What Independent Movies Need To Learn From Graphic Novels

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A brief impromptu presentation that I made at 'The Conversation' future of film conference theconversationspot.com on the lessons the independent film makers can learn from a different sequential art -- the graphic novel.

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What Independent Movies need to

learn from Graphic Novels

Who am I?

Adapting Comics

“Adaptions do not mean only

Superhero & Horror”

6 Nominations1 Oscar

2 Nominations

1 Nomination

Graphic Novels should not be an

afterthought

Storyboarding & Pre-Production

Illustration

Marketing

Fundraising

Education

Comic as Movie

(demo of MTV’s “Invincible”)

How To? How Much?

Costs

•$50-$100 per page for amateur B&W

•$150-250 per page for professional B&W

•$300-350 per page for color

•$800 for color cover

•$2,400 24 page book, professional, B&W

Printing

•Print on Demand (one off)

•Cafe Press $5, can charge more

•Lulu, iUniverse & many more POD

•Printer

•q1000, as little as $1 a book

ChristopherA@skotos.net