UPDATED! Independent Filmmaking: Creative Strategies and Multi-Market Thinking

FREE COURSE AT FINAS
REGISTER at londonfilms@gmail.com to get your free DVD, CDROM and course material.

ADDRESSING MULTI-PLATFORM AND NEW MARKETS
FOR YOUR FILM AND AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTS.

Date : Thursday 25th September 2008
Time : 10am - 5pm

Date : Friday 26th September 2008
Time : 10pm - 1pm

Venue : Theatre P. Ramlee, FINAS

With International Producer and Publisher

MICHAEL WIESE

The lively and informal seminar of 'must-know' information is for professional filmmakers, writers, producers and ranges and covers the creative business and programming strategies necessary for creating success with your project and getting noticed in the overcrowded world arena.

Michael Wiese will share tips for raising financing, finding distributors and avoiding the traps found in standard distribution contracts. His specially designed PITCH SESSION, Wiese will help you find your unique voice and skills and turn your special gifts into a vocation. Participants at Michael’s previous seminars have rated Michael’s seminar 93% to 96% “at meeting or exceeding expectations”. An engaging and challenging event is anticipated for the Kuala Lumpur creative and business community.

The seminar, will be tailored to attendees needs and may cover some or all of the following topics:

1)Case Study of “Bali Brothers”
2)Develop a Successful script
3)Give Investors What They Want
4)Get Financing from Investors, Distributors and others
5)Add Promotable Elements to Your Package
6)Prepare a Business Plan
7)Prepare Income Projections
8)Spin Plates Among Stars, Investors, Distributors and Sponsors
9)Assemble a Winning Team
10) Obtain Marketing which is More Important than Dollars
11) Cover Yourself Legally
12) Put Together Financial Projections
13) Identify Hidden Sources of Money In Your Project
14) Find Producing Partners
15) Target Distributors
16) Develop Your Own Pitch that Sells
17) Identify Your Own Unique Skills
18) Choose The Right Digital Tools
19) Get Into Production

Michael Wiese is an America filmmaker, author, seminar leader, and publisher who lives in England. He was formerly Vice President at Vestron, at one time America’s largest independent studio, where he oversaw the production and distribution of over 200 videos in all genres grossing over $100 million. He was also responsible for launching video lines for National Geographic, Smithsonian, NOVA and PBS.

Currently he oversees Michael Wiese Productions (www.mwp.com) which publishes a line of over 100 professional film and video books that are used in the major motion picture studios and in over 600 film schools throughout the world. He had presented filmmaking seminars for Kodak (at the Cannes Film Festival), The Independent Feature Project, The American Film Institute (15 years) and Rockport’s International Film and Television Workshops. He is currently is preparing to direct a feature film based on his 1995 novel in Bali.

Related Links:
www.mwp.com
http://shop.mwp.com/pages/fp-film-production/
An Interview With Michael Wiese by Mary Case
http://www.seattle24x7.com/people/kenlee.htm

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