Festival Run Coming to an End
Posted on August 12, 2008
For quite a while now I haven’t been submitting Till Death Do Us Part to festivals. As unfortunate as it is, I’ve been so busy that I can’t find the time to deal with the somewhat tedious process. I won’t go so far as to say that I won’t submit it to anymore festivals ever. It just won’t be happening very often.
What now? I’m not exactly sure. I always had thoughts of putting it on DVD and selling it ultra cheap, but honestly, I’m not sure if I can find the time for that. There is a lot involved and I certainly don’t have the time to market it as needed. Another possibility is to find a distributor. That may not be a bad idea if I can get accepted. And lastly, I could just put it on the net for everyone to see. I’ll be making some decisions soon.
I learned quite a bit through this experience. I’ll share probably the most important piece of info with all of you making your own shorts. Make them short! Twelve minutes is too long. I talked with quite a few programmers from various festivals that really liked TDDUP, but it was too long to fit in their show. If you embark on the journey of making your own film (and I can’t recommend it enough), please do yourself a favor and make it under 5 minutes. Not only will it be less work, but you’re more likely to get it into festivals.
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This page is where you can find out more about Director/Animator Rick May and his projects. My latest film "Till Death Do Us Part" has just about wound down on making the festival rounds (say that 5 times fast). If you'd like to know more about me, please click the appropriately titled 'About Me' link on the top of each page.
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Hey Rick, I saw your short at the San Fernando Valley Film Festival. It was a small crowd, but it got a really nice response.
These festivals can really be hit or miss. How were the festivals at Sonoma, Palm Springs and Newport Beach. I have apppliead for those for the 2009 season.
Hi Mike. Thanks for the comment. I’m glad it got a good response. I wish I could of made it to the festival. :(
I didn’t attend the Newport Beach festival either, so I cannot comment. However, both the Sonoma and Palm Springs were great. Sonoma had an incredibly generous gift bag for filmmakers (yeah, that shouldn’t matter- but it was nice!) and Palm Springs was just nice because of its size and number of interesting panels. If you are accepted to these, I’d try to go to both. However, if I had to pick one, I’d pick Palm Springs. Sonoma was a little small. Which can be good and bad. But, Palm Springs had much more to do.