- SENDING YOUR FILM TO FILM FESTIVALS- If you believe in your film then you can send it to the film festivals. Film festivals like sundance , Tribeca, cannes are held on an international level and is a way of earning an extravagant amount of money. In India famous film festivals are held in Mumbai, Kerala, Kolkata. Even if your film does not win an award, if it is really good many doors will open for you in the film festivals. At film festivals you meet with potential distributors, financer and producers who will believe that you have a good future in movie industry.
- UPLOADING ON YOUTUBE- You can upload your short film on youtube and monetize your content. Advertisement companies also pays you for the number of advertisement people see in your video. While uploading video on youtube you should maintain your own channel and figure out your audience. You can also try to make intriguing videos first to get a lot of audience and then publicize your short film. There are many videos that have well above 100,000 views and still haven’t made a penny. Making money on youtube is tough. It depends on finding the right audience, distributors, and producers. It depends on how many users click on the advertisements featured in your film and view it for at-least 30 seconds.
- SELLING THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF YOUR FILM- You can send the legal rights of your short film to be made as a feature film. The producer or the financer can allow you to direct the film or can give you the patent rights and then you can use the theme of short film subject in your feature film. This way is very useful since you get a good backbone for your film (your financer) and hence your short film would get good publicity and recognition.
- FINDING DISTRIBUTORS- You can find distributors for your short film who will distribute your film through different offline and online channels. You can also look for sponsors for your film who will fund your project.
- SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE WAY- A simple and effective way is to making friends. It may sound lame but the more professional friends you make the more it is helpful for your creative growth. Film making is essentially about publicizing. The more the publicity more are the views and hence more is the money. Hence making professional friends in the movie industry can help your short film to become a big success. These people know about the risks and challenges of the movie industry. Therefore you need a peer group that can literally put your movie out there in the market.
- A GOOD INVESTMENT GIVES A GOOD RETURN- nothing comes for free and hence to make good money on a short film you need to publicize it properly. Catchy titles, intriguing posters , interesting advertisements, teasers and trailers attract the attention of the potential clients and audience.
- JUST ABOUT THE MONEY- If you are determined to make money from your short film and do not want to be recognized for your creativity or you hard-work then selling your short film is an option. There are a lot of potential buyers of short films today. To sell your short film you should keep in mind that the buyer should have some background in the movie industry or your work can go waste. The market is filled with cons so keep a check on that and stay away from exploitation.
- THE PLAN- In the end the movie industry needs a business plan. You can seek out funding from various movie industry grants. If you have got an investor or a producer then it is necessary for you to present him your plan- the way that you are going to spend the money and the expected return on the investment. The plan should contain everything from probable returns to risk factors.
- THE SAVIOUR- In the end the internet comes to the rescue. The internet is filled with opportunities .You can upload your film on youtube. Find good distributors. Publicize your short film through advertisements on various websites. Look up for professionals who would help you get through the job.
