11:00:29 From Robin Rosenthal : re revenues: SPREAD THE RISK 11:00:32 From Michael Johnson : I’ve gotten a lot out of the idea that it’s better to spend more energy on conferences, etc. versus film festivals. 11:00:52 From Gudula Meinzolt : Think outside the box 11:00:56 From Douglas Darlington : Conferences over Festivals. 11:01:18 From Julie Englander : Question: I may have missed this, but does Peter provide negotiating and/or legal services? 11:01:26 From Susan Hackley : Be strategic and work hard to develop partnerships 11:01:41 From Larry Confino : Clone yourself so you can apply all the great knowledge we’ve gained from the course. 11:01:42 From Alka Raghuram : +1 Julie Englander 11:01:42 From Polly Wells : Too hard to do it effectively on your own. Spend some money on help, it will be worth it. 11:01:52 From Michelle Paymar (she/her) : Everything is negotiable. 11:02:01 From Clate Korsant : That there is A LOT more to be done with documentary films in terms of revenue creation and impact/partnerships than I had thought 11:02:12 From Arlene Rimer : Pick a topic with lots of conferences about it 11:02:14 From Michael Johnson : I also have one main question (and I understand the challenge in answering): what does a typical Netflix doc deal look like (or other streamer)? When is it best to involve them, etc.? How much are they potentially worth? 11:02:26 From Janet Kirchheimer : Distribution is not for the meek. 11:02:27 From Kathy Hassinger, she her, hers : Develop Distribution Strategy 11:02:31 From Rick Minnich : Greetings from Berlin! I found this course incredibly empowering and very hands on. I have implemented some of the lessons and made over $6500 off my first virtual sneak preview screening, which gave me a huge boost. My mindset is shifting from “poor, starving filmmaker” to “filmmaker with something amazing to offer that people want to see”. I’ve even been getting a kick out of a lot of this DIY stuff that I used to dread. 11:02:32 From Vera Wagman : +1 Michael 11:02:33 From Alexandra Lexton : Others are stating my takeaways 11:02:45 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : +1 Michael! 11:02:50 From DAN HABIB : Reach out to other filmmakers for support/collaboration/discussions more often!! 11:02:53 From Diane Estelle : A participant mentioned a website for conferences? Missed the name..or misspelled it? Thank oyu 11:02:55 From Michael Jacobsohn : Michael Jacobsohn: mjacobs2008@gmail.com 11:03:06 From Alexandra Lexton : Love hearing Rick’s takeaway and fruitful new approach 11:03:14 From Larry Confino : +1 Rick 11:03:17 From Rob Levi - NYC : How does one contact Netflix re: a completed work? 11:03:19 From Michael Johnson : I also love the idea of doing virtual screenings along the way. I’ve got one scheduled for tomorrow night, and it’s only our pitch reel at this stage. 11:03:19 From Lisa Gossels : + 1 Rick 11:03:32 From Matthew Eisen : +1 Michael Johnson 11:03:35 From Adriana Marchione (she/her) San Francisco : Good to be here - I think the key take aways overall is the validation from other filmmakers how intense and labor intensive making a documentary film is. Very different from other art creations. 11:03:37 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : A lil reminder:: Peter and I are leading a free webinar on CRITICAL MISTAKES filmmakers make tomorrow, Thursday, May 6th @ 1pm PT. RSVP here: https://calendly.com/showandtellfilm/magical-thinking 11:03:39 From CJ Crim : Hearing stories like the one @Rick Minnich just put in the chat! So inspiring. 11:03:45 From Stan Crider : Key take away - Lex is an awesome Zoom director! 11:03:54 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Thank you, Stan! :) 11:03:55 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : www.conferencealerts.com 11:04:02 From Tina Datsko - she/her : Key take-away: there are way more options than just looking for an educational distributor. 11:04:14 From Diane Estelle : Learned sooo much..will have to repeat the class again! 11:04:16 From Dale Windle : Take Away: Organize yourself. Follow the methodology, establish your priorities, write it down, document your plan and then follow the plan (with regular tweaks based on your progress). 11:04:24 From Beth Dolan (she/her) : DON’T GO IT ALONE: — physical team, spiritual team… all essential. 11:04:33 From Rick Minnich : The people in this course have been wonderfully supportive. It’s great to talk honestly and openly about money issues. 11:04:55 From A'magine | she/they : So many takeaways!!! Getting the focus off of the festival world and into the conference/community world has been so impactful and will change our entire approach. It feels so much more exciting and I was already excited about those communities yet felt it was still ancillary on some level. 11:04:56 From Vivien Wu : Shout-out to Lex for the great facilitation throughout the course 11:05:15 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : Sad, too! 11:05:18 From Dale Windle : Dittto: Shout-out to Lex 11:05:23 From trudi Angell : Buenas tardes, from Loreto, BCS, Mexico. Loved Connie’s comment on sharing info is so cool in this course. And just the fact to be vigilant for distribution, and Flexible. 11:05:23 From Michael Johnson : +1 Vivien 11:05:23 From Sam Smartt : Nice haircut Peter. 11:05:28 From Rick Minnich : Yeah, Lex is great. So is the rest of the team! 11:06:00 From Laj P. Waghray : I am sad it’s ending - that would be “get to work” for me:) 11:06:52 From Odette Scott : Me too @laj 11:07:02 From Renee Bergan : funny 11:07:29 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:07:51 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:09:23 From A'magine | she/they : Every single session has been tremendously useful and impactful. I really appreciate all of you. Thank you. 11:09:43 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- Hot tip: if you choose “Speaker View” you’ll see Peter and Keith largest on your screen! ---------------------------- 11:10:02 From Peter McDowell - he, him - Jimmy in Saigon : Question or TECH, how long will this session last: Wednesday May 12, 2021 at 11:00 AM PDT 11:10:52 From TECH - Mark Stolaroff (he/him) : May 12th Session will last 2 - 2.5 hours 11:11:21 From Rick Minnich : Impressive results! 11:11:30 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : The session will be 2 - 2.5 hours 11:12:01 From francesca soans she/her : I think this depends on “meaningful change”—my films have sparked conversations about diversity in small groups, that has helped further these conversations. 11:12:04 From Rick Minnich : My film “The Bomb Hunters” about unexploded WWII bombs still in the ground in Germany led to a change in German federal legislation. 11:12:06 From Michael Johnson : We had a documentary about Walmart that communities used to help keep Walmart from setting up shop in their community. 