11:05:13 From Francesca Soans : Hi from Waterloo, IA—the state where the words “systemic racism” will be illegal! 11:05:13 From Jed Riffe : Fantasy Film Center Berkeley, CA 11:05:14 From Philip Shane : Cheers from Brooklyn, land of bagels and lox 11:05:25 From Leah Mahan : Hi from Berkeley, CA 11:05:33 From Megan Sanchez-Warner : Brooklyn 11:06:17 From George King : Hello from Atlanta, GA! 11:06:34 From Linda Martuch - Florida : My video is on, but I can't see myself. 11:06:45 From Francesca Soans : Will try to keep video on but I have a bad internet connection here. 11:06:54 From Tina Datsko : Hello from Long Beach, CA! 11:07:00 From Ruth Somalo : Hello from the Lower East Side NY 11:07:06 From Doug Block : Hellllooooo everyone! Here from the great state of New York! 11:07:13 From Steve Byrne, Detroit : Hello from Detroit 11:07:30 From Susan Stern : For an unknown reason, my video will not show. Sorry! 11:08:11 From Tina Datsko : Because I’m experiencing sciatic pain, I’m needing to be off-camera much of the time to lie down or stretch. I can come on camera for questions or breakout rooms. 11:08:18 From Mark Gordon : Santa Fe, NM 11:08:50 From Maria Fortiz-Morse : Hey Everyone. Joining from the occupied lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone (aka San Francisco). 11:08:53 From Ryan Mayers - Baltimore : Hello from Baltimore 11:09:06 From Judy Branfman : Hi from Los Angeles 11:09:07 From Shannon Eckstein (Her) : Hello from Toronto Canada!! 11:10:05 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- 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 only put each question 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. ---------------------------- 11:10:11 From Christopher Seward : Hello From the Berkshires 11:11:18 From Akiko Mikamo : San Diego 11:11:27 From Jill Demby Guest : Having audio break up issues. Anyone else? 11:11:41 From Mark Maxey : Sounds good here, Jill. 11:11:59 From Vivien Wu : We will have copy of the slides later? 11:12:19 From Michael Johnson : Greetings from San Marcos, CA 11:14:07 From Mark Gordon : Where do we findYour website sucks? 11:14:11 From Doug Block : Great to see so many D-Word members here! 11:14:24 From Majida Kabariti : Sorry just joined. Is this session recorded for reference of what I missed 11:14:27 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : Hey from Chicago! 11:15:04 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Here is a link to YOUR WEBSITE SUCKS!: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/2a75224c349f0d69c833c937e50f4fc0-30.html 11:15:49 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Here is a like to DOES YOUR WEBSITE STILL SUCK?: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/ac1a37742a4a1f74e0e2c6f76bcec634-31.html 11:15:56 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Here is a link to YOUR WEBSITE SUCKS!: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/2a75224c349f0d69c833c937e50f4fc0-30.html 11:16:20 From Myra Paci : No worries! 11:16:22 From TRICIA REGAN : Is there some way to access those slides with the syllabus/schedule after this class? 11:16:58 From Rod Martel-Minneapolis : We should add a segment: what to do when the technology fails either here or at the festival! 11:17:07 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : It’s all good! We’ve all been there this past year (and before) with the live tech troubleshooting. :) 11:17:38 From Desiree Ickerodt : There is usually no problem with PowerPoint 11:18:44 From Claire Panke : Second Tricia Regan’s question about slides being available to us later 11:19:00 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : slides will be available 11:19:01 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Lisa Leeman email address: lisa@lisaleeman.com 11:19:22 From Pallavi Somusetty : There’s one Wednesday I won’t be able to make - is it possible to join her session on an ad hoc basis? 11:19:43 From Pallavi Somusetty : Thanks for answering 11:20:30 From Douglas Darlington : Hello from Orlando 11:20:45 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- 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.” ---------------------------- 11:21:49 From Dean Butler : Please post where we can find the class directory. Thanks. 11:21:53 From Jim Becket he him Ojai, CA : Where is the survey an the class directory? 11:21:56 From Alexandra Lexton : Hello from Sebastapol California! 11:22:39 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Here is the link to the pre-class survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxpi0DmDey9HZjRV7u1pEPdPrqWDC2z7FbOtD0KLaS9CPjpQ/viewform 11:23:32 From Connie Field : Can i watch this on line today later 11:23:37 From Julie Englander : If we’ve filled out the pre-class survey but want to make changes, is that possible? 11:23:47 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : yes every class is recorded 11:24:07 From Tina Datsko (she/her) : Will slides be available and how soon? 11:24:22 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : we hope people will attend live as much as possible but you can access recordings and slides at the end of each class 11:24:23 From Mark Stolaroff : Julie: you can’t edit, but you can just do another survey and I’ll delete the first attempt. 11:24:29 From Ned Augustenborg : I lost audio 11:24:37 From Julie Englander : Thank you, Mark. 11:25:06 From Mark Stolaroff : The recording should be available by End of Day on each Wednesday. 