Aaron Cadieux
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Douglas,
Thanks for your reply. As of right now, each episode ends with, what at least I consider to be, an absolutely perfect cliffhanger. Another set of eyes may be able to find cliffhangers that would, in essence, extend the series and make each episode shorter. But the cliffhangers, as they currently exist, are what make splitting up the episodes further so difficult.
I would imagine HBO, given that they air content in real-time, would be less flexible than a Netflix or Amazon regarding the length of an episode, but I could be wrong.
Thanks for the advice!
Aaron
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Nick,
The promo codes come on the screen 11 seconds into the spot and stay on until the spot ends. Maybe I need to make them more obvious.
Having both spots run during the 10PM run is a great idea! I will inquire about that.
Best,
Aaron
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Todd,
Thanks for your feedback. Yes, the title change is frustrating, and the network will not be using our logo for their broadcast. And as of right now, I’m still not sure what their title will be. As far as the commercial goes, due to the contract, I am not allowed to use any footage from my own documentary on TV, thus the use of a talking head and graphics. But here’s what I do know . . . Even with the title change, the term “Bridgewater Triangle” is referenced dozens of times throughout the film. Viewers are going to have the term “Bridgewater Triangle” imbedded into their brains. I am hoping that when they see the spot, they’ll immediately recognize the connection. Also, we, as the filmmakers, did not invent the term “Bridgewater Triangle”. It’s a concept that’s been around since the late 1970s. There is an endless sea of information about the Bridgewater Triangle online. Our film has been successful enough that a Google search of the phrase “Bridgewater Triangle” (with and without quotes) winds up in our page showing up number one or number two in the organic search results. If any viewers are interested enough in the topic that they take the time to Google it, they are almost guaranteed to find out page. Of course our page will say “see the full 90 minute Directors’ cut not featured on Destination America”.
Best,
Aaron
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John,
Thanks for your feedback. I’m all ears on suggestions as well.
Aaron
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Walter,
Also, we are finding that Netflix is a tough nut to crack. I’ve heard that there is no way to solicit Netflix and that you have to wait for them to come to you. Not sure how true this is. The sad thing is, I have seen films from the same genre as ours on Netflix, and ours is of a higher quality and many of those other films never inked a deal with a network.
Got any tips for landing a Netflix deal?
Got any tips for getting in Redbox?
Best,
Aaron
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Walter,
Thanks for your response. What I meant was that, in retrospect, one of the conditions we would have required is that in order for us to give them the film for free, they would have to agree not to change the title. But from your response I’m guessing that they’d rather pay for our film in order to change the title rather than get our film for free with conditions attached.
Our lawyer was involved in looking over the contract during the negotiations. As I said, we retain the full rights to streaming/digital download. The network gets TV and TV only for four years. They also cannot use our documentary as part of another series or show. They also cannot use pieces of our documentary as b-roll for another series or show.
It’s too bad that you don’t think our Blu-ray and DVD sales will increase. I was really counting on that.
Best,
Aaron
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Steve,
I hear you on this. There is NOTHING worse than having someone else sit in on an edit session, especially a clueless client. I remember one particular annoying client that gasped and said “oh, that looks terrible” when I imported a still image into a Premiere timeline. The image was high-res, so it initially was unidentifiable on the preview monitor. I had to stop and explain to her that I hadn’t scaled it down yet.
– Aaron
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BTW, that’s not to say that you won’t get other useful information on the cow. You just won’t get an answer to your pricing question.
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Janak,
I’ve been posting on Creative Cow for years, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned is that you will never get a straight answer when asking what you should charge for X, Y, or Z. You won’t get ballpark suggestions. Believe, me, if I had answer for you, I’d suggest a number, but unfortunately, I’m not an animator/logo designer.
Best,
Aaron
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Mark,
Excellent idea. Watermarked with the name of the person it is intended for. PERFECT!
I knew I asked this question for a reason 🙂
-Aaron