11:12:14 From Nicole Betancourt : How do you measure a change in perspective? Not all impact is policy. 11:12:18 From Meagan Adele Lopez : I handled the marketing for the film Coded Bias and the film (and the women in the film) has made massive changes in legislation for privacy across the united states 11:12:23 From Renee Bergan : My film about Haitian women “Poto Mitan” raised tens of thousands of dollars for Haitian women’s orgs to do their work on the ground. 11:12:24 From Peter McDowell - he, him - Jimmy in Saigon : Impact from a viewer of our rough cut: “I just watched the whole movie. I was only going to watch a few minutes at first, just to get an idea of it. But, I couldn't stop. It moved me a great deal, in fact I was crying through a lot of it. Why? Because it was about a gay Vietnam era vet like me. It was like he was one of my brothers, one of my fellow soldiers. We grew up at the same time, in the same era and served at the same time in our history. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say, I admire what you have done, as a gay man, as a veteran, as a searcher of the past.” 11:13:06 From Melanie Wallace : NOVA made a film called Forgotten Genius about the black scientist Percy Julian. And I found out many years later when I was speaking at an international conference that when that film came out in Chicago,apparently a high school called Percy Julian had been slated to be closed. And after the film was broadcast on PBS/ NOVA the city decided NOT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL. And the students were so happy. 11:13:25 From A'magine | she/they : At Your Cervix is not yet out but we’ve worked on it for so long and we have helped drive the focus and awareness on these issues, and I believe our efforts have been a part of so many laws moving forward due to more attention on the issue in the last couple of years. 11:13:30 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she,her : One of my films WHO REMEMBERS MAMA? was used to pass legislation for displaced homemakers. Another film WEST OF HESTER STREET was the impetus to form the TEXAS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY . 11:13:37 From Connie Bottinelli : Women of Hope on CBS: A young nun, who coaxes homeless women off the street in the dead of night, is recognized as a beacon of hope. Her program receives nationwide Congressional support. She inspires Jon Bon Jovi to volunteer building safe affordable housing for former homeless in her city. Philabundance on NBC: A woman uses her station wagon to take fresh leftover food from banquet halls and hotels, then delivers it to shelters. From that modest beginning grew the largest hunger relief organization in PA, NJ, DE and MD. Wolfman the Myth & Science on Discovery: A young Mexican geneticist helps to crack the human genome when participants in my film agree to give their unique blood to identify a missing marker in our human DNA. 11:13:48 From Rick Minnich : @Melanie: That’s great! 11:14:12 From Sam Smartt : +1 Francesca. I think conversations are sometimes the best form of impact if you’re not pushing for specific policy changes. I really enjoyed participating in the America Heard (americaheard.com) project with a lot of other filmmakers across the country in the wake of the 2016 election to show the diversity of political perspectives throughout the US. 11:14:16 From DAN HABIB : We put together a 2-page PDF impact report that was well received by the funders for my last film, INTELLIGENT LIVES. I was probably most excited about the impact we measured in the attitudes and actions of people who viewed the film, ie “88% of viewers said that seeing INTELLIGENT LIVES made them more likely to interview and/or hire a young adult with a disability. You can see the report here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/70rdqx7m4lgmgag/Intelligent_Lives_ImpactReport_FINAL.pdf?dl=0 11:14:23 From Melanie Wallace : @thanks Rick it made an impact on me 11:14:41 From Dianne Griffin : Painted Nails documentary“This beautifully wrought film gives voice to immigrant entrepreneurs working in nail salons made unsafe by a long-standing failure to regulate the US cosmetic industry. It highlights the long path towards policy change, which requires both individual and collective action.” 11:14:41 From Allen Wolf : Question: at the end of my movie, I share stats about trafficking and then include a website if people would like to join the fight. Is that a good idea? 11:15:00 From Renee Bergan : Yes allen 11:15:04 From Doug Block : My impact is mostly anecdotal. My films are mainly personal docs and they get really strong viewer and audience reactions. For “51 Birch Street”, a 15-year old film, I still get a few dozen emails a year from people all over the world sharing how moved they were. Is it changing the world? No. But seeing people moved in a very deep way is extremely gratifying. 11:15:41 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:16:04 From A'magine | she/they : To add to Allen’s question, I’d love to hear your thoughts on how to approach a Call to Action in our films. We have struggled with how much is too much or too little and not making it overly didactic, yet the need for action is important. I am not a fan of films that open up an issue and leave the viewer with no hope for what can be done. 11:16:31 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Julie Bridgham(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:16:34 From David Pelcyger : Peter- congrats on a real impact 11:16:56 From Rick Minnich : @Doug: that can be very gratifying. It’s been similar with my personal doc “Forgetting Dad”, which came out in 2008. Some stranger or other writes me nearly every week to tell me how much the film moved them. That’s really gratifying. 11:17:30 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Julie Bridgham(privately) : ---------------------------- Hot tip: if you need captions, you can click the CC Live Transcript button down at the bottom of your screen and select “show subtitle.” ---------------------------- 11:18:19 From Matthew Eisen : Our PBS series Remaking American Medicine: 7 million viewers, Partnership program with 49 of the top healthcare organizations in the U.S., 20 local initiatives about local healthcare initiates, 10K DVD’s sold, shown in medical and nursing schools across the country. :) 11:18:42 From Elle Kamihira : Jennifers’ Law just introduced in Connecticut Senate in the name of Jennifer Magnano, the subject of my film. Jennifers’ Law seeks to redefine domestic violence to include Coercive Control and the full range of tactics used by abusers against their victims. Myself, Jennifer’s three children and over a hundred survivors, experts and advocates testified at the 12-hour virtual hearing to the Judicial Committee March 24. It got voted through the committee and is now going up for a full vote in the CT house and Senate. Read more about it here: https://www.connecticutprotectivemoms.org/2021-jennifer-s-law 11:19:09 From Elle Kamihira : My film is JENNIFER, 42 11:19:49 From CJ Crim : @Elle that is awesome! Good luck! 11:19:57 From A'magine | she/they : @Elle that is incredible! Congratulations. That’s is going to support so many people. 