11:25:06 From Ned Augustenborg : Its back 11:25:08 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Ned, you could try leaving the meeting and coming back 11:25:18 From Leah Mahan : slide 11:25:19 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : glad it’s back 11:29:40 From George King : Old world: DVD/Blu-Ray. New world: ??? (How do people manage and monetize downloads) 11:30:14 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : thanks for the question, George! We are making note of all questions. 11:30:22 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks during the session to ask those questions out loud. Please only put each question 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. ---------------------------- 11:31:49 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- 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 only put each question 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. ---------------------------- 11:32:03 From Allen Wolf : Maximizing revenue, impact, or… What was the 3rd one? 11:32:10 From Mitchie Takeuchi she /her : We finished our film at the end of 2019. We added 90 seconds epilogue that updates the hugely important update for the cause of the movement about the film. Would it be still considered the film as 2019? 11:32:16 From Patrick Norman (he/his/him) : maximizing career 11:32:26 From Allen Wolf : Thanks. 11:33:30 From Mark Birnbaum : Can there be more than one core audience? 11:33:53 From Sam Smartt : Second Mark B’s question ^^^ 11:34:02 From A'magine | she/they : @Allen Maximum career 11:34:03 From Roberto Miller : Hi, is there a workbook we can get now to start sketching in things like goals and core audiences, etc? Thx! 11:34:22 From Vivien Wu : +1 @Roberto miller good idea 11:35:02 From Therese Shechter : another +1 on @roberto - was wondering the same thing 11:35:51 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : Mark Birnbaum: Can there be more than one core audience? 11:36:00 From Rod Martel-Minneapolis : CORE AUDIENCE: Yes! I made a "Jewish" film that ironically is getting a better reception in NON Jewish audiences! 11:36:06 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : A: yes…most docs have multiple and sometimes overlapping core audiences 11:36:43 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : Rod’s experience is really common….lots of surprises on the journey to connect with core audiences 11:37:35 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : never just assume you know! you have to test — I’ll talk about that in a min 11:38:45 From J.R. Heffelfinger : Can you please share the links to the bulletins mentioned thus far? 11:39:27 From Renee Bergan : Yes, the ones written by Keith…:) 11:39:31 From TECH: Mark Stolaroff (he/him) : You can find all bulletins here: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/distributionbulletins.html 11:39:36 From Renee Bergan : Thanks! 11:39:53 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : all of Peter’s bulletins here: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/distributionbulletins.html 11:40:12 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : my recent piece on pitching partners https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/61c510524e4145294f9aa5f8322ea72b-53.html 11:40:33 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : Conference strategy: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/7284645a733d1b4603b07a88db00230f-41.html 11:40:44 From TECH: Mark Stolaroff (he/him) : That’s an exciting conference! 11:40:51 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : and partnerships! https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/0b8edd7c1f13f2336b93f518212bb996-43.html 11:41:28 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : wife lovely wife did the illustrations :) 11:41:45 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : *my lovely wife 11:41:53 From Chithra Jeyaram : Love this weighted and dynamic core audience chart 11:43:23 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- 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 only put each question 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. ---------------------------- 11:43:47 From Janet Kirchheimer : Will the chats be available afterward as well? 11:44:03 From TECH: Mark Stolaroff (he/him) : Yes, CHATS will be available. 11:44:05 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Yes the chats will be available with the recordings and slides 11:44:15 From Allen Wolf : Question: How do you test to figure out what your true core audiences are? 11:44:39 From Janice Villarosa (she/her) : if you have films with different genres? 11:44:40 From Chithra Jeyaram : What if there is more than one group? 11:44:54 From Elliat Graney-Saucke : Do we pick 1? 11:45:05 From Claire Panke : Is this for ALL breakout rooms? Or just one of them 11:45:08 From Ruth Somalo : can we click 2 categories? 11:45:08 From Pallavi Somusetty : would love to hop rooms - and join envir a racial justice room too. 11:45:10 From TRICIA REGAN : Can we change our mind on the groups each class? 11:45:16 From Amy Marquis : yes please a racial justice room 11:45:17 From Pallavi Somusetty : (environmental and racial justice) 11:45:17 From Jill Demby Guest : My film has several categories 11:45:18 From Matthew Eisen : Location-based chat rooms would be good in the future. I’d like to connect with folks who live near me. 11:45:19 From Lisa Gossels : i’m struggling with this poll in how to make a decision. 11:45:20 From Nicole Betancourt : I have two categories 11:45:36 From Claire Panke : I don’t want to be in just one category the entire class. I liked last class seeing new filmmakers each time. 11:45:41 From A'magine | she/they : Feminist films! 