Hollywood is in a Crisis

ASD BAND: THE MOVIE is finally streaming worldwide. Rent & Stream the film through this link:
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Your ticket to the movie also includes access to the "Show&Tell Backstage Pass" live interactive online seminar where you can get your questions answered about film distribution and selling your movie.
Your Backstage Pass Includes:
▻Ticket to a virtual screening of ASD BAND: THE MOVIE
:::Access to four live, interactive seminars:::
▻The Show&Tell Method for Documentary Distribution, March 7th @ 10am PT
▻Designing the Strategy for ASD BAND: THE MOVIE, March 14th @ 10am PT
▻Building Screening Events for Worldwide Release, March 21st @ 10am PT
▻Audience, Marketing & Promotions, March 28th @ 10am PT
Get your ticket to the movie, which includes admission to all four interactive online seminars:
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Check out the trailer to documentary: • ASD BAND: THE MOVIE | ...
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro, why am I doing this video
1:03 - My feature film is available for streaming
2:03 - The distribution problem
3:29 - How I sold my film
4:17 - Conversation with a distribution professional
8:33 - Final thoughts

[@DannyGevirtz]

Super interesting watch being I'm currently in the same position trying to figure out how to self-distribute ITIS. Cannot wait to watch this. HUGE congrats dude!!!!

[@ConradIacobellis]

I used to work media at Sundance and Slamdance, and Slandance always felt like the real film festival at the time. Sundance was the glamor and usually had a Hollywood name attached to it, but Slamdance felt like the festival for true filmmakers. The movies were raw and didn't have the press behind them like Sundance, but damn they were fun movies. I enjoyed both festivals, but Slamdance will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@markbone]

Slamdance was so fun. It was filmmaker first

[@AnjaRamaroson]

I wish you all the best everyone, I'm sure one of us will mark the history of cinema. May you find the strength, the budget, a passionate crew, a public. Send you guys all my support. And congratulation Mark, I think you're giving hope to all of us. ❤

[@huberfilmworks]

Saw this at a very important time working on my documentary project. It’s important to know there are specific audiences for some of the projects we make and it’s best to focus on how to connect more with them

[@kalamoproductions6268]

Been with Show & Tell for a while and it's taught me so much:)

[@dannycopeland247]

I loved watching this film at Raindance, and getting to meet you and Kimmy! Aside from enjoying the film itself, it was a real watershed moment for me seeing and feeling the value of being in a community like AOD. Also, totally understand the name change for the film, even though I liked the original title. Reminds me of a core line from Save the Cat by Blake Synder.

[@jonathantrauner3742]

Hello Mrs Gal Gadot Varsano. How are you? My name is Mr Jonathan Trauner. I am 30 years old this May 15th 2024. I work at Mobileye in Jerusalem as a software algorithms tester. I am a poet writer artist and performing artist. On June 18th 2023 in Jerusalem I was hit by a bus in area of Mobileyes newest campus building. My greatest dream come true is to become the first autistic person to win a Emmy Grammy Oscar and Tony in Los Angeles in California in 2025 or win a honorary EGOT at the 100th Oscars Academy Awards ceremony in 2028 in 4 more years from now. NO ONE BELIEVES IN ME except for me.

[@elliotalderson2479]

I feel it started with Disney+ when they both created and distributed their content which used to be an antitrust law violation. The same law that prevented movie studios from owning movies theaters because then they would have a monopoly. But with streaming they seem to just do whatever and now everyone is doing it. But that pretty much makes finding content not created by these few companies HBO,Netflix, Disney+, Hulu,paramount difficult. Because when you go to their platforms obviously they’ll be pushing their original stuff that they spent millions on and really want to offset cost on to the recommendation section over some third party content they purchased.

[@AbdallahBotan]

Thanks Mark. You are great and I follow you from East Africa, Somalia. I learned a lot and I had a confusion on distribution. I think Web 3 will make things more democratic and more available for the audience which will be more beneficial for both the creators and the audience.

[@tommyfilms2765]

Hi Mark, I always love your videos but this one hit at the right time for me and felt like a lightbulb going off. Thanks so much.