11:20:07 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Karen Zhang(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:20:18 From Marie Wilkinson : Several years before making our feature length doc, we made a 5 minute short on the same subject: African elephants but this was more focused on poaching which was not at all in the news yet. WildAid picked it up, translated it into Chinese and screened on China’s domestic airlines, raising awareness amongst the primary consumers of ivory that elephants were being slaughtered for their status symbols. Many Chinese at that time believed elephants lost their tusks and they would grow back. They had no idea they were perpetuating illegal poaching and illegal trade. 11:20:22 From Susan Hamovitch : My first doc, Without Apology, raised awareness of the “dark old days” of developmental disability, through a personal story of institutionalization and family shame, and denial 11:21:05 From Rick Minnich : All these examples everyone is posting are really encouraging. 11:21:07 From Dianne Griffin : The impact for us has also been witnessing the transformation of our lead collaborator as the film progressed. She woke up to the reality of the toxic sludge she was working in 12 hour 7 days a wee. The act of working with the subjects of our documentaries wakes everyone up along with the audience. 11:21:07 From Therese Shechter : Jennifer, 42 has a beautiful trailer - powerful animation tells the story. 11:21:53 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Susan Stern(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:22:14 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Christoph Dostal(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:23:10 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To barbara rubin(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:24:51 From Alexandra Lexton : What are educational prices? More or less than standard? 11:25:16 From Sam Smartt : This Beyond the Box Office report looks really helpful, but it’s from 2011 (which is about the time Peter and Keith met and started revolutionizing the distribution world if I’m not mistaken!) I’d love to see an updated version of the report that looks at virtual events, partnerships, conferences, etc. 11:25:55 From Doug Block : @Alexandra, go to the New Day Films website and look at the film prices for the various films listed (they do it by subject area) 11:25:55 From TECH - Mark Stolaroff (he/him) : Bulletin on “Lioness”: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/fb4e66eef22d14b5edb5e9b63ef213f5-13.html 11:26:22 From TECH - Mark Stolaroff (he/him) : Bulletin on “Lioness”: https://peterbroderick.com/distributionbulletins/files/fb4e66eef22d14b5edb5e9b63ef213f5-13.html 11:26:30 From Cat McGrath (she/her) : @Alexanda, we used this breakdown to inform our pricing: https://gooddocs.net/products/decade-of-fire 11:28:40 From Beth Polish : That image is extraordinary. RESILIENCE. Wow! 11:28:54 From George King, he, him : Is there a way to screen at small, independent cinemas and film societies without paying theatrical rights for copyrighted music and media that has been cleared for TV and educational screenings. 11:29:38 From Therese Shechter : +1 Sam Given all the changes in the past 10 years, how has impact strategy changed (or not)? 11:30:27 From Lisa Gossels : +1 Doug 11:30:34 From Alexandra Lexton : Thank you Cat, Mark and Doug for the answers to my questions! Much appreciated. 11:30:45 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Council Brandon(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:31:18 From A'magine | she/they : QUESTION: I’d love to hear you talk about books as additional impact strategy to go along with films. I’d really like to do a book for At Your Cervix. 11:31:34 From Christoph Dostal : Sound back on now:) 11:32:45 From Rick Minnich : +1 A’magine 11:33:36 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Roselly Torres(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:34:24 From Jill Demby Guest : A screening of my film, And Now, Love for Psychiatric residents in a healthcare system changed the course of study for one psychiatric resident. At another screening, the subject of my doc was asked to come back and teach his theory at the institute that ousted him in the 70’s. Other screenings at universities had similar impact and in tolerance communities too where the light was turned on for the first time about the effects of trans-generational trauma in utero effecting our lives. 11:34:53 From Odette Scott : +1 A 11:35:04 From Odette Scott : +1 A’imagine 11:35:24 From DAN HABIB : A lot of funders want you to write measurable impacts into the grant application. It seems risky to include policy change as a projected impact because the filmmaking team does not have a lot of control over making public policy. Peter, do you think it’s risky to include policy change as a measurable impact in grant applications or early fundraising efforts? 11:35:43 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) To Burton Buller(privately) : ---------------------------- For folks just joining us: If you have any technical issues or questions (re Zoom) you can send a private message to me (look for TECH at the front of my name). Please put your questions for Peter and Keith in the chat and we will call on folks later in the session to ask those questions out loud. Please keep questions relevant to what we are discussing in each session. Today we are talking about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER. Please only put each question (about MAXIMIZING IMPACT and MAXIMIZING CAREER) in the chat one time. If someone asks a question that you would also like to hear answered, please make note of that in the chat. ---------------------------- 11:35:59 From Shannon Eckstein : +1 Dan 11:36:03 From Rick Minnich : +1 Dan 11:36:25 From Jill Demby Guest : +1 Sam. What’s the current climate? 11:37:13 From francesca soans she/her : Are there there recommendations of what kinds of things we would want to include in an impact strategy? 11:38:44 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : +1 Francesca 11:40:26 From Therese Shechter : +1 francesca 11:40:35 From Matthew Eisen : MAPP campaign - fantastic! 11:41:45 From Matthew Eisen : Educational Toolbox is so important for outreach and impact! 