11:45:42 From Anne O'Neal : Echoing Matthew’s location based group idea 11:45:48 From Chithra Jeyaram : I have two categories as well 11:45:49 From Janice Villarosa (she/her) : How many break out rooms do we have 11:45:50 From Christi Cooper : Can we have a re-do? 11:45:51 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : I agree that changing up the way breakouts work each week would be nice to meet more folks based on region or different genres or different needs. 11:45:55 From francesca soans : I agree with Claire—I’d like to mix it up. 11:45:56 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her : How about women’s issues? 11:46:00 From Connie Bottinelli : What ability to change 11:46:00 From Allen Wolf : It might be helpful to ask people what categories their films fall into… 11:46:00 From Lisa Gossels : ditto @clairepanke 11:46:01 From Annika Iltis : New filmmakers each time would be great 11:46:06 From John Johns : Will the slides be made available? 11:46:11 From Wendy Lobel : Yes, preference 11:46:12 From Odette Scott : I don’t care what the other films are about but similar goals might be helpful 11:46:13 From Susan Kaplan : ditto @Claire 11:46:13 From Janet Kirchheimer : It would be great to be able to switch breakout rooms at some point. 11:46:15 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco : Hope to mix it up as well…but started with one category 11:46:17 From Pamela Sporn : Can you add one for race and urban planning 11:46:17 From Janice Villarosa (she/her) : If there are more break out rooms perhaps we can mix it up 11:46:23 From Robin Rosenthal : no category matches 11:46:24 From Elliat Graney-Saucke : I’m in my phone and the survey got closed when I went to chat 11:46:25 From Jennifer Manner : I agree with narrative films 11:46:27 From Blair Naujok : Agreed, would like to change rooms each week. 11:46:28 From Robert Rooy (he/him) : I’m really open to random in addition to the one I chose 11:46:29 From Zhu Shen : personal film could be a separate category? 11:46:31 From Allen Wolf : I would love narrative film choice. 11:46:35 From Chris Bournea : I wish there was a sports category 11:46:37 From Nicole Betancourt : what about experimental films? 11:46:40 From David Streit (he/him) : Narrative. yes! 11:46:40 From Mark Maxey : Could setup future breakouts with topic as room name and enable us to switch rooms. 11:46:41 From Rebecca Wolff : Making narrative and doc 11:46:41 From James Egan : Prison Reform 11:46:43 From Lillian Glass : What if you are in two groups that are equally as strong 11:46:53 From Jill Demby Guest : I have 3 plus categories 11:46:56 From Odette Scott : I have a personal film and a sports film 11:47:01 From Steve Byrne, Detroit : Would love to bounce from categories 11:47:05 From Indrani Kopal Kopal : 2nd Prison rerform 11:47:06 From Elliat Graney-Saucke : LGBTQ for me - I couldn’t answer I’m the pole 11:47:07 From Melissa Regan : Faith + Social Justice 11:47:07 From Emily Branham (she/her) : Yeah, would be cool to get to switch groups in future meetings! 11:47:16 From Dean Butler : I’d like a sports category as well. 11:47:22 From Claire Panke : Subject-based chat room will be helpful for some reasons but prefer mix-up for other sessions. More cross-pollination of ideas. 11:47:31 From Jill Demby Guest : Mental health category would be good. 11:47:35 From Therese Shechter : Gender? Racial Justice? 11:52:26 From Rob Levi in NYC : Lex - same here. I listed arts but it’s biographical/historical 11:52:27 From Lillian Glass : id the pbteamate@gmai.com the email you sent 11:52:32 From Susan Hamovitch : Are we going to discuss how festivals can be used in the context of marketing? 11:52:34 From Chithra Jeyaram : Mine is Health and Art/Performance, would love to hop between the two 11:52:57 From Lillian Glass : Can I hop between 11:53:03 From Annika Iltis : Agree that hopping between different breakouts would be great. 11:53:08 From Lillian Glass : Aging and Historical Biographical 11:53:48 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Thanks everybody for feedback re the breakout rooms! 11:54:33 From Janice Villarosa (she/her) : Mark-yes I do both documentary and narrative films 11:55:23 From Zhu Shen : second Annika and Chithra, Lillian re hopping back and forth between 2 groups 11:57:54 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Note about breakout rooms: today you will be in random groups. And we are seeing all the feedback about not wanting to be in one group/category throughout the course. Thanks for letting us know, everyone! 11:58:24 From Mark Gordon : This is the course they NEVER teach at film school! 11:58:54 From Claire Panke : I think subject matter breakouts will be good for a discussion about CORE AUDIENCES. 11:59:00 From Jayme Joyce : How many people do you ask as a sample size? 11:59:47 From Vivien Wu : Does "testing" mean showing a rough cut to the target/representative person? 12:00:19 From Janet Kirchheimer : For breakout groups - my film is about poetry and the Holocaust. I signed up for arts/performance. 12:00:35 From Laj P. Waghray : Do you send out questionnaires /google surveys to get feedback? 12:01:17 From Pallavi Somusetty : I personally don’t love the trope - very colonialist and I hope you’ll consider a new way of framing these models. 12:01:22 From Amy Marquis : Such a colonialist analogy that can feel really painful for any nonwhite participants here… would love to see you all find a different metaphor here. 12:01:47 From Anne O'Neal : Poll brought up some interesting reactions that speak to your point that the your core audience (or breakout group) is narrowly focused but later expands to other groups, like the unforeseen piano technicians 12:02:13 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ^^ thank you for the feedback, Pallavi and Amy. We can talk about that as a team. I really appreciate you bringing that up. 12:02:18 From Allen Wolf : What was the colonialist analogy? I missed it. 12:02:24 From Pamela Sporn : @Amy Marquis — I’ve been thinking the same thing — thank you for raising it. 12:02:25 From Maria Fortiz-Morse : Agree. Old world / new world is uncomfortable for those of us whose families were colonized. 