How A Filmmaker Puts Financial Freedom In Their Own Hands

How A Filmmaker Puts Financial Freedom In Their Own Hands - Joston Ramon Theney

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Screenwriter, Author, Producer, Director Joston Ramon Theney grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for films such as Wanton Want (2021), Axeman at Cutters Creek (2020) and Jurassic Hunt (2021).
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@filmcourage Ай бұрын

Here is our full interview with Joston - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntaDhrWbuMicXZ8.html

@beyondcinema 2 жыл бұрын

This is what I’ve been doing. Making movies under $100k and build your own following and community to support. Great advice for indie filmmakers

@SkreetVisionMedia 10 ай бұрын

I wad thinking the same thing

@justmy5984 6 күн бұрын

What do you do if you just write scripts? Is it more profitable to shoot the script or sell the script?

@alvingray2004 Жыл бұрын

Speaking from experience , I saw this video 2 years ago, and it meant nothing, came across it again in 2023 summer. And he spoke on EVERYTHING I experienced. This video is 1000 percent on point !

@filmcourage Жыл бұрын

Great to see this video find you again Alvin! Our best to you and your work!

@demonizer133 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is a well of knowledge and sheds light on a too-often ignored aspect of filmmaking: the marketing! The distribution! As if making a film isn't hard enough on its own...once it's finished, it's almost like, the REAL work begins: finding an audience 😅 This is really eye-opening for us who have dreams of entering the industry.

@FranHarrisU Жыл бұрын

This is Tyler Perry’s earlier model. - less than 100k for those plays. Cut to: a billon dollars.🎉 Great stuff. This is EXACTLY what I’m doing - some budgets a little higher but mostly 100K-250K. Let’s go, filmmakers! Unlimited! Shooting a - one location film - tomorrow! 😎🙌🏽

@mikekillagreen9432 11 ай бұрын

Amen!

@infinitymediaproductions4350 2 жыл бұрын

I MORE than appreciate Film Courage & Joston for their time and information. I have gained a TON of knowledge. I bow to you guys...thank you.

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Love that you are finding value in these videos!

@GlennRRB 2 жыл бұрын

Today I work full time as an indie game developer and my experience with Google Play for example is exactly what he says. Having your game at GP is not enough. You need traction, you need to create a community little by little and paid marketing is a great way to start this. With a bit of investment, and a good product, you will get your money back and you can keep reinvesting until you have a solid audience for future releases. Unless youre lucky and have a great hit that drives thousands of organic players (which I had the luck to have at some point), its a rough and slow run. You need to keep working on it! Dont let this slow start get to you. IMHO almost nobody get to success on their first film/game!

@theherrdark4834 2 жыл бұрын

If you remove all the legacy/franchise games from the consoles would they have anything left to play? To me it seems that there is rarely anything new. It seems the more original or new games are found through platforms like google play.

@power50001562 Жыл бұрын

@@theherrdark4834 the new stuff is all on PC

@moelynch 2 жыл бұрын

This is THEEEE channel that breaks a lot of myths in the industry and helps bring perspective to those still looking for their big break. That would be dope if we got a few interviews from Oscar nominated or Oscar winning filmmakers. I always wanted to know what happens the following week after the Oscars. Does your phone ring off the hook or crickets?

@VangelisFilms Жыл бұрын

@FilmCourage I can get you connected to Barney Burman - won an Oscar for SFX makeup on Chris Pine’s Star Trek 👍. We rep his directorial debut “Barney Burman’s Wild Boar”

@101Exit Жыл бұрын

I feel like watching this just saved my future feature film. Thank you so much for all this great information! Times are a changing.

@phoenixr6811 2 жыл бұрын

Love the variety of topics on this channel 👍🏾👌🏾

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@WordsPictures997 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Joston for being soooo generous in this interview. Film Courage you've really gone over and above with the most recent interviews giving insight on profitable distribution options for independent filmmakers. My mind is absolutely blown 🤯. I'm learning soooo much.