11:41:59 From Jill Demby Guest : Does it need to be a non-profit? What about B Corps? 11:45:28 From Sam Smartt : When we’re competing for funds and promising the world to funders in terms of impact, how do we also think about defining the finish line? …whether/when/how to sunset the impact activities we’ve planned? Not all of us can create a non-profit that continues the work after the film, and likely at some point the revenue that supports them will dry up. When do we say we’ve done what we can and move on to the next project? 11:45:56 From Therese Shechter : For folks who have worked with an impact producer or consultant, what were the ballpark fees for their services. What I’ve seen is $25K and up. 11:46:01 From Rick Minnich : + 1 Sam. We also want to make films, not only distribute them! 11:46:27 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : +1 Therese 11:47:22 From Renee Bergan : Is there a one stop source for impact distribution grants? Or is it just google search one by one? 11:47:30 From Annika Iltis : +1 Therese 11:47:44 From Renee Bergan : +1 therese 11:49:16 From Peter McDowell - he, him - Jimmy in Saigon : Can we save money and be our own impact producer? (Small team, do our own research etc?) 11:49:22 From Susan Hamovitch : Can you sell a short? I’ve made an 11 minute film that’s starting to get some play through festivals, conferences, but is there a monetary side to this film? So far I’ve been showing it at no charge, thinking it was “a short” and hence of little value 11:49:38 From Ned Augustenborg : I produced a film “NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND BARS” The impactful result was that the California Dept of Corrections redefined the process and their philosophy in determining prison sites in Californian. Specifically the film prevented the construction of a prison in South Gate, CA. 11:50:42 From A'magine | she/they : We wasted years applying for grants and we could have just made the film by then… 11:50:50 From CJ Crim : Nothing concrete, but I was told by several people that my film, Resisterhood, convinced them to vote for the FIRST TIME in 2020! And many others said it convinced them to get involved in local organizations and elections. 11:50:55 From Susan Hamovitch : WOW to the above from Ned and prisons 11:50:58 From Kent Bassett : Question for the hive mind: we’ve received a 50/50 split revenue offer from Illuminate Film Festival to offer our film (This Might Hurt, about chronic pain) on an ongoing rental basis via Eventive. Anyone have experience or advice about this? Thanks! 11:50:59 From Pablo Miralles : Thank you. Grant chasing is a huge waste of time, I feel. 11:51:00 From Rodney Martel : Who has a name of a reputable DVD authoring/design/duplication service? 11:51:10 From Annika Iltis : +1 Susan - would you say all of this applies to Short films as well? Any differences? 11:51:18 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : Yay, CJ! Those are powerful individual responses! 11:51:21 From Patrick Norman : @rodney the ADS group or discmakers 11:51:25 From Kent Bassett : @Rodney, it seems like Disc Makers are good, I’m in process with them now... 11:51:50 From Rick Minnich : + 1 Kent 11:51:52 From Jim Becket Ojai, CA he/him : We’ve started doing group screenings charging $300, some have not replied some have. I was in touch with a traditional distributor with social justice and educational films. They charge $100 for an audience of 1-50. Is this what the market is actually? 11:51:57 From Kent Bassett : @A’magine, Same here! 11:52:01 From Michelle Paymar (she/her) : When you get money from individuals/organizations/businesses do they write you a check directly, or do they generally donate through a Fiscal Sponsor like IDA? 11:52:15 From Julie Englander : @Bill Brummel, heard you on NPR the other day! Congrats! 11:52:25 From Susan Hamovitch : Annika, I don’t know how to charge for my film, thinking it’s too short 11:52:32 From A'magine | she/they : Wow awesome @Bill! 11:52:33 From DAN HABIB : For DVD replication, I’ve had good success with Copycats Media https://www.copycatsmedia.com/ 11:52:36 From George King, he, him : The examples seem to focus on issue-oriented films. Do you have examples of impact campaigns for films that do not have a direct connection to affecting change; bios, abstract subjects? 11:52:37 From Michael Johnson (he/him) : +1 @Bill 11:52:41 From Mark Birnbaum : Doesn’t the voice box maker violate PBS conflict of interest? 11:52:44 From Lillian Glass : Can you go to companies directly instead of applying for grants. 11:53:02 From Alejandro Enríquez García (he/him)) : +1 George. 11:53:03 From Alka Raghuram : Serendipity-we just spoke about Paper Tigers and I see this post: 11:53:15 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : +1 Lillian 11:53:36 From Allen Wolf : Thanks. : ) 11:53:58 From Bill Brummel : Thanks for the shout out, Keith. Correction, the funding from that company was supporting production and not a PBS broadcast. Working on that now. 11:54:28 From francesca soans she/her : Could you outline things to include while developing an impact strategy—just as you outlined a distribution strategy 11:54:29 From Connie Bottinelli : @Alka - good post! 11:54:45 From Therese Shechter : @Michelle Fiscal sponsors provide tax deductions for donors, so that might make it more appealing to them. But they also take 8% fees. I’d always prefer direct support 11:54:50 From Elliat Graney-Saucke : Or just even getting help with all those phone calls! That’s what I’m thinking about, even though I’m planning on running my impact campaign 11:54:53 From Michelle Paymar (she/her) : + 1 George 11:55:11 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : Any suggestions for amazing impact producers? 11:55:22 From Renee Bergan : +1 wendy 11:55:49 From Kent Bassett : One way to find an impact producer to is to get someone to post to the global list serve 11:56:03 From Kent Bassett : @wendy ^^ 11:56:16 From Renee Bergan : @kent what is “the global list serve”? 11:56:54 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Hearty congrats to Bill Brummel!! Exciting!! 11:57:05 From Michelle Paymar (she/her) : Thanks, Therese! 11:57:29 From Sam Smartt : In my experience funders often understand that quantitative impacts are very imperfect, but they are in turn at the mercy of those that fund their foundation…. How do we give other people the tools to think more broadly about impact in a way that they can communicate to their higher-ups as well? 11:57:41 From Susan Hamovitch : I think “simply” raising awareness and moving people to understand a social issue is a great change. I guess what Peter is talking about now. 11:57:44 From Elle Kamihira : Kaitlyn Boyle at Film Sprout I heard good things about. 