12:02:26 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Old world v new world 12:02:27 From Julie Englander : Second the questions about the nuts and bolts of gathering feedback. 12:02:34 From Myra Paci: Dandy Uncle Peter and Me : I agree with Pallavi and Amy about the trope. It was startling. 12:02:55 From Allen Wolf : Old Paradigm / New Paradigm 12:02:56 From Ruth Somalo : traditional or outdated is better 12:03:08 From Renee Bergan : Agreeing with others here. 12:03:09 From Karen Zhang : Is the primary goal say impact, also come alongside with goals, such as maximize audience and career when the film creates huge impact? How should I really fine-tune the goal for my film? 12:03:13 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Appreciate everyone letting us know that re old world v new world. This is good for us to think about. 12:03:28 From Terry O'Neill he/him : old school v new school? 12:03:38 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : I like that, Terry! 12:03:47 From Zach Keifer : Pre covid vs. post covid? 12:04:02 From Pamela Sporn : I actually cringed at the image of Columbus’ ships 12:04:05 From Myra Paci: Dandy Uncle Peter and Me : Yes to old school vs new school 12:04:13 From Rod Martel-Minneapolis : Static versus evolving? 12:04:22 From Amy Marquis : Yes, please please ditch the Columbus slide 12:05:07 From Sam Smartt : What’s the right time to start showing material to sample audiences… Rough cut? Earlier? Later? 12:05:44 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Copy that, everyone. We are always learning. I sincerely appreciate that perspective and we will talk about it. 12:06:13 From Maria Fortiz-Morse : Thank you Lex. Appreciate it. 12:08:59 From Allen Wolf : Question: My film will be completed soon and it has to do with human trafficking. In creating partners, should I send them the screener of the completed film? Or just do trailer and scenes? 12:09:12 From Ned Augustenborg : One suggestion in determining breakout categories is to have groups meeting in accordance with how far along they are with their film (PreProd/Prod/Post/Master completed/Early distribution phase etc.) 12:09:19 From Shasha Li : My project is about reconnecting with my “old-world” culture heritage :D 12:09:32 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Ned, we thought about that as a possibility. Thanks for the suggestion. 12:09:38 From Doug Block : @ Agree with Ned 12:09:45 From A'magine | she/they : You skipped over how you pivoted on your own film and created success after you missed the mark. Would like to hear more about htat. 12:10:58 From Renee Bergan : agree 12:12:53 From Chithra Jeyaram : Plus 1 A’magine 12:14:10 From Rick Minnich : I second Ned’s suggestion. 12:15:00 From Pamela Sporn : I agree with Ned too - some are already a couple years into distribution. 12:15:27 From Alexandra Lexton - lexproductions.net : I too agree with Ned. 12:15:51 From francesca soans : For virtual events, is it not advisable to screen the whole film before a festival/conference roll out? For instance, if a film premieres locally but the link is shared widely, is that counter productive? 12:15:54 From Pamela Sporn : Where is the virtual event page? Eventive.org? 12:15:56 From Kim Saltarski : what is the best virtual event platform? 12:16:24 From Michael Johnson : Ned’s idea is sound. 12:16:29 From Roberto Miller : +1 on @Ned’s suggestion 12:16:44 From Ruth Somalo : +1 on @Ned’s suggestion 12:16:52 From Allen Wolf : For Get Busy Living, how do you know there was a lack of interest instead of you not marketing well to that group, not reaching the right person, or other reasons? 12:17:46 From Rob Levi in NYC : Agree with Ned! 12:18:05 From Jill Demby Guest : Where did you post the virtual event page with those audiences for Get Busy Living to get the response? 12:18:06 From Shannon Eckstein (Her) : How easy / hard is it to create a virtual event page / link 12:18:15 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Making note of Ned’s suggestion :) 12:18:20 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Thanks for all the +1s! 12:18:42 From Jayme Joyce : In that case, another +1 for Ned ;) 12:19:11 From Robert Rooy (he/him) : Ditto Ned’s idea 12:19:23 From Christine La Monte : Agree with Ned! 12:19:31 From Rod Martel-Minneapolis : How do these HYBRID strategies affect PREMIERE status? 12:20:00 From Janet Kirchheimer : Rod's question is very important. 12:20:07 From Vivien Wu : +1 Rod q 12:20:07 From Lisa Gossels : I thought the pre-workshop survey we completed might be used to help you (Peter, Keith) to assign us to breakout rooms. As a documentarian consulting filmmakers on multiple projects, including some here, it was impossible to choose one topic. This part of the course feels so important. The idea of creating a consistent group to check in and brainstorm with is very exciting. 12:20:11 From Tikloh Bruno-Basaing : What exactly is in the “Toolkit”? 12:20:36 From Louise Rosen : In the new, post-Covid world, is there actually an educational market left to sell to? Education is in crisis and financially strapped. 12:20:40 From TRICIA REGAN : Curious about negotiating music and archival rights for these different “windows”. 