[@MsNIKITA]

Once upon a time I used to watch tones of movies, western movies. Lots of them. Goto blockbuster, spend my paper rounds money to rent the latest and greatest titles etc.. But more recently I have stopped going to the cinema, stopped buying videos, DVD's and Blu-Rays etc. Nowadays I don't even buy CD's or even digital media.. Sold all my pre-record originals which cluttered my living space in exchange for KZbin and live stream content. Thank you Mark for all the videos.

[@aafjeld]

Don’t know if this will get through to you, Mark, but I am so happy that you share all this knowledge with us. If one goes through your videos, make notes and study the information provided, one truly has everything they need to start putting in work, take actionable steps and learning the craft. I dont want to ask anything from you, as you have provided so much already. But it is no harm in trying. Would you be able to make a video speaking about how you make deals with your clients, the contract, crucial things to think about, the rights, posting the work on your KZbin channel, what would be considered marketing for your client and not? Would be tremendously helpful with a video about the legal side of it all, and how you approch that side of your work. Thank you so much, Mark. Cant wait for the next 🎬

[@lionel.mukendi]

This was awesome! Congrats on your film.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Show and Tell is a gem and Keith is great. He sends a lot of filmmakers to us at New Day Films. Happy you connected with him!

[@julianmcintoshfilms]

Feels like I've been waiting forever to see this film! Super stoked that I can watch it now. Congrats, Mark 🎉👏

[@rossbodenmann]

Long live Bonestorm - I dug the format of this one Mark, particularly the intro. Thanks for inviting us into the distribution process. Really useful insights. Thanks as always.

[@markbone]

🫡🫡 thanks Ross

[@foreverdrift]

Congratulations, Mark! That's awesome news!

[@ZachRamelan]

This was an educational and honest look at a part of filmmaking that feels very cryptic. Thanks, Mark and Keith, for shining a light on one of the darkest parts of making movies.

[@Esaisaenz]

This is incredible! Congratulations Mark! I’m in the process of trying to distribute one of my films so I really appreciate this video. I can’t wait to buy a ticket and watch your film!

[@The_irishman_co]

This is really well done. I have to check this out

[@SweetLouPhotography]

Love your vids, normally I'm just a lurker but I had to comment because Keith looks like an alternate universe Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) from Better Call Saul-- who got into video stuff instead of crime lol

[@markbone]

😂

[@MikeStanza]

Remember Kids! An overnight sensation takes TEN YEARS!!!

[@chroniclevisuals2717]

You and Danny are on a wave right now!

[@markbone]

😂 serendipity

[@dcoughla681]

It’s also the case that people are recoiling from streamers because they just don’t like their content. Going through this route you bypass them. Knowing your customer is the most important lesson to learn as a filmmaker. This helps you grow.

[@thyerriwolf]

Bring it to Scotland, mark... It would be amazing to watch your film here in the cinemas.

[@Roman.the.explorer]

I was lucky to watch it in New York premiere and meet you in person. Great work man!

[@markbone]

It was great to meet you also!

[@TheFilmmakersWorkshop]

Great to see you have found a distribution partner.

[@akira2577]

Excellent video! This definitely lines up with my experiences in creating and marketing documentaries. Organizing special screenings is such a great way to speak directly to your audience. Congrats on getting your doc out there!

[@pauljakeman]

What a great video. Looking forward to seeing ASD. I have a close family link to autism so seeing it covered properly is always great to see. You deserve every success! With your old documentary’s, have you uploaded them anywhere for people to see them? It would be interesting to see your work from then. This was a really great video, really great points again! Like with music, there’s too much coming out and no kind of filters in place, the general quality seems to drop. When it was harder to release music, there was that natural filter. So there seemed to be a lot more that was higher quality. Really inspiring video again Mark.

[@EvoPixelLab]

Congrats!!!Hope to see it soon.

[@ChristianChannel]

Great Advice, We are currently in post production of our project 'Knights of the Cross' TV mini series about the crusades

[@GarrettWare]

Man this has massive value Mark! We were talking with Mikey D in Nashville a while back about a doc we had started shooting. Our biggest fear? How to distribute... Thanks for leading the way!

