35:25 From Desi Kadra to Everyone : This is so valuable! Thank you so much team! 13:35:26 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) to Everyone : Great class. Learning so much. This is a nice build after the prior class. 13:35:29 From Kent Bassett to Everyone : Thanks to everyone, this was great! 13:35:34 From Cirina Catania to Everyone : Thank you!!!! 13:35:34 From Christine La Monte to Everyone : Thank you, Peter and Keith! 13:35:35 From Natalie Azarov to Everyone : Thank you very much for a great lesson! 13:35:39 From Janet Kirchheimer to Everyone : Can you resend the before/after doc? 13:35:39 From John Ware to Everyone : thanks! 13:35:40 From Louise Rosen to Everyone : Thanks everyone! 13:35:41 From Gloria Houston to Everyone : Thank you!!! 13:35:42 From Emily Branham (she/her) to Everyone : Thanks all! 13:35:43 From Shannon Cohn to Everyone : Thank you! 13:35:44 From Paul Espinosa to Everyone : Thanks everyone! 13:35:46 From Marie Wilkinson to Everyone : Thank you all! 13:35:46 From Dean Butler (he/him) to Everyone : Thank you, everyone... 13:35:48 From Chithra Jeyaram to Everyone : Thank you 13:35:48 From Lara Slife to Everyone : thanks 13:35:51 From Bronte Stahl to Everyone : thanks 13:36:07 From Robbie Leppzer to Everyone : Many thanks!