Service Deals on Film Distribution

When creating a film not only should the cost of production be considered but also the cost of distribution. Elliot Grove wrote, "Booking ad space in newspapers and magazines has become very costly. Add to that the cost of PR and social media assets the cost of a theatrical release starts to look like the budget of a small nation." Much effort must be put into the distribution works and can become very expenisve. One route filmmakers who want to maintain ownership of their films may create a service deal which is to hire a specialist who "takes over" the distribution process. A service deal can help to manage a way to gain more money than spent. Obviously this plan appeals to any filmmaker. The filmmaker should become involved as the reward could be greater and offers a great deal of flexibility. Service deals can take a great deal of stress off of a filmmaker as budgets, scheduling, and release is all planned out for them. Service deals hold an advantage in the film world, CAVU writes, "And because it's a SERVICE DEAL all of the theatrical rights are retained by the filmmaker." Clearly, the idea is to be considered for smaller budgeted productions.

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Service Deals. (n.d.). Retrieved from CAVU Pictures website: http://www.cavupictures.com/ 
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10 Film Distribution Basics. (n.d.). Retrieved from Raindance Film Festival website: 

    http://www.raindance.org/10-film-distribution-basics/

What Makes a Good Film Adaptation?

How does one feel about film adaptations? Are you an extremely picky viewer or do you open your mind up to new ideas?

Some people become overly attached and upset when a film doesn't exactly follow the course of a novel leading added characters and skipping chapters. But why can't one open their mind to a new perception? A Film is not a novel. Not every film adaptation will follow the rules of the novel. A characters hair may be blonde instead of a brunette. Get over it! Films must be marketed to attract larger audiences and express creativity just as a novel does. Alex Kerr, the film critic for the Conway Daily Sun states, it is important that a film adaptation honor the same tone and send the same "core essence" to the audiences. As long as a tone honors the idea of the novel then one should be able to honor the film adaptation.

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Reel Thoughts: What makes a good film adaptation? (2013, May 13). Retrieved from 

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Marketing of 2015 Film Adaptations

2015 is predicted to be a successful year regarding film adaptations all thanks to social media.

Authors like John Green and El James have taken their works to the big screens either once again or for the first time. Introducing Paper Towns and Fifty Shades of Grey.

John Green's Paper Towns holds a phenomenal cast including the well known world model, Cara Delevingne and former John Green star in The Fault in our Stars, Nat Wolff. The well known cast has marketed the film and novel themselves through social media. Cara sports a mere 9 million followers on Instagram and 2 million followers on Twitter. Her postings while filming the movie riled up John Green fans who read the novel and fans of her own creating a double market. Although the film holds a release date of June 5, 2015, fans are already going crazy. While filming Green also created a vlog on YouTube creating an intimate relationship with those curious about the film. He spoke of personal situations and interviewed cast and crew driving readers to wonder if the film will be anything expected and calling attention to those who have never even heard of the novel. The cast and crew have begun marketing the film adaptation since before filming even began and will continue to promote it through the release date.

El James Fifty Shades of Grey, has been discussed everywhere for as long as one can remember. News sites such as E!, have been continuously informing fans of updates on casting or news on what has been incorporated in the film. The novel itself was targeted mainly toward women between the ages of 20-30. However, almost every single girl and women between ages 16 and up read the novel due to facebook posts and fan sites everyone died to uncover what was hiding betweent h epages of the novel. Girls in high school and retired women, the novel became a hit drawing women into the trilogy and the character of Christian Grey. The film adaptation has been sporting rumors of casting for over a year now, allowing fans to wonder who will play what. "Due to the recasting of the main character, the film's release date was pushed from this summer to the day before Valentine's Day of next year." The continuous news inflaming social media and sites such as E!, drew more attention to the film. The recasting and continuous news updates has helped the film with marketing. Since the release date was pushed back to February, fans with loved ones, fans without loved ones, and fans with no plans on Valentine's Day will now have something to do.

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-The article discusses new upcoming film adaptations to look out for in the upcoming year.
-John Green's vlog allows viewers to see inside his world and relationships with people he works with.

Most Anticipated Book To Film Adaptations Premiering In 2015. (2014, August 13). Retrieved from 

     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcus-sakey/2015-book-adaptations_b_5669418.html 

Vlogbrothers. (2015, January 5). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers

Stephen King Adaptations

Click here to view a number of King's film adaptations

The source allows one to get an understanding of Stephen King's films adaptations through short clips and explanations of several films. One will understand and grasp his target audience.

Top 1o Stephen King Film Adaptations. (2013, October 6). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/ 

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It is a bit obvious that Hollywood has a "crush" on Stephen King's works. Over fifty films have been adapted from his novels creating a large spectrum of diverse horror concepts on screen. King's novels travel through dynamic and passive horrifying story lines relating to a number of audiences who prefer horror films. Whether it's the relatable plot of Carrie impacting any high school teenager or The Shining, which basically decides for one to never travel to a secluded area for a long period of time. Stephen King has been writing terrifying short stories since he was young and lucky for Hollywood, began writing novels perfect for film adaptations.

If one has not seen a Stephen King film- choose wisely. Of course there are some excellent films, however some have very poor plots unable to grab a viewers attention for more than ten minutes. Yet, there are the other films that have one sitting at the edge of the seat holding onto the nearest stranger until the end.