12:20:42 From Sam Smartt : +1 Rod re: premiere status 12:20:49 From Bill Brummel : Agree with Ned. 12:20:50 From David Pelcyger : One other note on Ned’s suggestion. I’m looking forward to hearing from folks who have been through my current stage and have experiences to share. And ditto for me to others. 12:20:50 From Don Colacino : I have a film that’s been streaming on Amazon for a year. Is it too late to start over with distribution windows? i.e. pull it from public streaming and pursue other screenings. 12:21:07 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco : Curious about how educational distribution might work now with COVID, charging $150 / $250 with virtual screenings? 12:21:11 From Therese Shechter : How did you create a tool kit? Did you hire a consultant? Do it yourselves? Have a partner do it? How was it funded? 12:21:34 From Patrick Norman (he/his/him) : virtual events don’t impact premiere status because they are considered private events, since they’re only available to the membership of a particular group and not open to the public. 12:21:52 From Christopher Seward : If you are selling your film as a Tool kit educationally-before you go commercial. How do you avoid piracy. 12:21:57 From Anita Modak-Truran (she/her) : Peter, Keith, Lex and Team, this is great. Sorry I have to sign off now, but I have a meeting. Looking forward to next week. 12:22:35 From Terry O'Neill he/him : Nice, Thanks! 12:22:56 From Alexandra Lexton - lexproductions.net : I’d love to see a schedule for strategizing rollout for screenings 12:22:59 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco : Fantastic! Thank you to the team so much, so helpful and incredible content already. 12:22:59 From Vivian Kleiman : ditto the question re expectations for educational distribution now 12:23:14 From Sam Smartt : @Patrick - what matters more, the perception of those events or the reality? If they are marketed somewhere, like on a group’s website, could that hurt premiere status? 12:23:22 From Natalie Azarov : Thank you very much! 12:23:24 From Myra Paci: Dandy Uncle Peter and Me : Thanks for that presentation, Keith! Gives me ideas and hope! 12:23:25 From Pallavi Somusetty (she/her) : Thank you, appreciate it 12:47:04 From Judy Branfman : maybe next time we could get a 5-min warning so we can say goodbye? 12:47:20 From John Ware : yes 12:47:29 From Dale Windle : The breakout room was awesome! Thanks for that. 12:47:29 From Renee Bergan : Sorry did you say the slides will be available? 12:47:30 From Alka Raghuram : I was wondering how much budget you need to keep for attending conferences 12:47:32 From Claire Panke : Agree need a little more warning time than 10 seconds. 12:47:38 From Alka Raghuram : do they pay or do you pay? 12:47:38 From Christine La Monte : To Room 31 - my film is VIVA VERDI! www.vivaverdithefilm.com 12:47:38 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her : Loved the Breakout room. Incredible stories. 12:47:38 From Mark Birnbaum : If you think you have two or three core audiences, are you wrong? 12:47:39 From Connie Field : Can we have a breakout group with folks who are experienced in doing their own distributiom 12:47:41 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Yes the slides will be available 12:47:53 From Odette Scott : Nice slide 12:47:58 From Douglas Darlington : We got a 10 minute warning and a 2 minute warning. then a countdown 12:47:59 From Fiona Fletcher : Good slide game! 12:48:01 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : There’s a counter in the upper right that shows you how much time is left in a breakout room. 12:48:25 From Linda Martuch - Florida : Yes, could we please have a 5 minute and a 1 minute warning for the breakout rooms? 12:48:42 From Dianne Griffin : How much should we set aside for conferences? 12:48:58 From John McAllister, Double Dummy : I’d like to brainstorm core audiences for Double Dummy, my documentary feature film about the card game bridge. 12:49:11 From Kent Bassett, thismighthurtfilm.com : Question: is there a better alternative for selling from site than Gumroad and/or shopify? 12:49:28 From Donald Harrison : I’m also curious at some point to hear your thoughts on how crowdfunding might fit into strategy these days. We had 450 backers (almost 5yrs ago) so an important core audience. 12:49:32 From Chris Bournea : What are your thoughts on aggregators to help place our films on streaming platforms? 12:49:59 From Mark Meatto : As far as growing ours teams, what are common ways small filmmaking teams are doing this? 12:50:04 From Ned Augustenborg : Do EDUCATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS frown on earlier distribution efforts that might cut into their audience? 12:50:05 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) : Question - Do you have any doc examples that deal with criminal justice / prisons and innovative ways to reach audiences / partners / sponsors? 12:50:10 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : I can do more time warnings in the future. Happy to do that! 12:50:27 From Zhu Shen : 2nd Donald on backers 12:51:01 From Susan Hamovitch : I have a newsworthy film. This was in part my intention in making the film. What is the best way of reaching news media, many of which now have video abilities, that is, links too short film. It’s a short film — just 11 mins and change. thanks 12:51:05 From Sam Smartt : How many “private” screenings can you do before a distributor or festival would balk? 10? 50? 200? And do they need to be marketed as Work in Progress? 