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

We are doing our best. It's ever evolving. We love to see different filmmakers figuring it out and sharing their insights to help others.

@WordsPictures997 2 жыл бұрын

@@filmcourage could you please share the spelling for the platform "tubie" that he mentioned? Trying to Google it.

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

tubitv.com/home

@WordsPictures997 2 жыл бұрын

@@filmcourage THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@lifeenvironments 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful insight. Joston's insights are applicable across many business models including music. Success today is about leveraging viewer relationships and not hope. This reality changes the rules profoundly. Streaming and free has killed many things, and continues to do so. Music, newspapers, and film are largely worthless before they are created now. Creators today must focus on new thinking about the value propositions they provide viewers. I personally see film as becoming more about community than the extinct benefits of the deprecated studio system. The truth is communities are harder to develop but are less transient than traditional audiences and can be leveraged again and again when engaged and treated well. With this in mind, there are opportunities to be had for those willing to develop innovative brand and personal relationships with their audiences, but it's hard. Rest assured the business model has changed, the model is liquid and we know far too little about increasingly factionalized viewers these days.

@TeacherRaf 2 жыл бұрын

This gentleman's experience is golden for rookies.

@ChrisLeRose 2 жыл бұрын

I love this man. His interviews have so much juice.

@MichaelGyori 2 жыл бұрын

I'd really like to see his budget breakdown for films he's making for $100k and less.

@davywilliams8048 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME INFO. Remember: Stay under 100k budget if you don't have big names. If you have a big name, could go to 250k, but should use a good portion of that for marketing. The distributor rarely helps with marketing.

@treasuretroves5497 2 жыл бұрын

So very realistic for those whose heads are in the clouds, like me. Thank u so much. So much truthfulness. Disillusionment.

@rodrickwimberly3245 Жыл бұрын

Grateful for your insight and transparency to the independent film community. Thank you so much! I'm now looking up all of your movies :)

@ndabenhlemhlongo7231 Жыл бұрын

One of the most insightful interview. It talks to the very heart and atom of being sustainable and surviving in this industry. A learned a lot

@NoctLightCloud Жыл бұрын

this is what youtube is for!

@adamethancrow 2 жыл бұрын

Great chat thanks you Film Courage and of course Joston.

@bubbadogproductions7403 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds pretty much what we do as far budget marketing so on, where we find it gets hard is seeing 600K to 700K views on a single platform and getting anywhere from .003 per view to .18 per view. it takes a hell of a lot of energy and time to recover 120K . I have 3 features out they all seem to be doing ok but its a up hill battle and the platforms are the ones making the money not to mention distributors who I would try to avoid unless you have a "good one"

@pootmcphoot 2 жыл бұрын

Really like these longer videos

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Which parts of this conversation are most valuable to you?

@zenmasterorwhatever 2 жыл бұрын

The distribution/marketing info, I was one of those who believed what he used to believe, until now. 😶

@kevinbillington9773 2 жыл бұрын

Too many pearls of wisdom, to pick one out. I am saving this one.

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbillington9773 Great to hear Kevin!

@LifewithShamanda 2 жыл бұрын

Great points! So true.

@TomGist 2 жыл бұрын

I learn from every video you post, truly appreciate your channel and ALL your guest. As an independent film maker this is EVERYTHING 🎬 #BetterDaysTheMovie

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom! There are so many great resources available to all of us. Love that you are finding value here. Best of luck with 'Better Days.'

@DonovanJamesOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Huge gem dropped on this one. Thank you.

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

We're glad this one found you!

@mikekillagreen9432 11 ай бұрын

Great interview. This guy really knows his stuff. Great questions and follow-up questions.

@UsurpersAndAssassins 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. This was incredibly informative and helpful.

@sincereiam Жыл бұрын

Great advice. Thank you.

@gckreplayzjr.1871 4 ай бұрын

Great content! ❤❤❤❤ Thank you!

