Wednesday, March 5, 2008

True Fans


As I come to completion on The Patriarchs, I am beginning to ponder various ways to distribute it. Film festivals? Film tours? Word of mouth? DVDs? My friend Bart just sent me this article on Long Tail modes of distribution that I found to be pretty interesting. It suggests that artists work to develop a "True Fan" base of approximately 1000. Each of these people should give approximately 100 dollars a year which could go to an artists lively-hood and production. This seems like a reasonable, sustainable way to move forward by maximizing connections and networks. Pretty exciting stuff.

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