11:57:54 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Wendy Lobel, contact me re impact producers. jilldembyguest@gmail.com 11:58:06 From DAN HABIB : To Peter’s point: You can do a simple follow up survey (ie survey monkey) to attendees when you have their email addresses. Ask just a few simple questions about how seeing your film had an impact on their perceptions/actions going forward - that becomes part of your impact report. 11:58:08 From Elle Kamihira : Also Erin Sorensen, Third Stage Consulting 11:58:46 From Bill Brummel : For those interested - NPR’s Morning Edition did a nice story on my film “Can You Hear My Voice?” on Monday! Here’s a link. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/03/992993636/filmmaker-spotlights-shout-at-cancer-choir 11:58:51 From Nicole Betancourt : are you using audience surveys? is that annoying to the audience? does it help? 12:04:57 From Meagan Adele Lopez : Definitely down for a Facebook group! 12:05:05 From Bill Brummel : @Mark, I aware of that. 12:05:40 From Connie Bottinelli : FACEBOOK GROUP - yes 12:06:23 From Bill Brummel : @Oddette, Thanks! 12:06:25 From Ruth Somalo : yes to facebook group 12:06:53 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : We have a Facebook group for all the course members! We will share the link to request to join the private group 12:07:06 From Pamela Sporn : For folks interested in New Day Films, check our website at: https://newday.com 12:07:09 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Peter, there are many pay levels of impact producers. 12:08:54 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : A few of you have been suggesting a private Facebook group to stay connected, share resources, leads, ideas, and more 12:09:18 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : We created one for the alumni for our last course SUPERCHARGE and we’ve decided we’ll invite all of you to that group 12:09:38 From Dean Butler (he/him) : That’s great. 12:09:38 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : that way more filmmakers that understand distribution as you do can all stay connected 12:09:40 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : more on that soon 12:09:45 From Mark Maxey : Great idea! Thanks Keith. 12:10:24 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Sounds good Keith! 12:10:33 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Can you send a link to the page? 12:11:59 From Rodney Martel : If you sell ONE DVD, how can you prevent that person from showing it at their 1000 person gathering? 12:13:20 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : @Rodney - you can’t. But I guess that’s why DVD sales are your last window. 12:14:22 From Alex Leff : Could you explain best practices for securing “pre sales” ? 12:15:13 From Dianne Griffin : Streaming venues such as Kanopy also can and do show your film to audiences. 12:15:32 From Jonathan Fein : I put a sticker on my DVDs saying that it is licensed for personal, home use, not for public performance or educational use. 12:16:45 From Alexandra Lexton : Sadly @Dianne, Kanopy is not taking any unsolicited submissions 12:17:40 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Here’s a link to the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/superchargealumni/ 12:17:57 From David Pelcyger : Lex and Mark- Do you know how long the recorded sessions will be posted? 12:17:57 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : We will also be sending the link in the post session email 12:18:13 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : The recorded sessions will be available through June 12:18:21 From TECH - Mark Stolaroff (he/him) : The recordings will be up through the end of June, at least. 12:18:23 From David Pelcyger : Thanks Sarah. 12:19:34 From Sam Smartt : I’m curious how many people in this webinar are also full-time media production educators and where you would say that puts you on the “spectrum of independence”? A fraction of your time to work on your films, but a steady paycheck, access to gear, talent, grants, etc. ? 12:20:44 From Elliat Graney-Saucke : @Sam - I run my own business producing media, but don’t have access to equipment through an institution, is that what you mean? 12:21:03 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : kanopy 12:21:11 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : Oops, ignore 12:21:30 From Renee Bergan : @sam, also a full time filmmaker who supplements with client video work (shooting, editing) 12:22:05 From francesca soans she/her : I think Sam is talking about academics who are filmmakers, right? 12:22:17 From Sam Smartt : Yes I was thinking specifically of people in academic settings. Thanks! 12:22:34 From Rodney Martel : #11 to satisfy YOUR innate genetic curiosity...some people are just born curious and are obsessed, yes obsessed with telling stories. My editor: Rod, you are obsessed. Me to editor: Obsessed people change the world. 12:22:37 From Rick Minnich : Yeah #1! 12:22:56 From Susan Hamovitch : Fiction films may change the world even better sometimes! 12:24:02 From DAN HABIB : Do you think the cache of having a film festival run will be forever diminished post-covid? Or do you think having a respectable film festival run for your doc is still going to be important for the credibility of your film and career? 12:24:30 From George King, he, him : @Sam, I taught for 15 years, and found it very challenging to make films simultaneously as full-time faculty. In the end I moved myself to adjunct faculty and eventually teaching 1 class per semester. Now I am a free man and productivity is back up! 12:24:49 From francesca soans she/her : I think for academic folk—the challenge is we are supposed to put festival recognition at the top for tenure/promotion. Access to grants, equipment etc varies with institutions. 12:25:04 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : +1 Dan - I’ve been wondering the same thing 12:26:46 From Sam Smartt : @Francesca - that’s right. I don’t disagree that the return on investment of film festivals is less than with conferences/partners, but academic institutions still look to festivals as the best form of peer review of your work. 12:28:21 From Doug Block : Speaking of book recommendations, the best I’ve ever read for navigating this crazy field is Art & Fear - On the Perils and Rewards of Artmaking. I’ve give it over and over as gifts to friends in the arts over the years. And I’ve reread it over and over, especially whenever I need a pep talk with myself. https://www.amazon.com/Art-Fear-Observations-Rewards-Artmaking/dp/0961454733 12:29:32 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : Interesting re: festivals, that A Fine Line does not have big-name fests laurels on poster. But it sounds like they’ve been quite successful. 