Negotiating your digital distribution

Gene Goodsell looks at the factors producers should consider when negotiating digital distribution agreements.

There is no aspect of filmmaking that is evolving faster, or as successfully as digital filmmaking and its offshoots.

In June 1999, Twentieth Century Fox released George Lucas’ digitally mastered Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace. It was the first time that a major studio released a film digitally.

Digital filmmaking represents a huge breakthrough in the way films are produced. In fact, digital filmmaking has been compared to the arrival of sound in 1927. It can provide tremendous cost savings during production and in post-production.