Comments on: Nike Gets Into Film Distribution http://blog.spout.com/2008/08/06/nike-gets-into-film-distribution/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Richie http://blog.spout.com/2008/08/06/nike-gets-into-film-distribution/#comment-132114 Richie Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:47:57 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3623#comment-132114 WTF!? This is a total crock of shite. How many sneakers editions can Nike churn out, every week there's some lame new edition tapping into one of their shoe designers youth or what's currently cool or some other bullshit. The connection between this film and Nike is loose at best and it totally is cash for cred. What bothers me is that this film, the shoes that it will spawn etc will come and go and nobody will care or even know it all happened. It's all happening in a bubble smaller than Beaverton. It's a load of self-congratulatory noise. Someone DO something that MEANS something instead of all these hipster idiots jerking each other off. So tired of being sold 'vacuous vapor.' Nothing is worth anything anymore, it;s just always the 'next' WTF!?

This is a total crock of shite. How many sneakers editions can Nike churn out, every week there’s some lame new edition tapping into one of their shoe designers youth or what’s currently cool or some other bullshit. The connection between this film and Nike is loose at best and it totally is cash for cred. What bothers me is that this film, the shoes that it will spawn etc will come and go and nobody will care or even know it all happened. It’s all happening in a bubble smaller than Beaverton.

It’s a load of self-congratulatory noise. Someone DO something that MEANS something instead of all these hipster idiots jerking each other off. So tired of being sold ‘vacuous vapor.’

Nothing is worth anything anymore, it;s just always the ‘next’

]]> By: Eric http://blog.spout.com/2008/08/06/nike-gets-into-film-distribution/#comment-115647 Eric Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:05:29 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3623#comment-115647 To be honest i say thank u to Nike 4 the deal. Atleast a small amount of people got to see the doccie. Which is awesome i know i would kill 4 a chance to experience the full doccie instead of short clips. I doubt the doccie will reach our shores. But thanx to Nike 4 being Indie with us even if the agenda might not be the same. To be honest i say thank u to Nike 4 the deal. Atleast a small amount of people got to see the doccie. Which is awesome i know i would kill 4 a chance to experience the full doccie instead of short clips. I doubt the doccie will reach our shores.
But thanx to Nike 4 being Indie with us even if the agenda might not be the same.

]]> By: Meadow’s New Enviromental Ad Costs the Earth at Write on Film http://blog.spout.com/2008/08/06/nike-gets-into-film-distribution/#comment-114431 Meadow’s New Enviromental Ad Costs the Earth at Write on Film Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:50:11 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3623#comment-114431 [...] and independent cinema seem to be joined at the hip of late after the hub bub surrounding  the Nike/ Beautiful Loosers marketing,  Eurostar/ Somer’s Town release and Harmony Korine’s Thornton’s/ [...] [...] and independent cinema seem to be joined at the hip of late after the hub bub surrounding  the Nike/ Beautiful Loosers marketing,  Eurostar/ Somer’s Town release and Harmony Korine’s Thornton’s/ [...]

