From Nashville Mayor, Karl Dean

The impact of the film and television industry is underappreciated in Nashville, and I intend to change that. We have a great opportunity to do more as a city to support film and TV, which is such a vital part of Nashville,

FilmNashville – Typical Paths of Distribution for an Indie Feature Film

Festival run, no distribution other than perhaps via internet / direct DVD sales [usually no soundtrack, other than perhaps via website]
Direct to Retail DVD distribution [no theatrical release or television] [usually no soundtrack, unless bundled with DVD and/or sold via website]
Direct to TV cable, DVD, and foreign [sometimes a soundtrack, depending upon strength of TV [...]

Indie Production Financing Overview

There are numerous basic and sophisticated ways to finance a feature project, though usually involving a combination of one or more of these elements:
Investment capital – yours and/or that of third parties [typically, investors get 100% of first profits earned until they recoup all of their initial investment, then receive 30-50% of all profits earned [...]

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