12:51:23 From Karen Bernstein : Question: how would you suggest budgeting for people to help with outreach and distribution and where would you suggest finding them? 12:51:51 From Ruth Somalo : Exactly and I am not sure now after Covid but at the big festivals where I program for we do look at the film’s social media and if it was advertised and open we disqualified it 12:51:56 From Christine La Monte : Virtual events with trailer, Q&A, for core audience - not screening of film - is it ok for social media posts- before and after? 12:52:06 From Rob Levi in NYC : Is it okay to accept an invitation to premiere screen in a very respected but not quite top tier festival? Note: My film is a historical niche film and not necessarily a slam dunk festival film. 12:52:52 From Burton Buller : Are private screenings legally ok before I have all the rights nailed down? Right now, there is fair use material as well as things like Getty comps that will not have rights paid before picture lock. 12:53:19 From Dianne Griffin : Can you talk about the platforms we can screen our films? 12:53:51 From Jayme Joyce : +1 Burton’s question 12:53:55 From Janet Kirchheimer : Can we get a little more time in our breakout groups? Maybe 30 minutes? 12:54:01 From Jim Becket he him Ojai, CA : Question: Dr. Mercola puts up on his website a doc film each month for a three day window no sales but asking for donations. We have a premiere at a festival after this. Mercola has been taken off google! 12:54:05 From Pamela Sporn : Can you give more detail about why social media is not the best way to build audience for a virtual event? 12:54:17 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco : To clarify…strict amount of time to view such as 48 hours or an actual event where everyone watches together in one evening… 12:54:55 From Sam Smartt : Keith - can you clarify whether these “private screenings” are the same ones you are monetizing for $150-200? Or are these just to get feedback? If the former, do you ever have trouble charging a screening fee for a work in progress? 12:56:29 From Lisa Hall : I have learned that if you host a discussion afterwards, your local arts and humanities can help with funding of the event. 12:56:53 From Robin Rosenthal : Among my most logical partners for virtual screenings are a number of non-profits that are probably struggling with their own fundraising during the pandemic. I understand they can look for co-sponsors. Although I would make these screenings fundraisers to benefit both them and us, how do I not scare them off with a n intimidating screening fee? 12:58:13 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : www.showandtell.film/virtual-events 12:58:22 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco : What about charging for sneak previews - especially a live event / virtual live event? Curious about fees here. 12:59:04 From Michael Jacobsohn NYC : Is it possible for us to explore the possibility of creating a New Day Film cooperative? 12:59:12 From Christopher Dawes : Question: Since the pandemic started, what mechanisms have you seen docs filmed, edited & produced and has there been any difference in distribution success? ie Have you seen any remotely filmed docs and/or any creative approaches to pandemic filming and would you suggest moving forward with your doc using pandemic approaches (which ones?), or waiting until everyone is vaccinated and filming can be done traditionally? Thanks! 12:59:29 From Dianne Griffin : What are virtual platforms charging for screenings? 12:59:37 From Emily Branham (she/her) : Oh hey! :) 12:59:53 From Ruth Somalo : Emily! 13:00:28 From Emily Branham (she/her) : https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/being-bebe-bac 13:00:42 From Polly Wells (she/her) : On digital screening event, If the film is available for several days before the ‘event’ — the discussion — won’t you potentially lose members of the audience who won’t show up for the discussion? Should you also “schedule” the film on event night, right before the discussion? 13:01:04 From Desiree Ickerodt : What about GDPR (Eu data protection)? 13:02:32 From Trudi Angell : I used Show and Tell for a special premiere of our film just for donors and supporters - partly to let them know “look, we finally finished” and Huge thank you, and gathering analyticscs info too. It was free of course as a Gracias to all who had faith in us. However what I received were 11 pages of “Praise for the Film”. So, very many comments that I and now posting as we form the web site. Well worth it! 13:02:43 From Claire Panke : Ditto @Polly Wells question - this happened to me 13:02:56 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : GET BUSY LIVING virtual event: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/getbusylivingex 13:03:26 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : BEING BEBE sneak peek virtual event: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/being-bebe-bac?fbclid=IwAR0AU-qTCSW4KEeCca-1Ik7vL3LnGTbxNH8cNpR0P7auZuBp7S4k8AfLvK4 13:04:11 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : another example virtual event: https://stage.showandtell.film/watch/aaidd 13:04:28 From Claire Panke : I had a digital screening “sneak peek” with a partner organization which got the word out about my film, but they did NOT let me collect emails. I did ask them to post my contact info and also put a special card on the screening version with how to contact me / website. Not everyone will pay you and not everyone will give you access to emails, unfortunately. 13:04:58 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : if you have any Show&Tell virtual event Qs, you can email me directly at ko@showandtell.film 13:05:10 From Patrick Norman (he/his/him) : @kent check out inplayer as well: https://inplayer.com 13:05:11 From Vivien (she/her) | BACHATA ACADEMY : is there "homework" in this class? how do we prepare for making the next class fruitful, if applicable. 