How to sell short films in india
How to sell your Short Film | Ratool Mukherjee
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hi i'm ratul
today we are going to discuss now that a
short film is made
up of
how to go about it how to sell it or
what to do with it
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keep watching
keep watching this vid
watch this video
keep watching this video till the very
end
keep watching this video till the very
end i don't know but probably you might
find some useful information which will
help your short film get a good audience
and some revenue
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so all the film buffs and all those
people who wanted to make their first
short film
i have some good news for you
the short film market is bigger
than ever before
so
now is the time cash in
so we will be discussing five points
to break this process down in detail
first point film festivals
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film festivals are the easiest way for
you to get an audience
trust me at this
now how to navigate through these short
film festivals
you need to do a bit of research on the
internet but i'll tell you here websites
like film freeway and short film depot
will help you navigate or browse through
these film festivals now film freeway
even allows you to make a password
protected file of your film
many websites like vimeo charge you a
little for this
but in film freeway
you don't need to pay
the key point here is spend time
doing a bit of research
trying to figure out your audience and
the territory you want to focus on
so film festivals are a big plus so what
if your film gets selected you'll find
bigger audience and the most important
thing
your film will get attention by
mazaya you can even
try to find out a professional film
curator for this but if it's a
expensive process
then i'll tell you go through these
websites film freeway short film depot
and these will help you navigate
but i'll tell you what
this is a very important point film
festivals remember this the next point
i'll tell you is strategize
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remember
a good strategy will take your film to
places you haven't even imagined
so strategize from festivals depending
on the audience and the territory
strategize the distribution
and strategize the promotion we will
talk about distribution and promotion
later in this video itself so to sum up
strategy
is a key point for your short film to
get noticed
here comes a very important point
distribution
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it's very easy nowadays to distribute
your short film and distribution will
take your film further up a notch
we'll talk about some platforms here
firstly
short steam shorts tv is the biggest
platform for short films currently
available in tata sky and shorts tv app
if your film is good enough
of course you can get in touch with them
and
your film might get featured in shorts
tv now how would you get in touch with
them
you'll have to submit your short film in
this link
don't worry don't write it down now i
will provide all the links in the
description
secondly terribly tiny tales
you will find
many award-winning short films here
now how to get in touch with them again
i'll give you the link
this link but i'll give it in the
description also don't write it down now
another interesting platform i'm going
to talk about is
shorted
shorted is a very interesting platform
it's more of a curator than a
distributor but
it's
worth a try
this is the submission link but i will
provide it in the description
pocket films it's a
2 million strong youtube platform
with
many award-winning short films the link
will be provided in the
description
now comes the big one
large short films your film has to be
less than 30 minutes and i will give you
the link in the description and
many eminent directors have their shots
there like shujar ghosh anura kashyap
and it's a very prestigious platform
now we are going to talk about the
fourth point which is promotion
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you can hire a professional pr
but if you don't have the funds don't
worry you can do it through social media
and raise awareness about your short
film
here film festivals play a very big role
if your film is officially selected
somewhere then it gets an automatic
boost in the social media from their
platform
so the film festivals as i had mentioned
before is a very important aspect to
your shopping for a good promotion you
need a very good strategy and a very
interesting poster the poster can be
either minimalistic or it might portray
some aspect from your film it can be
from a scene it can be from any other
element in your film but make sure your
poster is interesting and engaging at
the first look so promotion is also key
to the success of your short film
to get noticed and i know after you have
made your short film you want the world
to see it don't you
oh
here comes our fifth point
patience
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generally a short film has a life span
of 12 to 18 months at the film festival
if it's good
it's even more
so you have to be really patient you
have to choose the correct film
festivals you have to strategize the
festivals promotion and distribution
properly you should try the online
distribution platforms i have mentioned
before
so you need to be really patient
and
it will be worth it as i had mentioned
before that the short film market is
bigger
than ever before
so i have something to say here
this is
the right time for you take a leap of
faith believe in your dreams and go for
it
you
