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Last Day Dream — A Compelling Short Film

By On December 5, 2011 · In Featured, Film

A friend sent me this link and I’m sharing it.  Very compelling short film (very short) called “Last Day Dream” by acclaimed director Chris Milk.  Most likely after you watch it once you’ll “get it” and want to watch it again.  Enjoy.

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Avatar Ends China Run With $193M In Box Office Gross; Result Points to Inequities for Indie Films

By On April 2, 2010 · In Featured

Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Avatar has ended its run in China after 90 days with Box Office Gross of $193m, making China the second largest market after the US for the James Cameron blockbuster.  This seems logical, given China’s population — so if Avatar can pull in 193m or 15% of its worldwide total […]

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Films and Filmmaking: Declaration of Indies: Just Sell it Yourself

By On January 20, 2010 · In Film

In Sunday’s New York Times, Manohla Dargis has an excellent piece which relies heavily on much of what Broderick has been saying, and is reprinted in part here

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Surviving Umiyak Pati Langit – My First Film (Part 2)

By On January 8, 2010 · In Featured, Film, Philippines

here are times in life when the ridiculousness of what is going wrong rises to a level where you just have to shake your head and grimly hang on. This was one such a moment. I could feel the blood rushing to my head as I thought about the financial train wreck that was about to happen — but the more immediate problem of getting Lorna to the hospital provided a sort of respite. Sometimes there are things that come along which just pretty much demand your full attention — this was one.

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Memories: Umiyak Pati Langit (My First Movie)

By On January 6, 2010 · In Featured, Film

Someday I’m going to put out a memoir along the lines of “Dispatches from the Trenches of Indie Film Warfare”….so along the way, I’m going to make a point of doing a post about each film–what the experience was like. This is the first installment, and it might be called “How to Make […]

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Remembering Umiyak Pati Langit — My First Film (Part 2)

By On March 9, 2008 · In Featured, Film

by Michael D. Sellers

(In Part 1 of this post, we left off at 3am on the morning of the first day of filming of Umiyak Pati Langit, a Filipino film that was my first feature film as a producer. My 50% partner had just driven away after telling me that his money hadn’t […]

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Remembering Umiyak Pati Langit — My First Film (Part 1)

By On March 8, 2008 · In Featured, Film

by Michael D. Sellers

Someday I’m going to put out a memoir along the lines of “Dispatches from the Trenches of Indie Film Warfare”….so along the way, I’m going to make a point of doing a post about each film–what the experience was like. This is the first installment.


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Gearing Up For Way of the Dolphin Bahamas Location Scout

By On March 5, 2008 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

by Michael D. Sellers

We’re now about 12 weeks out from the start of filming for MovieBank Studios‘ Way of the Dolphin and so I’m finding that my days are already starting earlier and going longer–no surprise there. Producer Susan Johnson has collected 794 resumes of crew applicants, which gives you an […]

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Protected: Eye of the Dolphin and Dolphin Captivity Issues

By On March 1, 2008 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Pondering Cloverfield: What It Means for MovieBank and Quantum

By On January 20, 2008 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

by Michael SellersWell, like just about everybody else, I’ve been following the netbuzz about Cloverfield and wondering whether this would launch the film (think “300”) or kill it (“Snakes on a Plane”). So I lined up with wife and a couple of 17 year old guinea pigs in tow and went to see it […]

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Cloverfield Does $18.5 on Friday; Projects to $54.5M Record Weekend

By On January 19, 2008 · In Film

by Michael D. Sellers A month or so ago I blogged that the studios were excited and all of us involved with MovieBank and Quantum should keep an eye on “Cloverfield”, the JJ Abrams (“Lost”) produced $30M monster flick which boasts no stars and is shot as if what the audience is seeing is raw footage […]

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Wired: Apple Reinvents the Film Download Business – What it Means For Everyone from MovieBank to the Major Studios

By On January 15, 2008 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

by Michael D. Sellers Here it is. We knew this was coming. It’s unclear yet whether this is a breakthrough opportunity or a threat to us here at MovieBAnk, but whatever it is — it’s news and it gives a big boost to internet downloads as a concept whose time has come. Apple’s entry, and […]

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Keep an Eye on Cloverfield

By On December 16, 2007 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

by Michael D. Sellers As we track/discuss/analyze the trends from the studios that might have impact on MovieBank and/or Quantum Entertainment and other indie film entities,   I think it’s important to keep an eye on Cloverfield, a film coming out in January which is produced by JJ Abrams (the TV series Lost) and which is […]

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Eye of the Dolphin: Illegal Downloads Popping Up

By On December 6, 2007 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

By Michael D. SellersAs we near the street date for Eye of the Dolphin, illegal downloads of the film are popping up here and there on various BitTorrent sites. If any of you come across any of these, please send me the link at sellers.michael@mac.com. So far we have had two in the last couple […]

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A Technology Moment….

By On October 11, 2007 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

From Michael SellersOne of the things that has always frustrated me as a film-maker is that in the “indie” world we inhabit, it has always been necessary to “lock the picture” before beginning work on the sound, and never “unlock” it thereafter.In other words — you finish shooting the movie, then you edit the picture […]

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Film Biz 101: How Films Are Developed, Packaged, Produced, and Marketed Worldwide

By On June 10, 2007 · In Film

Following is a rundown for the uninitiated on the process by whiuch films get made in the independent production universe:

The Development Phase: The process of creating film packages which are complete and ready to go into production is known as ‘Development’. The process is essentially the same (except for financing aspects) whether undertaken under […]

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Protected: Development Diary: People of the Forest

By On June 3, 2007 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

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Keeping it Real:The Truth About Box Office Gross

By On May 26, 2007 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

by Michael D. Sellers Every independent producer who is trying to garner investment for his project inevitably cites “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “Blair Witch” as examples of what can happen to a small film that strikes the right chord with audiences.  And this is understandable — after all, that’s the pot of gold that […]

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What Does A Producer Do?

By On May 22, 2007 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

by Michael D. Sellers If there is one question that I get asked more often than anything else during my work at MovieBank and Quantum Entertainment — it’s “What, exactly, does a producer do?” Imagine working as hard as we all do…..if you’re a doctor, an attorney, an architect, a deep sea diver — people […]

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FilmBiz101: The Box Office Dollar

By On May 22, 2007 · In x,y,z -- Everything Else

by Michael D. Sellers

So … how does a box office dollar get broken down?Well – there are different splits so there is no single formula. For example, when studios release blockbusters like Spiderman or Shrek, they negotiate a split that is very favorable to the distributor (the studio) in the first weeks, then swings […]

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