@MellowMutated Жыл бұрын

This interview was very insightful, thank you

@VangelisFilms Жыл бұрын

Great video, great insights! All SO true!

@dario-digiovanni Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately tubi TV is not available in Italy, the tubi website says is about EU laws. I guess that with a VPN is possible to bypass that, but it's probably against their policy lol. Which platforms would be available for films from Europe? I think tubi won't available in the UK too.. I am not making films yet, however I am doing some studies on the whole process start to finish and this channel is by far the best place for information on the topic.

@parler8698 6 ай бұрын

I like this guy and the useful information he's sharing.

@TristanBarrocks 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Tristan! It's great to have Joston share this information with us and our viewers. We hope this one serves you well. We appreciate you supporting our channel.

@jennifermarieakajmarie8992 Жыл бұрын

This channel is the best

@nyjets238 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Really informative. Thanks!

@davemakesmagic 7 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@zarianh 2 ай бұрын

So Awesome and informative. Thanks a ton!

@rayfordgibson6257 Жыл бұрын

Great information 👍🏾😉🎥

@sheemnewera 2 жыл бұрын

I feel his passion

@jvhfilms 11 ай бұрын

I really appreciate this knowledge!

@ergopooka 2 жыл бұрын

Great info

@marilyncolon8696 17 күн бұрын

Another great interview!

@filmcourage 17 күн бұрын

Agreed Marilyn! We had a great interview with Joston. Probably one of our favorites.

@frontrowins 2 жыл бұрын

Good interview

@Matt_Mosley1983 2 жыл бұрын

*Thanks. I'd not heard of TUBI*

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Which streaming platforms are your movies performing best on right now?

@hunsakermedia 2 жыл бұрын

KZfaq and Amazon Prime seem to do the best so far for mine but I haven't dabbled too much in others

@zionleach3001 2 жыл бұрын

@Film Courage can you do a video on how to write action-horror like Dog Soldiers and Aliens?

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Zion, we appreciate your feedback and support. We are releasing a video on the first 10 pages of a horror screenplay this Sunday at 5pm. We are not sure if your question may be too specific for us to do a video on but we will certainly keep it in mind for a future video.

@zionleach3001 2 жыл бұрын

@@filmcourage Thanks. I was just wondering if you could balance horror and action like aliens and Dog Soldiers.

@BobbyAshleyProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Our series The Ave is currently streaming on Prime Video and Tubi

@andreparadise 7 ай бұрын

😮great stuff

@Veypurr1 Жыл бұрын

This a good video, very informative.

@filmcourage Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@joshuachigumira4064 2 жыл бұрын

People talking about thousand or million. My boi says a hundred, $100 is what I'm hearing😁

@nonenone9338 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@LostOnesCinema 8 ай бұрын

😂😂

@khaliljibran999 2 жыл бұрын

Great content

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Khalil!

@idxstudios 2 жыл бұрын

I've made movie for less than 20k..and they made really good profits..but...the distributors rape the profits..distributors will not...I repeat will not...be transparent to pay u a dime..so warning brother and sister film makers..market your own stuff...sell your own stuff unless you find an honest joe.

@leandra5248 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice, thanks for sharing.

@bramzwingli 2 жыл бұрын

Tubi is where all films I've produced are on

@leandra5248 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting because I want to know. Do you make decent money? My next question is it better to put your film on Tubi or KZfaq?

@connorcolebrook9800 9 ай бұрын

My guy

@Roman-ji3fe 11 ай бұрын

Exactly people be waiting around for studios when they should film there’s own movies and put them online

@ELLERHAUSRE 5 ай бұрын

Where can you research movies or for example: I want to do a 2-3 episodes of a mini series. I’d love to be able to compile data to see potential profit and then know how to market to an audience.

@SuBeKuTah Жыл бұрын

So distributor is like publishing house: no big use for marketing, so you can as well do it all yourself and cash in more?

@282investmentgroup3 Жыл бұрын

I'm seeking next project to direct

@marctetreault306 2 жыл бұрын

What is the 2B platform they are talking about?

