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Total Transparency: How Much Revenue a $100K REALLY Film Generates with Liz ManashilHave you ever wondered how much revenue a real indie film can make in the marketplace? Wouldn't you like to see the real and raw numbers for a nontheatrical film with no major film festival premieres? Today's guest has been brave enough to do just that. Filmmaker Liz Manashil decided to open up the accounting books on her debut feature film Bread and Butter, starring SNL's Bobby Moynihan and Lauren Lapkus. Liz Manashil earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick.Her debut feature, Bread and Butter, was called “an absolute must-watch for women everywhere” by HelloGiggles. It was released by The Orchard and can be seen on VOD nearly everywhere (including Hulu!). Liz is currently in pre-production on her next feature film, SPEED OF LIFE, and lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Laura Palmer, and her partner, Sean Wright. She is the Manager of Sundance Institute's Creative Distribution Initiative.Here's the breakdown (taken from her amazing article on Moviemaker Magazine:Our film, Bread and Butter, is a digital success. A digital success you've never heard of.Let's break it down.Our film cost $100,000 to makeWe grossed $96,000 a little bit more than a year into our release (and we're still making deals)Our distributor did have a marketing spend but we invested in no other resources outside of that (other than me running our social media campaigns and newsletter)We got two airline deals, two SVOD deals, and decent promotion of transactional and cable VODWe're operating in the black with the distributor's marketing spend and heading toward eventual recoupment in terms of our expensesIn an age where people debate the utility of making independent feature films, there is hope.I had a ball speaking to Liz and we get into the weeds on traditional distribution and self-distribution. If you want to sell you film in the marketplace perk up your ears and take some notes. Enjoy my conversation with Liz Manashil.

Have you ever wondered how much revenue a real indie film can make in the marketplace? Wouldn't you like to see the real and raw numbers for a nontheatrical film with no major film festival premieres? Today's guest has been brave enough to do just that. Filmmaker Liz Manashil decided to open up the accounting books on her debut feature film Bread and Butter, starring SNL's Bobby Moynihan and Lauren Lapkus. Liz Manashil earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post-graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick.

The "Creative Distribution 101" podcast features interviews with experts and filmmakers who have used creative, alternative and non traditional ways to get their film out there. In this first episode I interview Liz Manashil  (@LizManashil) who runs the Creative Distribution Initiative at the Sundance Institute. Before that, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick. Her debut feature, BREAD AND BUTTER, was called “an absolute must-watch for women everywhere” by HelloGiggles. It was released by The Orchard and can be seen on VOD nearly everywhere. Liz is currently in post-production on her 2nd feature film, SPEED OF LIFE. Show notes: The basics of distribution: in the old model, for a traditional deal a distributor might take all rights in all territories, you would get an advance and very little control on the life of your film. Creative Distribution is about splitting up rights (theatrical, semi-theatrical and community screenings, educational, broadcast, digital rights, etc.) and not give all of them to one or a couple of parties, but rather exploit them in various ways with various partners. Educational can be quite lucrative for documentary makers, be careful not to give away to a distributor a big slice of the pie. We publish data from the case studies of the films we take on and give more intimate support to filmmakers. Be careful when signing contracts: look at the term length, and what does this distributor know how to do Shame for filmmakers keeps them from sharing information, because we think we are the only ones not leading sustainable lives. Start small: email addresses are incredibly valuable, start with a newsletter, pull back the curtain on your process. Don't turn into a marketer, be authentic to connect with audiences who care about your topic. There's never nothing happening even in between projects: share your process, be transparent and share your story in your newsletter and on social media with your fans. Don't forget the value you bring as a filmmaker, we tend to underestimate our value. The Creative Distribution Initiative application process is very detailed and takes several months. The three big goals: Impact, Eyeballs, Revenue, the filmmaker has to figure out what to prioritize. For the films we take on we look at the platforms you want to use, the funds you have access to, what team mates we can connect you to, what resources we have that could be helpful. You have to start by building a team and figuring out what your windows are. (*specific windows for the various distribution rights listed above). Look at the materials you have and calendar out moments in your campaign to use each asset and announce things (trailer, casting, premiere, etc.) Always be humble and grateful in your communication with your audience. Unrest was very successful partly because of the director's incredible relationship with her audience, from her crowdfunding campaign up until now. It's also very powerful to come from a personal place. Don't do a deal with someone or a distributor who cannot add value to what you are doing. The bottom line, is we look for filmmakers who are ready to roll up their sleeves.

