Distribution : Unrestrained Creativity & Strategic Thinking in Distribution by Alex LeMay

Alex LeMay

Unrestrained Creativity & Strategic Thinking in Distribution

If filmmaking were free from financial constraints, what would you create, and how would you ensure it reaches its audience?

Maurice Vaughan

I'd create the two biggest movies in history, Alex LeMay. One would be based off one of my script ideas, and the other would be a mashup movie with characters from hundreds of films, like an Avengers/Super Smash Bros. type movie.

I'd come up with the most creative marketing campaigns to make sure my films reached their audiences (social media, in person, TV, and radio). And I'd release the movies in theaters for as long as possible, then streaming.

I'd also create more movies (from micro-budget to big-budget movies).

Debbie Elicksen

Alex LeMay What a great question. Wow. I need to think about this. Okay, I'm done. lol. I'd do a reverse patriarchy film where the world is a matriarchy and it's men who experience what women have for centuries. I have an idea for one, may even have crafted a logline, where a male trying to break into professional sports (kind of like I had to).

Mark Deuce

Snow White Wars Alex LeMay one of my favs! And A reality TV Show Called Actor Games.

Willem Elzenga

I have a screenplay for a film that is without dialogue. Its set in the future. I also wrote story for a sequel and a third part. It's partly based on films such as The Last Combat by Luc Besson and Waterworld by Kevin Reynolds. A hero fights together with his female friend and wife a sect leader that rapes victims with his sex cult on water. My team created artwork for this project which scored some interest by industry professionals in Hollywood. I have put everything in this project that I knew in 2007 on how to make a succesfull movie.

Sam Sokolow

I would tell the most personal story I could - authentic to my life and experience - and I'd use the finanicnal freedom to cast the best of the best so all of the material was elevated and then I'd put it out theatrically (because that's how movies should be seen) and then on every platform, from steramers to airplanes. Everyone's stories matter so I would just contrinute to that movement. The film itself would most likely be based on an experience I had after my incredibly loving and sweet Brooklyn-born teddy bear of a dad died when I got a visit from his best freind from high school that I had never met who described a dangerous terror of a young man to me who fought his was out so I could have an easier time of it. It's not patriarchal - he was a feminist - but a story of evolution and the many phases of life we all live.

Alex LeMay

Maurice Vaughan I love it! Those are some bold and exciting ideas—I love the ambition and decisiveness behind them! It’s clear you’ve put a lot of thought into not just the stories but also how to make sure they connect with audiences in impactful ways. Great stuff!

Alex LeMay

Debbie Elicksen Exploring a matriarchal world. It sounds like a powerful way to address gender dynamics while tying it to something personal like breaking into professional sports. I’d love to hear more about your logline if you’re open to sharing.

Alex LeMay

Mark Deuce Oooh! tell me more!

Alex LeMay

Willem Elzenga Wow, that sounds like such a bold and ambitious project! Creating a dialogue-free film set in the future is a fascinating challenge, and I love the inspiration you’ve drawn from The Last Combat and Waterworld. It’s clear you’ve put a lot of thought, creativity, and effort into this, especially with the artwork and the layered story across three parts. Scoring interest from Hollywood professionals is a big step—congrats on getting it this far! What are your next steps for moving the project forward?

Alex LeMay

Sam Sokolow Wow, what a powerful and deeply personal story—that sounds like it could resonate with so many people on multiple levels. I love the idea of exploring your father’s evolution and the layers of his life through this lens. Theatrical release paired with wide platform distribution is such a great way to honor the authenticity of your vision while making sure it reaches the audience it deserves. I’d love to hear more about how you’d shape this narrative—it sounds incredibly moving!

Maurice Vaughan

Thanks, Alex LeMay. I'd make a really outside-the-box experimental film as well.

Debbie Elicksen

Alex LeMay Absolutely. I'm working to finish a manuscript and have it published or ready to publish by the end of this week, so I will message you then.

Willem Elzenga

Thanks Alex LeMay, I have send you a message, maybe we can work together.

Alex LeMay

Maurice Vaughan Love that. You had me at experimental film. I'm curious, what would that film look like?

Jon Shallit

I would take the rest of Peter Ford's amazing and funny sci-fi book and expand the pilot I wrote for him into a series! He is on stage 32.

Maurice Vaughan

Probably a unusual first-person POV film, Alex LeMay

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