]]> By: Tom http://blog.spout.com/2008/08/06/nike-gets-into-film-distribution/#comment-109552 Tom Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:20:56 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3623#comment-109552 My gut feeling is that the important piece to preserve is the filmmaking itself - if it can be made with integrity and control, then I think the "any means necessary" is fine, provided the filmmaker (and in the case of docs, the subject) is comfortable with it. My producer and I were just talking about how Oprah recently did another show on children of divorce and were daydreaming about getting on Oprah with our little 10k low-budget indie in order to get it to the widest audience possible. Sometimes that mass media or corporate stamp vindicates the film for an audience who may have misconceptions about independent film. Many of the press outlets that we use to promote our films are owned by major corporations that fill your myspace page with ads or clutter your trailer on YouTube. Honestly, I haven't owned a pair of Nike's since my "pumps" in 8th grade, but I wouldn't turn down a pair with stills from my film on them. I worked in a high school for several years and often saw how many kids were into really good indie music, while indie film had a snotty, boring connotation to them. I'd ultimately love to see indie films work with indie fanzines and labels to promote, but sometimes the subject matter is more conducive to Nike. If that opens young people up to 'arthouse' films or more obscure titles, that's a pretty cool thing in the end. My gut feeling is that the important piece to preserve is the filmmaking itself - if it can be made with integrity and control, then I think the “any means necessary” is fine, provided the filmmaker (and in the case of docs, the subject) is comfortable with it. My producer and I were just talking about how Oprah recently did another show on children of divorce and were daydreaming about getting on Oprah with our little 10k low-budget indie in order to get it to the widest audience possible. Sometimes that mass media or corporate stamp vindicates the film for an audience who may have misconceptions about independent film. Many of the press outlets that we use to promote our films are owned by major corporations that fill your myspace page with ads or clutter your trailer on YouTube.

Honestly, I haven’t owned a pair of Nike’s since my “pumps” in 8th grade, but I wouldn’t turn down a pair with stills from my film on them.

I worked in a high school for several years and often saw how many kids were into really good indie music, while indie film had a snotty, boring connotation to them. I’d ultimately love to see indie films work with indie fanzines and labels to promote, but sometimes the subject matter is more conducive to Nike. If that opens young people up to ‘arthouse’ films or more obscure titles, that’s a pretty cool thing in the end.

]]> By: wynns http://blog.spout.com/2008/08/06/nike-gets-into-film-distribution/#comment-109548 wynns Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:32:35 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3623#comment-109548 As long as sponsors don't touch the film- with the possible exception of presentation credit- I'm all for it... and have been for years. Being a producer and having worked in film fest sponsorship for years I look at it just the same. It's just basically a "single film, film festival." A straight sponsorship has tremendous value for a filmmaker trying to get the film out plus the sponsor doesn't have to worry about their brand being associated with films that might conflict with their business objectives/brand strategies. Essentially the brand gets to curate their own "single film, film festival" and I imagine that makes the brand managers VERY happy. Plus for the filmmaker NO P&A COSTS to recoup and the power of the brand's advertising and pr departments. No indie distrib can match that. As long as sponsors don’t touch the film- with the possible exception of presentation credit- I’m all for it… and have been for years. Being a producer and having worked in film fest sponsorship for years I look at it just the same. It’s just basically a “single film, film festival.”

A straight sponsorship has tremendous value for a filmmaker trying to get the film out plus the sponsor doesn’t have to worry about their brand being associated with films that might conflict with their business objectives/brand strategies. Essentially the brand gets to curate their own “single film, film festival” and I imagine that makes the brand managers VERY happy. Plus for the filmmaker NO P&A COSTS to recoup and the power of the brand’s advertising and pr departments. No indie distrib can match that.

]]> By: Mike Everleth http://blog.spout.com/2008/08/06/nike-gets-into-film-distribution/#comment-109527 Mike Everleth Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:45:44 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3623#comment-109527 Answer: Whatever it takes to get the job done, i.e. get a film in front of the most eyeballs. Well, not "whatever" I guess. If Nike recuts the film to focus on the doc subjects wearing their product, then that would be bad. But if Nike just fronts the money and doesn't mess with the film, then more power to the filmmakers. It's tough out there these days. Ok, 25-year-old me is screaming his head off at 38-year-old me, but I'm just going to tell that kid to shut the hell up. Answer: Whatever it takes to get the job done, i.e. get a film in front of the most eyeballs.

Well, not “whatever” I guess. If Nike recuts the film to focus on the doc subjects wearing their product, then that would be bad. But if Nike just fronts the money and doesn’t mess with the film, then more power to the filmmakers. It’s tough out there these days.

Ok, 25-year-old me is screaming his head off at 38-year-old me, but I’m just going to tell that kid to shut the hell up.

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