It doesn't matter whether you thought our past episode,  OVERRATED & UNDERRATED, was overrated or underrated. WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN! JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD, have dusted the cobwebs off a beloved old topic, and are tickled pink to present you... UNDERRATED & OVERRATED VOL. 2!!! Once again, the title says it all! We each bring up a movie, book, or other bit of nerd nonsense, and defend it as either "overrated" or "underrated." And if that weren't fun enough, this is all done while wiping each other's angry spittle from our faces.  Joining us for this audacious orgy of opinions, is a man who doesn't pull any punches....well, maybe the physical ones. It's TV show host, power nerd, and movie reviewing icon... SCOTT MANTZ! (ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, JUST SEEN IT, 50 YEARS OF STAR TREK, SCI-FI ENTERTAINMENT) This episode is guaranteed to make you yell at your listening device. If it yells back, you may have accidentally called your mother. And if it's not too much trouble, could you ask her what she thinks about SUPERMAN 3?

I had a blast talking to Liz! I hope you all enjoy our conversation. Liz Manashil earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick. Her debut feature, BREAD AND BUTTER, was called “an absolute must-watch for women everywhere” by HelloGiggles. It was released by The Orchard and can be seen on VOD nearly everywhere (including Hulu!). Liz is currently in pre-production on her next feature film, SPEED OF LIFE, and lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Laura Palmer, and her partner, Sean Wright. She is the Manager of Sundance Institute's Creative Distribution Initiative.Here is the trailer to her film Bread and Butter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbXYGYCaCEw

I had a blast talking to Liz! I hope you all enjoy our conversation. Liz Manashil earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick. Her debut feature, BREAD AND BUTTER, was called “an absolute must-watch for women everywhere” by HelloGiggles. It was released by The Orchard and can be seen on VOD nearly everywhere (including Hulu!). Liz is currently in pre-production on her next feature film, SPEED OF LIFE, and lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Laura Palmer, and her partner, Sean Wright. She is the Manager of Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative. Here is the trailer to her film Bread and Butter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbXYGYCaCEw

Total Transparency: How Much Revenue a $100K REALLY Film Generates with Liz ManashilHave you ever wondered how much revenue a real indie film can make in the marketplace? Wouldn't you like to see the real and raw numbers for a nontheatrical film with no major film festival premieres? Today's guest has been brave enough to do just that. Filmmaker Liz Manashil decided to open up the accounting books on her debut feature film Bread and Butter, starring SNL's Bobby Moynihan and Lauren Lapkus. Liz Manashil earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick.Her debut feature, Bread and Butter, was called “an absolute must-watch for women everywhere” by HelloGiggles. It was released by The Orchard and can be seen on VOD nearly everywhere (including Hulu!). Liz is currently in pre-production on her next feature film, SPEED OF LIFE, and lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Laura Palmer, and her partner, Sean Wright. She is the Manager of Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative.Here's the breakdown (taken from her amazing article on Moviemaker Magazine:Our film, Bread and Butter, is a digital success. A digital success you’ve never heard of.Let’s break it down.Our film cost $100,000 to makeWe grossed $96,000 a little bit more than a year into our release (and we’re still making deals)Our distributor did have a marketing spend but we invested in no other resources outside of that (other than me running our social media campaigns and newsletter)We got two airline deals, two SVOD deals, and decent promotion of transactional and cable VODWe’re operating in the black with the distributor’s marketing spend and heading toward eventual recoupment in terms of our expensesIn an age where people debate the utility of making independent feature films, there is hope.I had a ball speaking to Liz and we get into the weeds on traditional distribution and self-distribution. If you want to sell you film in the marketplace perk up your ears and take some notes. Enjoy my conversation with Liz Manashil.