12:29:33 From Rob (he, him) and Laurie (she, her) Tranchin : +1 to Doug’s recommendation 12:30:19 From Rick Minnich : +1 Doug - great book! 12:30:29 From Therese Shechter : I want to be Nanfu Wang when I grow up 12:30:49 From Elliat Graney-Saucke : +1 12:30:53 From Donald Harrison : any best practices advice for effectively building email list? we have ~ 700 people but aren’t growing it. we don’t like pop-ups on our website, or ask people if we can add them, but maybe that’s what we need to do? we definitely plan to build that into virtual screening approach. 12:31:29 From James Egan : What were the names to the books Peter recommended? 12:31:47 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : THE INNOVATOR’S DILEMMA WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? THE JOY OF STRATEGY: A BUSINESS PLAN FOR LIFE 12:31:55 From Susan Hamovitch : The Innovators Dilemma; The Joy of STrategy 12:32:42 From Therese Shechter : For NYWIFT members, they are doing a screening panel of Nanfu Wang’s latest film In the Same Breath 12:33:26 From Rick Minnich : @Donald: following my virtual sneak preview fundraiser event last week, where 15 people attended, I’ve had about 50 new people sign up for my mailing list through my website. I don’t know any of them, and don’t know what’s happening. 12:33:39 From Rick Minnich : @ Keith: That was really inspiring! 12:33:41 From Shannon Eckstein : For Canadians it on this week at Hot Docs Film Festival 12:33:46 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : ---------------------------- TO DISCUSS IN BREAKOUT ROOMS: What positive advice can you share about career strategy? ---------------------------- 12:33:56 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : That’s great, Rick - sounds like word of mouth success! 12:57:30 From Michael Jacobsohn : Since this is the official last class. Do you know of film distribution cooperatives such as New Day Film? It would be great for students in this workshop to stay in touch and possibly build a cooperative for distribution needs. 12:58:00 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : Unspoken advice seems to be: live in a country with socialized health insurance. 12:58:00 From Faye Lederman : I’m in New Day and can connect folks to the intake person if you’d like to learn more. 12:58:10 From Connie Bottinelli : Peter/Keith - can you address OpDocs as part of a strategy?? 12:58:20 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she,her : I’m in New Day as well. 12:58:24 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : +1 Connie 12:58:27 From Renee Bergan : +1 Connie 12:58:42 From Maria Fortiz-Morse - SF Bay Area : +1 Connie re: OpDocs or other online distributors (Guardian, etc.) 12:58:59 From Therese Shechter : +1 Connie also New Yorker, Conde Nast etc 12:59:05 From Heather Lenz : Hi Faye - I would like that info. Thanks. 12:59:24 From Alka Raghuram : + @Maria 12:59:46 From Majida Kabariti, Jordan : Can someone email me the chat transcript majidakabariti@gmail.com coz I’m on my iPhone majodakabariti@gmail.com 12:59:55 From Rick Minnich : @Elle: Yes, we’re inviting viewers on a journey! 12:59:56 From Odette Scott : @elle Thank you so much for this 12:59:57 From DAN HABIB : Great point Elle - and that applies directly to asking for funding support from individuals! 13:00:31 From A'magine | she/they : A few weeks ago I mentioned my expertise in creating curricula/toolkits and several folks were interested. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at AJ@atyourcervixmovie.com and I’m happy to discuss/support. 13:01:30 From Rick Minnich : Carol Dean is amazing! 13:01:38 From Barbara Multer-Wellin : Why doesn’t the IDA tackle that? 13:02:08 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Producers Guild tried to do this and it didn’t work, not sure exactly why. 13:02:14 From DAN HABIB : +1 Connie and Maria 13:02:21 From Meagan Adele Lopez : Move to France where you get paid to be an artist even when you’re not working! 13:02:30 From Amy Jenkins : There is a group forming that is called IDD -Independent Documentary Directors. We are looking at the possibility of group insurance, etc. 13:02:34 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Chat transcript will be on the site as it always is :) 13:02:36 From Barbara Multer-Wellin : PGA was not able to offer good enough plans at reasonable costs 13:02:51 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : For sure. 13:03:20 From A'magine | she/they : That’s great @Amy 13:03:40 From Doug Block : For those who aren’t already members, I highly recommend joining The D-Word, an online community for doc professionals worldwide. We have over 40 discussion topics and do a weekly zoom f2f every Friday. And it’s free! www.d-word.com 13:04:00 From Rick Minnich : This insurance situation in the US makes me sick (literally). We’re totally spoiled here in Germany, where there’s a special insurance program for artists and journalists where the government pays the 50% part that employers usually pay. It’s a real lifesaver. 13:04:02 From Anita Modak-Truran : I agree with Doug - great group 13:04:02 From Laj P. Waghray she/her : Love D-Word! 13:04:24 From Dianne Griffin : Doug How do you join in on the Friday meetings? 13:04:41 From Shari Robertson, she/her : D-word really is great! 13:04:43 From Megan Sanchez-Warner : D-Word - check it out 13:04:44 From Laj P. Waghray she/her : @Rick that’s unbelievable! 13:04:48 From Alyssa Bolsey : Yes! the d-word is awesome! 13:04:53 From Douglas Darlington : The D-word got me to this class! 13:04:54 From Doug Block : We send out rsvp by email every Monday. But go to the F2F topic and you’ll find the registration link 13:04:58 From Cat McGrath (she/her) : @Doug, thanks!! 13:05:03 From Mark Meatto : D-Word > US Healthcare system 13:05:06 From CJ Crim : @Rick you are making us jealous! We in the US can’t afford to get sick! 13:05:22 From Peter McDowell - he, him - Jimmy in Saigon : I’m happy to help anyone with fundraising or websites, just reach out peter@petermcdowell.com 13:05:50 From Ruth Somalo : I work at DOC NYC and ADFF and I can promise you there is a super rigorous process where every film gets watched and reviewed at least by 2 programmers 13:06:03 From Susan Kaplan : @Doug, The D-Word is an amazing online resource with opportunities to meet every Friday on zoom. Such a great way to share information and connect with our community too. 13:06:20 From Connie Bottinelli : D-word has this kind of camaraderie !! 13:06:38 From Doug Block : Thanks for all the D-love, everyone!!! 13:06:51 From Susan Hamovitch : Isn’t visibility different w streaming by festivals? 