SXSW Day 2

Hello all,

This post will be a short one, I promise, I'm exhausted and really want to head for bed earlier then last night. Yes, that's what I said, we made tonight an early night simply because both Elizabeth and I were very tired from our day. So, with that out of the way, here's what happened today....

Went to a few panels, networked with a few folks, and I had my first mentor session. If you're not familiar with this, they are 10 minute one on one meetings where you can sit down with...in this case a distributor...tomorrow they will have mentor sessions with producers, writers, and more distributors. Anyway, it's one of the reason I thought it would be good to attend this year. I was right, it was a good idea. The distributor I sat down with was great. We talked about the comedy horror genre in terms of how it sells in the UK (by the way, he is a UK distributor) It sounded like we've made a good choice on our genre. He was very positive about how comedy horror is received there and therefore sales there. We also talked about bankable actors for the UK, he suggested we find a seasoned brit actor or perhap one of many up and coming younger brits. He also thought that a notable European actor would help the sale for more then just the UK but for Europe. We've thought for a while that "Clombies" would do pretty well in the foreign market, and after today I feel like we are on the right track with that thinking. I have to say that this has been the best part of the festival for me thus far. It was a very positive experience and when I walked away I felt even more excited, if that's possible, about our film. I also walked away with his contact info, so if I have anymore questions I now have someone more in the know to ask. Very cool. Tomorrow I have another distributor mentor session, so we'll see how that one goes.

To round out our day, we finished up downtown and headed over to the Alamo S Lamar to catch the doc, Greenlit. It was pretty good. It's about a film that decided to be a green production. We've thought about trying to be a green production, or at least take some measures to be more green. I think some of our ideas can be pulled off just by watching what they did on their film. If you get a chance and your interested in seeing what it might take to go green, check it out. Here's their website with the trailer on it. Greenlit website.

Okay, I think it's time to wrap up, so, until later. Happy time change everyone.