Okay, make a picture in your mind... you’re Dorothy, in The Wizard of Oz, knocking timidly at the mighty castle gate, hoping and praying for just five minutes of the all-powerful, all-knowing Wizard’s time, to make your dream come true.
For most of the last hundred years, that was the picture of the movie business for the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the independent filmmaker who had the vision of a motion picture that he could actually finance and make and share with the world - himself. Without the blessing and hope of the wizard we know as “Hollywood”-- the studio system which bears a striking resemblance to Oz-- that visionary didn’t have a chance.
But he does now.
In fact, he has a lot more than a chance. With a good story, a well-crafted film, and an intelligent business plan, it is not only possible to get a film or entertainment experience made and distributed worldwide in 2015, for the majority of independent projects in the Brave New World of Entertainment, it is the surest route to success. Economically, and personally.
The Wizard’s Formula is shockingly simple: Good Story well made, Controlled Cost, Defined Audience and a way to Deliver to that audience. Until now, The Wizard of Hollywood controlled all of those factors. But we are living in a new time, and a new entertainment business.
Just like ‘ol Dorothy, your dream and vision is in your own hands, and closer than you think.That formula is all there ever was behind that curtain. And at Town Square Pictures, we employ it every day. We’ve done it, and we’ve done it successfully. We’d be honored to help you do it, too.