The blog for aspiring & established filmmakers of independent films. by ted hope.

Where We Go From Here: The Film Ecosystem Rebuild

For the first time ever in the history of the film biz, we NOW have the capacity to contemplate the design of a total systems rebuild of the film ecosystem. We can build it better for all stakeholders and take advantage of the tools now available us while making it function for today’s realities instead of the antiquated concepts of yesteryear.  Here is a step in that direction:

I have written out 126 further steps too.  They are all actionable. We can get results.  I am going to need some help launching it though.  It will take organizational power and commitment.  Stay tuned to see if I can muster some support.  And please let me know if you want to help, but only if you are truly willing to work to support the culture and industry you want.

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Hope offers his unique perspective on how to make movies while keeping your integrity intact and how to create a sustainable business enterprise out of that art while staying true to yourself.

Meet Ted

Ted Hope is a “holistic film producer”: he aims to be there from the beginning and then forever after, involved in every aspect of a film’s life cycle and ecosystem, as committed to engineering serendipity as preventing problems, as obsessed with lifting the good into the great, as he is…

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