film and interactive panels for sxsw 2015

Submissions for SXSW 2015 Panel Picker closed just a few weeks ago, and our team was more than ready with some great film distribution and content creation panel ideas. Now all we need is YOUR vote to make our panel discussions into a reality. Below are our four Panel Discussions for this year's Interactive and Film Festival. Vote for your favorites!

1.) Digital Distribution's Impact on Storytelling

Digital outlets don’t simply change the way audiences watch content. 

Media discovery has been revolutionized by outlets such as Netflix, Hulu, Roku, & Amazon Prime, completely changing the game for audiences – and for distributors. 

All previous strategies are now subject to reassessment, and across the industry the same questions are being asked: Is traditional film distribution no longer applicable? 

What will become of the “home video” and “theatrical” markets we know so well? Should a filmmaker be fluent in new digital strategies before even picking up a camera? Can digital exposure generate substantial revenue, or is the industry just giving away an all-you-can eat content buffet? 


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2.) Secret is Out! Film Distributors Reveal Their Numbers 

What are the components for a successful Home Video distribution release? What titles work best for us in the DVD and VOD marketplace? What sort of deliverables and costs can you expect from a Netflix sale? What are unit and return numbers like from Wal Mart and Redbox? 

We are here to let filmmakers know the deep discussions and methods we go through after acquiring a title and most importantly let the audience in on our most terrifying question, how much money can my movie make? 


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3.) Story Branding: How to Become an Auteur 

What do Wes Anderson, Lil' John and Robert DeNiro have in common? They've all got a signature, whether it's pastels, "YEAH" or playing a mob member. Want to be a go-to-guy too? 

Using precedents from modern day auteurs, "Story Branding" will give you the visual, writing, and performance branding know-how to develop your signature style as a screenwriter, cinematographer, or actor, and give you the tools to promote your brand without being pigeonholed.


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4.) Modern Storytelling: Let's Be Masters of All Media

Modern storytelling is a free-for-all. Innovators have taken traditional media and dismantled it, exploded it, hacked it, gamed it, reconfigured it—and anything else you can imagine. 


Our panelists will show you how you can tell your story any way you want to, whether it's as a graphic novel or a web TV series. After all, they are living proof that making your ideas into realities is possible. 


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