[@markbone]

You’re gonna crush it Garrett. You guys care more and go the extra mile beyond other filmmakers. We’re here to help

[@btk1243]

"PRO-cess" . . . The key word to identify if a KZbinr is Canadian

[@markbone]

😂😂😂 it’s how it’s spelt ;)

[@QuinnAden]

We appreciate YOU buddy. Thank you for all that you do!

[@paulgero]

Very inspiring Mark on multiple levels. Thank you!

[@markbone]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cinematools9621]

Congrats on the film! 2023 was terrible for TV, and 2024 doesn't look much better.

[@davideastham]

Watch out world, Bonestorm is coming 😁. Can't wait to see the film.

[@robertallen1739]

Wow, this is super helpful. Thanks for generously sharing, Mark!

[@markbone]

Thanks Robert

[@RoySFord]

The last two years I have been reading a lot about the "target audience" / "build your audience" / Use multiple different media, like a novel, music, document the creation process - - to find your target audience. As a producer with a space opera action sci-fi that I put on the shelf back in 2002... It makes me wonder, I really need to work on finding the right audience.

[@RockWILK]

Wow, so awesome, first of all, the art that you just created. Equally awesome this video, and so right on time for me as I also just finished a feature film, and I am in this exact same place. Actually, I’m about a year behind you, because you’ve been through the festival circuit already, And so I’m so glad I saw this video. Thanks for sharing it. As an aside, can you connect me with somebody who can possibly make a DCP for me? What a weird thing for me to leave as a comment on KZbin. Lol anyway, congratulations.

[@FuzzyDunlots]

I'm watching more everything than ever. You know what's not in crisis? Things being made to watch. And its only going to get better.

[@MountainRoots]

This is invaluable intel, thanks Mark! I'm in AOD mods 1&2 👊

[@markbone]

Thank you!! Love seeing the AOD community here on KZbin

[@EddieWoodsRemnantOutreach]

This is some amazing information AND Congratulations man! This is incredibly inspiring and this gives a great game plan for sharing our films.

[@markbone]

Thank you Eddie!!

[@LumixGang]

Thanks for all that you do M Bone!

[@markbone]

🙏🏻

[@hotlineoperator]

The best way to learn something is to start teaching it.

[@PabloLozano-Palocha]

Thanks Mark, I wish you all the best, I am now editing a kind of similar doc from a gimnastic rithum group of people with intectual discapacity going to a world games. Hugs from Spain

[@jasongrills3741]

Danny Gevirtz just shared a video a few hours ago plugging in one of his early hard drives and sharing his beginner day footage as well…you guys are in sync today! 👍🎥

[@markbone]

That’s too funny and serendipitous

[@jasongrills3741]

@@markbone- you guys are both legends…great minds think alike! Also a bonus is getting to use the word ‘serendipitous’ in a sentence. Rarely a week goes by when I don’t get to use that word! 😎

[@EricNentrupTheRed]

I was craving mashed potatoes so I ran to KFC and came back home to eat them. I turned on the television. I see that you've posted a new video. I get sucked into it because it's excellent in the next thing I know, is that I wanted more mashed potatoes than the tiny side dish that they offered me. So I went back into the kitchen and made a giant bowl of mashed potatoes. As I finish it, completely inspired by this particular video and the conversation that you had had, prove to me that we're living in a simulation with that purely anecdotal footnote of your death row meal. So. Weird.

[@markbone]

This is so meta. I hope you still enjoyed the mashed potatoes

[@iamvictorperez1482]

Congrats man 🎉

[@Santafefashionweek]

Great information

[@OliverWiehe]

Ah... the LaCie hard drive - i have the same one! thx for great content!

[@youthfulambitionya]

I love this approach. We’re doing the same on Intent Unknown feature film, and the same for the next one in development. I directed a Versace documentary film with Alfredo Versace himself with a never before side of the story told. The results have been terrible in the traditional way. So i will be going with this approach also. Great share. Cheers

[@markbone]

Woah, where can we see the Versace documentary?