Join the Hollywood Late Night cast as they celebrate the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, and as you know there was no shortage of controversy surrounding these games. Rocco brings on a Special Guest Co-Host that you will get to meet. Her name is Sarah Sunshine, and this Actor, Improvisor, Musician is about as colorful as the hair on top of her head. Rocco and Sunshine have a blast this episode with Special Guest; Managing Editor for Relativity Media’s, "iamROGUE.com", and a variety of magazines/ online publications including Wizard Magazine, Nerdist.com, and ComicBookResources.com, as well as being a frequent contributor to Fox News, AMC Movie Talk, and PBS’ movie review series “Just Seen It.” Jami, along with the rest of the "Rocco Fan Club" agree that Ryan Lochte is deserving of the "Rocco's Biggest Jerk Off of the Week Award". The cast also receives a Call-In from a Late Night favorite, "Aggro Joe", who blasts the Summer Olympics, and puts his own stamp on it. Aggro Joe occupies the land lines and what comes out of his mouth is as "Good As Gold". Pun intended.

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe features guest Liz Manshil joining the duo to discuss the film, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Among topics covered, this episode features a discussion about director Mike Nichols (6:58), a fun round of Know Everybody (12:22), some Out Now Quickies™ (18:09), Trailer talk for Pitch Perfect 2 (24:36), the main review of course (30:08), Out Now Feedback (55:31), a fun Game (1:05:17), What’s Out Now (1:12:35), and some Bloopers following this week’s close out song (1:22:23). So now, if you’ve got an hour or so to kill…

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe features guests Peter Paras and Just Seen It’s Aaron Fink stopping by to talk Gone Girl. Among topics covered, this episode features a fun round of Know Everybody (5:22), some Out Now Quickies™ (10:51), Trailer talk for Inherent Vice (17:45), the main review, of course (23:33), Out Now Feedback (1:08:37), a fun Game (1:29:35), What’s Out Now (1:36:37), and some Bloopers following this week’s close out song (1:43:39). So now, if you’ve got an hour or so to kill…

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe features Just Seen It’s Leah Aldridge and Professor Mike Dillon joining in with the boys to take a look back at the Ghostbusters franchise. A lot of topics are covered, staring with a round of Out Now Quickies (5:00), which features discussion of The Congress and Robin Wright, among other things. Then we move into the main topic of Ghostbusters (13:00), with many different areas of the first film covered. We discuss Ghostbusters II (59:40) at some length. There is then discussion of the film’s societal influence (1:18:30), followed by discussion of a possible third film (1:27:10). We also have Out Now Feedback (1:34:06), Games (1:40:52), and some bloopers at the end (1.52.53). So now, if you’ve got an hour or so to kill…

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe brings back that gender balance that we’ve all been waiting for, as Aaron and Abe are joined by guests Amy Taylor and Liz Manashil from Just Seen It, in order to talk about the film LUCY, starring Scarlett Johansson (not to mention Amy’s Kickstarter for her upcoming project Jess Archer Versus). Additionally, all of the regular segments are present as well, including “Know Everybody”, “Out Now Quickies”, “Movie Call Back”, “Out Now Feedback”, and Trailer Talk (50 Shades of Grey). It’s a fun, upbeat episode this week, especially given all the Comic Con exhaustion going on.

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe is the first true follow up to the well-received 150th Episode Spectacular and what better way to follow up a monster of an episode, than by talking about a giant monster movie. Author Robert James and Just Seen It’s Aaron Fink join Aaron and Abe to talk Godzilla, the new take on the classic King of the Monsters. Additionally, all of the regular segments are present as well, including “Know Everybody”, “Out Now Quickies”, “Movie Call Back”, “Out Now Feedback”, and Trailer Talk (Interstellar). The show format has been changed around a bit, but it is certainly still the Out Now that you know and love.