13:07:02 From Kent Bassett : @ruth thanks for the info! 13:07:16 From Zhu Shen : +1 for D-word, made so many friends and getting feedback for my reel and story! Love it 13:07:22 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) Seattle : I went and saw that Cat film in Seattle hahah 13:07:25 From Judy Branfman : Yes Rick we need that here - we have a movement for single payer that would create the same but big pharma has created the system we have 13:07:45 From Sam Smartt : Have to hop out early today. Thanks everyone, this has been great!! 13:07:53 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Too true Judy. 13:08:50 From Donald Harrison : Also, some film fests offer $awards and oscar-qualifying status (I ran one of these for a few years - Ann Arbor..;v) and run rigorous screenings/reviews of all entries. 13:08:50 From Rick Minnich : @CJ, one of the big reasons I’ve stayed in Europe is the great healthcare and affordable childcare (I have 5 kids). I can’t afford to live in the US. 13:09:06 From A'magine | she/they : That is truly sad @Rick. 13:09:08 From Meagan Adele Lopez : You can’t beat European living 13:09:15 From Elle Kamihira : This course has been so refreshing, such good straight talk about the realities of this business, so appreciative of all the sobering information and advice. Really priceless - thank you Peter and Keith and all the techs - and all participants. Amazing amount of wisdom in these Wednesdays! 13:09:30 From Judy Branfman : Do you have a rough impact budget you can share Peter & Keith? 13:09:40 From Rick Minnich : + 1 Elle 13:09:41 From Elliat Graney-Saucke (she/they) Seattle : SMART goals! 13:09:51 From Eladio Arvelo : +1 Elle 13:10:16 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : +1 Judy. Also, contact me about my impact campaign and I can give you some prices. 13:10:30 From CJ Crim : @Rick totally get it. I lived in England and our healthcare was amazing. People in the US really don’t know how good healthcare can be. sigh. 13:10:57 From Susan Hamovitch : Should we have an impact page on our website? 13:11:15 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Sadly, I was really clear about our impact goals but they were not met - wrong hire! 13:11:16 From Renee Bergan : Q: Is there any point in this day and age to print DVD’s? 13:11:41 From Pablo Miralles : +1 Renee 13:11:58 From francesca soans she/her : +1 Renee 13:12:47 From Paul Steinbroner : Yes, printing DVDs are still in play. I just received a download plus a DVD order while we were on this zoom 13:13:16 From Michael Johnson (he/him) : How good/effective is Participant to work with with respect to impact? 13:13:31 From Ned Augustenborg : Question: If the film does not directly advocate a political or social cause — then what is the hook. In my case my film is an untold historical story, that is more emotional and entertaining than it is timely and political. 13:13:32 From Steve Byrne, Detroit : I cofounded a regional doc festival. One thing I'd counter to Peter is his suggestion that the festival selection process is the equivalent of throwing submissions down the stairs. We take it really seriously. That doesn't mean we're perfect, we're not; also doesn't mean we only pick the films that are the most artistically or socially worthy, subjective as those qualities inherently are. Most other doc festivals I know seem similarly serious about their programming. They really care. That said, I agree with him about distribution. We don't have any buyers at our festival. We have spring-boarded a few films to very good runs, though. 13:14:07 From Alyssa Bolsey : +1 Ned 13:14:09 From Susan Hamovitch : What festival is this? 13:14:12 From Larry Confino : For certain audiences DVDs are definitely in play. I though we’d sell 2-300 DVDs of our film and we’ve sold over 2000. I am guessing its because our film skews older. 13:14:50 From Mike Sullivan : DVD sales skew 40+ for age of consumer 13:15:39 From Steve Byrne, Detroit : To answer Susan … I work at Freep Film Festival in Detroit. 13:15:40 From Donald Harrison : FWIW, we’d promised 120 DVDs to our bigger Kickstarter backers and recently finally got those made. About 1/3 of them wanted the DVD (it looked cool) and 2/3 preferred just a private streaming link. 13:16:19 From Elle Kamihira : I don’t think you need to include call to action in the body of the film…that kind of takes it into PSA territory 13:16:45 From Michelle Paymar (she/her) : +1 @Ned 13:17:19 From Alyssa Bolsey : @donaldharrison Did you use vimeo for the private links or a different site? 13:17:38 From Susan Hamovitch : If you have a mailing list — and use twitter, doesn’t that accomplish some of these impact goals? 13:18:15 From Peter McDowell - he, him - Jimmy in Saigon : Popups are good and fine. 13:18:23 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/news/2012/10/31/indie-game-the-movie-the-case-study.html 13:18:51 From Elle Kamihira : Pop-ups make it easier for people to join…they WANT to join 13:19:44 From Mark Meatto : The marketing/comms part I still feel like I’m playing catch up on. I came up as an editor and still cut other projects. i also produce now 13:19:47 From DAN HABIB : My last impact producer focused on a primary ‘ask’ of people who heard about the film: host their own screening. To Keith’s point, I thought we should have multiple actions to take, but in the end I think focusing on asking people hold screenings really magnified the impact of the film (we had 450+ in person screenings, all pre-covid of course). 13:20:02 From Jonathan Fein : Peter & Keith: Maybe for the last class you could set aside a little time for general questions related to the various course sessions… 13:20:10 From Susan Hamovitch : have to run. thanks for a fantastic course! 13:21:02 From Alexandra Lexton : Thank you all! Look forward to connecting on Facebook. Have to sign off. 13:21:27 From Rick Minnich : @Dan - Fantastic! I think people love to show off something cool to their friends, and it’s a great way to grow your audience. 13:21:31 From Meagan Adele Lopez : I oversaw the global digital advertising business for the New York Times, and had my own social media marketing agency - now am helping filmmakers advertise and market - I’m happy to speak to anyone who may want advice. 13:22:11 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Megan please put your email in the chat. 13:22:49 From Meagan Adele Lopez : Email is meagan@ladywhoproductions.com 13:22:52 From Majida Kabariti, Jordan : What are your fees for consultation on my film’s distribution and fund raising Peter and Keith? 13:23:06 From Meagan Adele Lopez : I did the marketing plan for CODED BIAS on Netflix 13:23:10 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : What a generous offer - thanks, Meagan. 13:23:17 From Majida Kabariti, Jordan : And how do u work with a film that has no finding 13:23:21 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : Coded Bias is so great! 13:23:22 From Majida Kabariti, Jordan : Funding 13:23:26 From Rick Minnich : @Meagan - Thanks for your generous offer! 