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Tubi - tubitv.com/category/most_popular (free movies with commercials)

@rolfskytte 2 жыл бұрын

Hi folks, how do you spell tube? Tubee? 2b?

@Impwright553 2 жыл бұрын

Tubi

@rolfskytte 2 жыл бұрын

@@Impwright553 thanks!

@avtpro 2 жыл бұрын

100 what? 100M or K? I don't have any relative reference. Thx.

@bognajordan4977 2 жыл бұрын

I’d say 100k, you can make a pretty good movie on that. 100m? I don’t think any indie could even gather as much.

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

100K

@Hyporama 2 жыл бұрын

when he says 100, I'm assuming thousand. Right?

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@zenmasterorwhatever 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question. Can you make a video (or direct me to one you've made) where it is discussed how to write a screenplay in a way where the final product (produced film) will remain as close to the script I hand them as possible? Basically making a studio/director/producer/actor/etc-friendly script for the least amount of re-writes as possible to maintain the integrity of the story and scenes while leaving room open on purpose in areas of MY choice for their interpretation? It's based on a true story. Sorry I had to post this here because I dont have Facebook, Insta or Twitter and your website blocked me for some reason when I tried contacting you there.

@Matt_Mosley1983 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, you'll have to establish yourself as a director so that you can attach yourself to your own scripts in order to have final say as every director will want certain ideas changed to their ideas. (This is why I'm not looking to sell my comedies but make them myself)

@purrgundy 2 жыл бұрын

@@Matt_Mosley1983 Or an executive producer. In the end, producers always have the upper hand on the director's vision of the script.

@Matt_Mosley1983 2 жыл бұрын

@@purrgundy Too true ☹️

@tinstargames 2 жыл бұрын

A hundred cents right? Right?

@ahart228 2 жыл бұрын

100 k or 100 million?

@evanward3964 2 жыл бұрын

100k

@emelsaat 2 жыл бұрын

Is he saying $100 or $100k?

@leuestudios 8 ай бұрын

If filmmakers need to drive their own traffic they why would filmmakers even bother putting up their films for TVOD on any platform other then their own websites? AVOD is a different story but TVOD, forget iTunes, prime etc for TVOD!

@Healthy_Stuff279 Жыл бұрын

This guy uses terms like 100 and 250. I'm assuming that is 100,000 and 250,000, and those are the costs of his movies... especially since nobody makes a movie for 250 million dollars... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@filmcourage Жыл бұрын

Yes, $100,000 and $250,000.

@Healthy_Stuff279 Жыл бұрын

@@filmcourage cool. Thanks. Good content, by the way... 👍

@elizabethchevrie2494 2 жыл бұрын

What is this mans name?

@filmcourage 2 жыл бұрын

Joston Ramon Theney

@tinstargames 2 жыл бұрын

What film is he talking about putting on Toobi?

@tonyrobinson8050 Жыл бұрын

Under a hundred what? What amount of money is he talking about?

@filmcourage Жыл бұрын

$100,000

@markguitarlfk 2 жыл бұрын

Tough way to make a living, if anyone involved in a $100K film is actually making a living.

@KEP1983 Жыл бұрын

Okay. And where do you get $100,000 to spend on a film? Lol

@filmcourage Жыл бұрын

Here are some ways - bit.ly/3Mq0H2v

@darviniusb Жыл бұрын

You seriously bring these people to give us advices ? Wanton Want : 4/10 imdb Axeman : 3/10 Jurassic Hunt : 2/10 No thank you. Is already to much garbage out there.

@anisraho8928 Жыл бұрын

this is not art critic video, it's about the money stuff

@nonenone9338 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@michaelcalles6824 Жыл бұрын

You seriously can't use the language/spell. LOL SMH

@HakimZziwa Жыл бұрын

How do you even get a curator, where do we find them? is there a curator hub or database? This is very helpful info from this gentleman. Thx @filmcourage