[@mozzfather]

Congrats bro 👏

[@rubenlevisznajderman6284]

It seems like the new game plan to distribute a small movies is similar to a kickstarter strategy: "find your people"

[@markbone]

Every film has an audience! It’s your job to find them

[@HORNGEN4]

I think it's important to emphasize that the audience doesn't come first, at least in forms of true expression. Yes, there is some balance between true expression and marketability in terms of making a living, but during conception and creation that balance should NEVER lean toward marketability (ie identifying an audience). The focus on marketability is why we have endless heaps of trash films, music and other "content" to sort through. If a film has solid fundamentals and a heart + soul, a targeted marketing angle can be developed with relatively little effort.

[@markbone]

You make some very valid points here. I think a potential audience can and should be determined in pre production but I think it’s fostered easier when the project has something to show. And good storytelling is the best thing to show a potential audience

[@heathland_creative]

Will these webinars be recorded?? Also, THANK YOU for making this film. My brother is on the spectrum and we need more conversations about this topic.

[@markbone]

Yes, if you buy a ticket to watch the movie then you will get access to the seminars and they will be recorded.

[@PioneerCinema1]

this is awesome!

[@LycanVisuals]

Lots of congrats on making that feature film. 🥂

[@markbone]

Thanks mate!!

[@FilmshooterOH]

Great video. Filmmaker's have to think beyond making the film but they need to consider how the film will be marketed/sold. As you said, gear is cheap, so about anybody can make a film so you have to plan to get the film out into the world. As to mash potatoes, they are the bomb but you have to have good gravy.

[@strangedays871]

Yeah, anybody can make a film, but most films are terrible.

[@ckhicks]

Dude, this is priceless tactical knowledge, thanks so much for sharing. And many, many CONGRATS on your film sale, that's so amazing!

[@costafilh0]

Here's an idea: Pirate it yourself to generate hype and profit in other areas beyond traditional sales. Not everyone will go for the pirated option but sales can't be the only source of revenue. The indie gaming industry has been doing this for over a decade, with surprising good results.

[@markbone]

This is funny. I’ll do this

[@dqstudios]

a masterclass! 🎉🎉❤❤

[@BrodyKuhar]

Is independent distribution (renting, paid screenings, etc.) the most lucrative path to making a living as a documentary filmmaker today? It seems for new filmmakers that this is the best advice for those who are trying to break into the industry, make enough money to merely just build a life, and then have enough to make more films. Chasing the big distributors just seems like a surefire way to ultimately become irrelevant.

[@thefilmtRANscend]

not necessarily. i’ve sold films to netflix for six figures. i’ve been commissioned hundreds of thousands to create films for broadcasters. but each film will have its own life. independent distribution is right for some films, licensing is right for others, etc…

[@rodrigoarmeli7173]

Congratulations 👍👍👍

[@laughingbuddhafilms]

This is awesome, Mark! The future is here. Ticket bought! 🙏🏻

[@SomewhatAbnormal]

I finally have a Netflix worthy setup, and the industry is not buying documentaries… great news. I can always sell my stuff and buy a car I guess? This is discouraging not just for me, but for my wife who is a member of two different film unions and is incapable of finding work. I suspect that we’re just in a downturn which will be followed by an upturn. I’m trying to be optimistic.

[@AyanDaceStudios]

Hey Mark, are the seminars accessible after they are live?

[@markbone]

Yes 👍🏻

[@CreativeTechLab]

Dope graasroots business model.

[@scs54]

The rise of international films and television is happening.

[@benugdsen75]

Bonestorm!!

[@lwjohnson1]

wow

[@RavinderSingh-ft5dw]

Sweet

[@benjimenlockwood]

Hey ❤

[@scottievee7467]

I like the "look" in this talking head spot better than anything yet Mark. Always very good but this had a little sumthin sumthin. Technically this is what KZbin does all days every day. Target Audience. I rarely see anything about cats. I'm not a cat fan. Nothing against Cats in general but YT knows I won't watch... Captive audience is an ad/video in a bathroom stall. Target audience is voluntary. You always bring cool stuff. You are a never pass video guy.

[@danielthaniel]

sooo... where can we watch Milking It?