13:05:19 From Shannon Cohn : VHX is now Vimeo OTT. 13:05:20 From Allen Wolf : Vimeo OTT bought VHX. 13:05:23 From Odette Scott : Trudi thanks for sharing, this is a great idea 13:05:42 From Rick Minnich : VHX was great. Vimeo OTT isn’t as good. 13:06:06 From Joseph Applebaum : What about Shopify? 13:06:13 From maurizio benazzo : Vimeo OTT is same and Vimeo enterprise? 13:06:18 From maurizio benazzo : as 13:06:22 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) : Any dvd printing recommendations? 13:06:31 From Jonathan Viscuna : Does Show & Tell advertise virtual events to their email list for new customers? 13:06:57 From Claire Panke : Can you discuss choice of DONATION via fiscal sponsor vs. PAYING your production company directly for a DVD or streaming cost 13:07:16 From Shannon Cohn : Keith - What is the fee structure you recommend for pre-premiere private virtual events with partners who want to share with their email lists/clients? 13:07:31 From Christopher Dawes : FYI: Kunaki now supports BluRay & DVD and produced on demand from a page you can embed on your website, completely hands off. I’ve been very happy with them. 13:08:55 From Patrick Norman (he/his/him) : @elliat i’ve had great experiences with the ads group: https://theadsgroup.com 13:09:16 From TRICIA REGAN : How much money can you expect to make at a conference, and are they a way to develop other revenue streams. 13:09:21 From Myra Paci: Dandy Uncle Peter and Me : Great. I abhor festivals. Give me the conferences. 13:09:29 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) : Thank you! @Patrick! 13:10:13 From Rod Martel-Minneapolis : Almost every conference I have been to messes up the technical presentations with glitches! Not that one shouldn't aim for this venue, but be prepared with redundant ways to show your film. 13:10:18 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) : Yes! Get paid to go, don’t way to go! 13:10:27 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) : *don’t pay to go 13:10:40 From Larry Confino (he/him) : can u talk about the viability of conferences based on the type of film you’ve made? 13:11:09 From Vivian Kleiman : talk about showing a film at a conference vs create a panel and show a clip 13:11:53 From Alexandra Lexton - lexproductions.net : Yes, Vivian Kleiman! 13:12:04 From Pablo Miralles : When do you contact a conference organizer? 6 months out? 13:13:21 From Christopher Seward : what can you charge on average for this? 13:13:30 From Kent Bassett, thismighthurtfilm.com : if anyone has had success selling their film on their site using Vimeo OTT, please drop me a line? Thanks! tmhfilm@gmail.com 13:13:53 From Vivian Kleiman : dont most conf attendees want to network and party in the evening with colleagues and not watch a doc 13:14:11 From Connie Bottinelli : KEITH - define plenary? 13:14:19 From John Johns : When you are talking to the conference planner do you show them the film? 13:14:44 From Trudi Angell : I need to share the recording of this session with my associate producers here in Mexico who are very interested in all the festivals we can gather, and I am more convinced that we’ll try for 4 to 6, but then hit the ground running for a large percent of our own distribution. 13:14:50 From Susan Hamovitch : Best way to find conferences — just google subject - conference? 13:15:06 From Vivien (she/her) | BACHATA ACADEMY : @ susan, best way to find the conferences is to ASK people who work in that field 13:15:21 From Christopher Dawes : I went to a conference that comp’d me a booth on their trade show floor, where I was able to sell all our DVD’s. 13:15:24 From Robert Rooy (he/him) : @Vivian Kleiman — My experience, too. At a busy conference, an evening screening may not attract that many people. 13:15:25 From Vivien (she/her) | BACHATA ACADEMY : or are in that niche. For example I asked a Spanish teacher to tell me the right conference/association for world language teachers 13:16:46 From Sam Smartt : How do you transition from holding screening events where you’re seeking feedback to holding screening events you are trying to monetize? 13:16:51 From Dianne Griffin : That was my experience also not that many people showed up to my screening at a large conference 13:18:38 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : For all those unanswered conference Qs. Read this article I wrote: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/7284645a733d1b4603b07a88db00230f-41.html 13:18:59 From Therese Shechter : I had a good experience at Public Health APHA conference where they had several panels with 3 filmmakers each. Each of these panels had a specific theme. We each showed 10 min and spoke a bit as well. 13:19:04 From Fiona Fletcher : +1 sam’s question. Aren’t conferences part of your potential education/non-theatrical revenue stream? 13:19:44 From Susan Hamovitch : You can also ask an organization to host a virtual screening. Have just done this, with an upcoming screening. Live Zoom screening with a Q&A Not a conference but it becomes a showcase for your film alone. 13:19:58 From Tina Datsko (she/her) : Is it okay to record the test screening discussion to review it later? 