How Much Money Can Filmmakers Make With Streaming Services? - Shane Stanley

[@skeletonshorror5184]

Wether he knows it or not, Shane is mentoring my career - thank you, Film Courage!💀🔥🎬

[@thatramenguy3395]

I guess he does know it lol

[@AndreaClinton]

😊I was thinking the same. I always leave videos he's interviewed in feeling like I either learned something or was reminded of some key information.

[@skeletonshorror5184]

@@AndreaClinton same, I don’t have to go to film school because of this channel 😂

[@fleshlessfilms]

mee too

[@ooohlookitshines3944]

I'm a free agent actor at the moment.

[@georgeorwell4931]

Great information! Film making is a business, the more we know, the better we are prepared.

[@domarq]

TUBI is one of those recent platforms which emerged, semi-quietly....but, with an impressive collection of: recent, old school, classic, forgotten, or independent films (and TV series). Netflix proves (ironically, like its Blockbuster Video predecessor....or dominant social media platforms.....or, national movie theater chains...) if a company becomes a behemoth and dominates a field too much (resulting in discrimination, and politicizing.....) people will seek/create a viable alternative.

[@gerchop9304]

Shane is the man! Thank you Ms film courage!

[@filmcourage]

Our 2nd full interview with Shane now on deck.

[@Iknowthelaw13]

Fabulous presentation. Interesting how the rights holders make their money in production as opposed to just counting on box office. It’s like the opposite of the cinemas: you pay for distribution and then hope to sell enough tickets. Here they already pay the filmmakers in hopes that it generates views. I try to correct folks when they say “there’s no good ideas in Hollywood anymore.” There are, they’re just a little harder to find now. Lot of em are straight to streaming.

[@AndreaClinton]

This clip gave so much pertinent information, i can't even explain.

[@1truemoose]

Great to hear an insider give the straight skinny on the business.

[@AndreaClinton]

I've seen people post in a film Facebook group that they were offered $2500 for their film by Netflix. Idunno if that was period or each quarter or pay period, but they each said agreement was 2 years.

[@HollyHargreaves]

This was great. 🎉

[@milesflanagan4899]

You've got to remember he's talking about a certain caliber of indie film. One that most here won't match - budget, actors, production values etc (I'm guessing). So his numbers are pretty high for most of the filmmakers I'm imagining are listening. Remember that he can only talk about what he knows and has experience of. So check his IMDB (and anyone else who you're listening to) and if your films are of the same level/quality then the advice is solid. If not, then look elsewhere.

[@playstationaccount4473]

so what budget are you speaking of.....for this calibre of film to be able to be made? 100 thousand dollars....which includes....location, cast, food,camera and equipment? I am a producer given the reigns of a production house from his father and i want to shoot a feature by December. already looking at story and novel rights. so yeah.....what budget range?

[@milesflanagan4899]

@@playstationaccount4473 One that isn't between $50 to $5000 or there about.

[@playstationaccount4473]

@@milesflanagan4899 why the sarcastic reply man? Lol. I genuinely asked

[@theecharmingbilly]

Why does any stranger on the internet offer sarcasm to a serious inquiry?

[@milesflanagan4899]

@@playstationaccount4473 I genuinely replied. Not sure why you'd think that was a sarcastic answer at all. It isn't. I run films festivals and a film distribution company and those are the types of budgets we deal with. So that's why I answered with those numbers ($5K being at the high end). Meaning that the majority of indie films are in that range - with no B (or Z) movie actors bookending them. Just unknowns. So it's hard to get traction and attention for them. And the market is flooded with these types. Both my festivals and distribution company are run for the love of filmmaking and to help average low budget filmmakers get their work seen and to hopefully make some money (though sadly it's usually not much). So again, my answer is deadly serious. The industry has changed massively in the 15 years I've been involved - from the boom years of DVDs to the slim earnings from streaming. But I am interested why you'd think it was sarcastic. Love to hear back from you. Hate to be misunderstood. Plus you have to understand the value of your product before you can work out what the budget would be. I know the value of the films I distribute so I always tell new filmmakers to make them for as little as possible. Hence the $50 to $5000 suggestion. Having a 'name' actor can help, understanding genres and understanding economic filmmaking are all part of the process. Speak soon.

[@fleshlessfilms]

Shane is the best i love his interviews - he really knows his stuff

[@ImmortalRimas]

It would be great if these were podcasts too as I’m sure I’m not alone but rarely I have this much time to sit down & watch all of these videos so it would be handy to listen while I work and do other things

[@LiveFreeWarrior]

Something I do that helps, I close the app and just listen while walking or working out :)

[@filmcourage]

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[@ImmortalRimas]

@@filmcourage cheers!😎👍

[@themightyflog]

How do you sell it per territory? Who do you go for?

[@directedbyMax]

my man giggled at the question lol

[@micpheezer9592]

Very informative.

[@wexwuthor1776]

Shane come back

[@tooruoikawa8985]

You will own nothing an be happy, that’s what I hear….

[@mf--]

You'll own everything and they'll be pissed! - Louis Rossmann on Right to Repair.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

True facts in this one 👌👌👌

[@colinhutchins7310]

So basically unless it’s a passion project it’s a waste of time.

[@Wordsley]

These Rock!

[@bronxbomber80]

Filming is like fishing. You just don't know what you gonna get.

[@JaywalkingTheWorld]

These interviews are great. Two main reasons. Firstly the interviewer doesn't talk too much and secondly because it's one camera. One camera pointed at the interviewee and nothing else matters. No stupid second camera shit trying to be clever. Please keep it up and keep it simple.

[@dominicstclairstudios6324]

i like to make enough money to where i can invest that money into another film

[@PowersBenzoCoaching]

I understand his point about drama but I disagree. It’s a perfect time for drama because collectively we needs a catharsis. Look at dramatic periods of history, such as times of war. Post Vietnam, for example, we were flooded with drama. Why? Because we collectively needed to make sense of it, we needed that catharsis. That said, I do agree with that we are also looking for a bit of an escape. I think it’s a period for both, and if you can combine both, then perhaps you have the winning formula.

[@maverickzerof1]

Perhaps you're right about your last statement, but going back to 9/11 we've had so many dramatic films and it hasn't stopped at all. Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Columbus and Cuarón had to join together to defend film as a medium for escapism... It got to that point, where people were saying that movies should just reflect our world to educate and make people aware of situations around the globe, which is fine but we can't eliminate film as a medium for telling fiction with the purpose of entertaining and escape. It's no wonder with this huge influx of dramatic films and shun of escapism that we are all so stressed with zero ways of escaping our daily lives for an hour and a half or two... We need both, but right now we need to make people remember how to dream, to aspire to something else, to inspire, to have fun too.

[@ryanhowell4492]

cool

[@HouseDarten]

👏🏽

[@HonestArttsEntertainment]

He lost me on his take of drama

[@mt_gox]

Gary Busey? Wow! this guy def knows what he's talkin bout 😒

[@RoccoKurvita-iu9no]

rather drama than another true crime bs

[@dasanji90]

You pay me like shit, You get a shitty script! you pay me like a professional, you get a professional script. You are paying for what you get, not what you want.

[@2047Dreams]

would you put your name on a shity script because u were paid a shitty rate. Wouldn't that affect you as the writer that wrote the shitty script?

[@alancham4]

No one cares about Rey. I still haven’t watched rise.

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