13:24:28 From Donald Harrison : @alyssa, yes we used private codes/links for each person to our Vimeo on Demand version(s) — seemed to work well for those backers 13:24:36 From Majida Kabariti, Jordan : What is coded bias? 13:24:48 From A'magine | she/they : We’re sad too!!!! 13:25:03 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Today is the last regular session. Next week same time is our Strategy Tune-Up #2. 13:25:08 From Keith Ochwat (he/him) : Final reminder:: Peter and I are leading a free webinar on CRITICAL MISTAKES filmmakers make tomorrow, Thursday, May 6th @ 1pm PT. RSVP here: https://calendly.com/showandtellfilm/magical-thinking 13:25:16 From francesca soans she/her : Will the strategy session be recorded? 13:25:18 From Myriam Zumbuehl : oh yes bring on the fun strategies! 13:25:18 From Mark Gordon : What is the workbook and where do I get it? 13:25:24 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Yes it will be recorded 13:25:30 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Yes the Strategy Tune-Up will be recorded@! 13:25:33 From TECH - Lex Ryan (they/them) : Deadline is Monday at noon PST 13:25:43 From Cynthia Salzman Mondell, she,her : Thank you. Another great session. 13:25:47 From Doug Block : @Meagan, thanks so much. Will definitely be in touch. 13:25:48 From George King, he, him : Where can we access the workbooks—I missed session? 13:26:01 From Mark Gordon : I missed it too 13:26:13 From Meagan Adele Lopez : Thanks @Doug - would be happy to chat 13:26:22 From Michael Johnson (he/him) : You all have been fantastic all along the way. Thank you! 13:26:25 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : The workbook is on the course website. It’s a PDF file but you can upload it into Google Docs to easily edit it. 13:26:34 From Rod Martel : I wasn't able to type IN the workbook? Can you send a PDF that can be typed into from my computer? 13:26:35 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : The workbook is on the course materials page here: https://www.superchargeyourdistribution.com/ryd-course-materials 13:26:37 From Mark Gordon : uRL?? 13:26:54 From Connie Bottinelli : Boy am I going to miss this!!! 13:26:57 From Julie Englander : Thank you, classmates, and thank you to Peter, Keith, and Team! 13:26:58 From Diane Estelle : What an amazing journey this has been! Thank you. 13:26:58 From TECH - Sarah Kaplan (she/her) : Rod - there is both a PDF form and a word version on the page to make it easier 13:27:03 From Peter McDowell - he, him - Jimmy in Saigon : Happy to talk about Clubhouse 13:27:12 From Odette Scott : Peter is clubhouse a repetitive thing? 13:27:21 From Arlene Rimer : I will talk to someone o clubhouse 13:27:21 From Meagan Adele Lopez : Would love to join Clubhouse 13:27:32 From David Pelcyger : I’m wondering about the strengths (if there are any) of the previous festival-centric system. 13:27:37 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : It was super helpful!! 13:27:44 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Count me in Clubhouse too! 13:27:47 From Odette Scott : The clubhouse pitch was so great and I like this platform! 13:27:47 From Mark Birnbaum : What’s the name of the Clubhouse room? 13:27:55 From Therese Shechter : I wish Clubhouse wasn’t exclusively iOS 13:28:11 From A'magine | she/they : +1 Therese, very annoying 13:28:12 From Meagan Adele Lopez : Clubhouse can be a bit distracting but it’s fun every once in a while 13:28:48 From Jill Demby Guest she/her Los Angeles : Gotta go everyone! Awesome! 13:28:52 From DAN HABIB : This has been an awesome series, looking forward to staying connected through FB, etc! 13:28:52 From CJ Crim : Thanks Peter and Keith. I will bring my Magical Thinking to you tomorrow. 13:29:04 From Rick Minnich : Thanks for another amazing session! 13:29:18 From Franziska Blome : this has been an amazing experience, thank you Keith, Peter and course mates! 13:29:19 From francesca soans she/her : Thank you—this was just wonderful. I am rolling up my sleeves—further! 13:29:21 From Susan Stern : Thanks everyone! This has been great! 13:29:23 From Donald Harrison : Thanks everyone. Documentary making & distribution is such a challenge, but there’s so much knowledge and some great success stories in this group. Thanks for sharing and making movies that matter! 13:29:23 From Dean Butler (he/him) : Great session. Thank you. 13:29:26 From Michelle Paymar (she/her) : Thank you! 13:29:28 From Eladio Arvelo : Thanks for all the great advice over the past few weeks! 13:29:28 From Laj P. Waghray she/her : Thank you - hoping to report back with some success stories after I implement what I learnt here:)) Thank you to the entire team. Peter, Keith, Lex, Sarah and Mark. 13:29:36 From Chris Bournea : Thanks for this great workshop. Very informative and helpful. 13:29:44 From A'magine | she/they : Thank you so much Peter and Keith. You’ve both been tremendously supportive, generous and real. And thank you to Lex and the whole team. This was an excellent class I’ll recommend to many people. 13:29:48 From Rick Minnich : Great camaraderie here! 13:29:53 From Therese Shechter : Incredibly generous group - thank you to everyone! 13:29:53 From Brittany Alsot (she/her) : The concrete realness about distribution, funding, and outreach have been invaluable. And the networking has been great too. Thanks to Keith, Peter, tech help, and all the participants. 13:29:57 From Terry O'Neill : Thanks for the tonne of effort! See you next week. 13:30:06 From Connie Bottinelli : @Doug Block - thank you for encouraging me to be a part of this!!! 13:30:26 From Mark Meatto : Thank you Peter, Keith and the whole team! I’m learning so much from you and the rest of the folks in this group 13:30:29 From Majida Kabariti, Jordan : Look forward to the Facebook group so we can know more about each other’s work 13:30:35 From Mark Gordon : I can’t copy and paste the workbook URL in the chat! Please email me. 13:30:37 From Wendy Lobel (she/her) : This has been amazing. Thank you Peter and Keith! And thanks to all of your support on this chat. I will really miss it and look forward to continuing it somehow! 13:30:39 From Marie Wilkinson : Thank you Peter & Keith for sharing your knowledge and experience. And thank you for bringing together a fascinating group of people! Good luck to everyone! 13:30:40 From Robin Rosenthal : Thank you so much Peter, Keith, Lex, and tech helpers. This has been quite an amazing experience. 13:30:41 From Odette Scott : Thank you so much everyone for this course! 13:30:48 From Paul Steinbroner : Thanks Keith- I did a show and tell screening and through it I sold downloads and dvd 13:30:53 From Bill Brummel : Thanks, Peter and Keith! 13:30:54 From Tina Datsko - she/her : Thank you, Peter, Keith and the whole team for creating this community!