[@markbone]

Hahaha. You’ll have to scour Vimeo for that ;) it’s rough. I give a directors commentary in Module 2 in AOD

[@danielthaniel]

@@markbone omg i found it, that opening scene is amazing. might just have to get module 2 for the breakdown haha

[@BlakeRidder]

I remember seeing you at Raindance

[@markbone]

Hello again! And now we are seeing each other on KZbin

[@elizeocardosodejesus8612]

JESUS ESTÁ VOLTANDO!!!

[@RaedViera]

4:19 Nah man, that's Lalo Salamanca

[@FlyingLapMedia]

The old hard drive from film school has ...a Mid 49 logo sticker? Didn't they just start up less than a few months ago?

[@markbone]

Yes. You can put new stickers on old harddrives

[@FlyingLapMedia]

⁠@@markboneof course. Was just wondering / thinking it was a clever way for Ryan and his team to brand channels. Subtle. But effective. To be clear, wasn’t suggesting it was anything dishonest. If anything a clever placement.

[@LittleSpot]

2:06 here you answered to your question for your self. More gear, more media production and everyone tries to get the attention for their films from the people. An now with a lower economic growth, its getting not easier to get money from the people.

[@chasestanton8304]

Someone get this man a NAS. (honestly excited to see the film though!)

[@markbone]

😂😂😂

[@markbone]

Don’t worry it’s on the cloud

[@idxstudios]

Know your audience ..find a genre...vet you rep or your marketer

[@jd5787]

Crisis? You have not seen it yet. Openai SORA is a huge shot taken at the entire film industry. 1minute limitation now but imagine the trail of destruction this can create. Filmmaker? Sora, DP? Sora, Actors? Sora, Sets? Sora etc...

[@ElliotForemanFilms]

It is a bit worrying but to be fair I think documentary is the genre that will always be safe.

[@stankwho]

You should do a short on Open AI Sora

[@markbone]

I will!

[@robertgilfillan3221]

Thought this was going to be about Sora

[@troybedenbaugh]

We need Bonestorm merch asap

[@markbone]

Hahaha. That would be amazing

[@troybedenbaugh]

😂@@markbone

[@theartofdocumentary]

👀

[@lightningbolt4451]

about the crisis of hollywoods?

[@Mooooty]

Hollywood will just keep on produced and releasing regurgitated crapcola.

[@markbone]

BUT WE NEED MORE SPIDERMANS

[@nirvailsohal4120]

Ai change everything 😭

[@film_magician]

A doll movie made a billion dollars. Hollywood is more than fine lol

[@dkkeyz8815]

You used to be about the music man.

[@markbone]

Just mashed potatoes now

[@dkkeyz8815]

@@markbone hahaha

[@Videofilealways]

The guys at Show and Tell seem to have found away around the bias of the big guys like NETFLIX

[@Plantandpeoplecarer]

Streaming is relatively new and documentaries have been around since the beginning of film, there was a time when non streaming platform were all there was! They survived, and the quality of the documentary has fallen considerably, it’s not an unbiased look, it’s propaganda for whoever it’s about!

[@markbone]

Yah I totally agree. Many documentaries just air on propaganda for one view point. Especially about film about a specific food diet

[@elizeocardosodejesus8612]

JESUS IS COMING BACK!!!

[@TyroneLT]

Shout out to FireWire 800!

[@markbone]

😂

[@conceptor]

This is a promotional video more than anything...

[@Videofilealways]

You are obviously not a filmmaker - I needed to know this - Mark is helping us find a way past the Hollywood blockade!

[@conceptor]

Im well aware of the nepotism level.. Sorry for sharing my feeling for this video? huwait, how long did he talk about Hollywood crisis on the 10 minutes?

[@davemorphling7432]

wut, are you and danny co-ordinating? what's happening here? roughly same video idea!

[@markbone]

We were just texting about this. It’s crazy. We had no idea until today

[@mattbosley3531]

Why are you claiming "Hollywood" is in a crisis? As far as I knew most documentary filmmakers weren't part of Hollywood anyway.

[@markbone]

I have a better question. Is there really 3,531 Matt Bosley user handles on KZbin?

[@glennalexon1530]

Alt titles: Dramatic Clickbait! Sad Crybaby Nothing To Do With Hollywood I Ran Out of Subjects To Film

[@markbone]

lol. Sad Crybaby made me laugh.