13:20:41 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) : For filmmakers in the Pacific Northwest, here is a free service for doc makers to do Works in Progress: https://www.seattledocumentary.org/work-in-progress 13:20:49 From Polly Wells (she/her) : What do people think of Zoom as a platform for screening — from host’s desktop? Any experience with it? 13:20:57 From Fiona Fletcher : I think forms and questionnaires are good for quantitive data to help you, and conversation vital for qualitative 13:20:57 From Mike Sullivan : Audience testing best tool for editing 13:21:03 From Rob Levi in NYC : Can you do a test screening at a festival and still maintain “premiere” status? 13:22:34 From DAN HABIB : @polly I do a lot of virtual screening events on Zoom and it works well - but I’d recommend showing the film film with burned in captions, from a hard wired internet if possible, and consider a 480p version so you are not using too much bandwidth on the viewers end. I also often show my films with audio description to maximize accessibility. 13:23:17 From Polly Wells (she/her) : @danhabib 13:23:33 From Polly Wells (she/her) : thanks Dan — good ideas 13:24:45 From francesca soans : @Polly—Zoom has a lag due to a different frame rate, which has led to choppy viewing, in my experience. Haven’t tested it lately, though. 13:26:48 From CJ Crim (She/Her) Washington DC : @Polly, Zoom doesn’t look very good and often lags. I have found that starting on Zoom and putting a link in the chat to the Vimeo and telling people to come back to the Zoom for the Q&A at after watching the film works. Not ideal but at least the film looks good! 13:27:04 From Dianne Griffin : I have adjusted settings in Zoom for film screening but as mentioned it’s important to have hard wired internet if possible 13:28:15 From Therese Shechter : @CJ Crim I’ve done the same thing for test screenings and it’s worked really well. We left the Chat window open during the screening as well 13:28:19 From Polly Wells (she/her) : @francesca — have heard this too, problems with sound or picture; once was told that internet providers give less bandwidth for uploading than downloading, so that may be a factor. Zoom may have info about this on its platform — I will look. 13:28:25 From Jed Riffe : Robin: Do you know about the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective: https://www.facebook.com/undocufilmmakerscollective We are working with them on Undocumented Justice. 13:30:06 From Karen Zhang : @Keith, may I have access to Welcome Stranger page you were talk about? Thanks~ 13:31:12 From Lillian Glass : Will you be emailing us the workbook 13:31:51 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Yes we will, Lillian! 13:33:02 From Susan Hamovitch : where does it save too? 13:33:09 From Majida Kabariti : On my iPhone the three dots are not there 13:33:15 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : It should save to your desktop 13:33:29 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Majida, we will make the chat available 13:33:31 From Majida Kabariti : Can someone email me the chat pls?? 13:33:34 From Fiona Fletcher : Thanks @Mark 13:33:35 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : I don’t think you can save from a phone, but we will be saving the chat 13:33:58 From Susan Hamovitch : A question for late — but what is a ‘partner?’ 13:33:59 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : It will be available with all the course materials including the chat, slides, and recording 13:34:04 From Majida Kabariti : Majidakabariti@gmail.com 13:34:05 From John Ware : Hey all, I am marketing a finished Narrative, www.FinalFrequencyfilm.com 8168productions@gmail.com John Ware 13:34:22 From Wendy Lobel : This has been a fantastic webinar! 13:34:24 From Lisa Gossels : Thank you, this was wonderful. 13:34:24 From Terry O'Neill he/him : Thanks everyone, a great session as usual. 13:34:26 From Susan Kaplan : Thank you!! 13:34:29 From Dale Windle : Great sessions. Thanks!!! 13:34:33 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) : Great! Thank you! 13:34:34 From Bronte Stahl : really nice guys, looking forward to more 13:34:34 From Lisa Hall : Thank you so much!!!!!! 13:34:34 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : Thanks! Great start. 13:34:34 From Gretchen Landau : thank you all 13:34:35 From Kim Saltarski : Thank you! 13:34:35 From Susan Hamovitch : Thank you!! 13:34:36 From Majida Kabariti : Also the recorded session pls 13:34:36 From Cat McGrath (she/her) : Great to be back with this group! 13:34:36 From Christine La Monte : Thank you, all! 13:34:37 From Odette Scott : Thank you all 13:34:37 From Mark Meatto : Thank you! 13:34:37 From A'magine | she/they : THanks! 13:34:37 From Janice Villarosa (she/her) : Thanks!! 13:34:38 From Matthew Eisen : Great start, thanks! 13:34:38 From Doug Block : Thanks! 13:34:38 From Polly Wells (she/her) : Thank you all! 13:34:38 From Jill Demby Guest : Great!! 13:34:39 From Julie Bridgham : Thank you! 13:34:39 From Karen Zhang : thanks 13:34:39 From Michael Churton (he/him) : Thanks! 13:34:41 From Louise Rosen : Thanks everyone! 13:34:43 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she, her : Thank you. 13:34:43 From Amy Jenkins : Thank you so much 13:34:43 From Tina Datsko (she/her) : Thank you all! 13:34:43 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco : Thank you - this is excellent! 13:34:43 From Jonathan Viscuna : Thanks guys. www.viscunabros.com 13:34:43 From Emily Branham (she/her) : Thanks all! :) 13:34:43 From Sam Smartt : Thanks, all! 13:34:44 From Myra Paci: Dandy Uncle Peter and Me : This is FANTASTIC. Learning so much!! 13:34:45 From Joel Gershon he/him : thanks 13:34:45 From Sue Arbuthnot : Thanks for a great launch! Looking forward to next week! 13:34:45 From Patrick Norman (he/his/him) : thanks! 13:34:46 From DAN HABIB : Thanks great kickoff! 13:34:47 From Blair Naujok : Thanks 13:34:50 From Fiona Fletcher : Really great thanks!