We are getting ready for our photo shoot today. We are joined in the studio by David Freedman, a talented producer and movie critic. David reviews TV at Just Seen It.

We are getting ready for our photo shoot today. We are joined in the studio by David Freedman, a talented producer and movie critic. David reviews TV at Just Seen It.

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe is a lengthy one, as heavy discussion is placed upon 12 Years A Slave, among other similarly related topics in film. Aaron and Abe are joined by Just Seen It’s Salim Lemelle and Leah Aldridge, which makes for a long, but engaging conversation. Additionally, all of the regular segments are present as well, including “Know Everybody”, “Out Now Quickies”, “Movie Call Back”, “Out Now Feedback”, and Trailer Talk (Labor Day and Noah). Plenty of insightful movie talk in this long episode. Stick with it and enjoy.

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe is back to regular as Abe and Aaron are back in their respective homes, but that does not mean the fun has stopped. This week the guys are joined by Just Seen It’s Liz Manashil and Sean Wright to discuss the Ridley Scott film, The Counselor. Liz also fills the guys in the progress of her movie, Bread and Butter (which also features Sean!). Additionally, all of the regular segments are present as well, including “Know Everybody”, “Out Now Quickies”, “Movie Call Back”, “Out Now Feedback”, and Trailer Talk (Non-Stop and Need For Speed). It may begin with an awkward catfish conversation, but it certainly shows that everything is connected, as things carry forward.

A detailed look behind the orbit of Elysium, and an examination of rising director Neill Blomkamp. How did Harrison Ford get Bruce Willis’s Expendables 3 gig? The Lone Ranger’s problems keep growing, so why do they keep blaming film critics? Plus, Just Seen It’s David Freedman reviews Elysium, Planes, We’re the Millers, and Percy Jackson. Hosted by … Read more about this episode...

Batman and Superman win Comic-Con, Johnny Depp responds to his critics, and Fight Club and Rocky Balboa get improbable sequels. Plus, Just Seen It producer David Freedman discusses the buzziest movies you haven’t seen yet; author Phil Hall talks about his book The Greatest Bad Movies, and we ask the burning question: What happened to all the movie stars? … Read more about this episode...

It is a fun mashup this week as far as participants on Out Now with Aaron and Abe. Abe and Aaron are joined by Just Seen It’s Liz Manashil and Sean Wright to discuss the stop-animated, zombie flick for all ages, ParaNorman. The group goes into whether or not this all-ages fright fest is good enough to say “See It” to, as well as have plenty of fun with the regular segments of the show; which includes “Know Everybody”, “Trailer Talk” (The Rise of the Guardians and The Last Stand), “Movie Call Back”, Box Office Results and Predictions, and a game that is pretty wild and involves team work. Fun discussion, lots of things covered, we literally put our hearts and souls into it. So now, if you’ve got an hour to kill…

It is a fun mashup this week as far as participants on Out Now with Aaron and Abe. Abe and Aaron are joined by Just Seen It’s Liz Manashil and Sean Wright to discuss the stop-animated, zombie flick for all ages, ParaNorman. The group goes into whether or not this all-ages fright fest is good enough to say “See It” to, as well as have plenty of fun with the regular segments of the show; which includes “Know Everybody”, “Trailer Talk” (The Rise of the Guardians and The Last Stand), “Movie Call Back”, Box Office Results and Predictions, and a game that is pretty wild and involves team work. Fun discussion, lots of things covered, we literally put our hearts and souls into it. So now, if you’ve got an hour to kill…

This week’s episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe is a double episode of family oriented fun. Aaron and Abe are joined by Just Seen It’s Liz Manashil and Leah Ducey (for basically an extended cameo, yeah!) to discuss a couple trailers (Piranha 3DD and Frankenweenie) and to review Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty. The group also has time for the other segments, including “Know Everybody”, “Instead Or Because Of”, box office results, and of games. Got a lot done, with plenty of things to cover, in wonderful animated detail.