1001 Positively True Stories of An Indie Filmmaker

Today was about getting the design and artwork done for the Broken Hearts Club screeners. Screeners are the copies of the film (not exactly finished) that will go out to distributors and studio execs and agents/managers. I had to design the DVD cover, find a place online that would print the covers and also print the DVDs with the logo on it.

It sucks because I know someone far more advanced at creating designs and one-sheets and all things related to photoshop, but he’s really busy now. I guess I should be grateful that I’ve learned a little something-something and can whip up a quickie when I need it.

It was an all day affair. Folks really need to optimize their websites for search engines (SEO). At first I couldn’t find a damn thing that resembled what I was looking for. I was ready to spend the money but no company was out there to take it. Finally I remembered a booklet I’ve been getting in the mail from Discmakers.com. The site was thorough and had exactly what I needed but the minimum order was 1000. that was 975 items too much. I just need a few. The film isn’t finished yet and it’s not like I’m trying to self-distribute. As it turns out they have a shortfun site at www.discmakers.com/shortrun and this allowed me to order what I needed. The price per item went up but, what can you do?

I have a really simple and cool, almost iconic logo for the DVD. I’ll try to upload a picture of it below. Now I compile my list of folks from all the little indie houses I’ve been trying to stay in contact with and then we”ll see what’s what.

The Broken Hearts Club screener DVD will have an all-white background and the red deteriorating heart logo. that’s it. No words. No names. No titles. No runtimes. No production company names. Nothing except the logo.

The DVD cover is similar. All white with a the title, logo and my name on the cover. On the back is a 2-paragraph synopsis, leading actor’s names and above the line crew