![]() ![]() A big reason why people love the Pythons, apart from their progressive views of the lumberjack community, is their impressive cinematic output. In 2009 he was awarded a PhD for services to film education.As anyone who’s ever ironically bought SPAM at the supermarket or made a trip to the emergency room after a Silly Walk-induced injury can tell you: Monty Python is one of the greatest comedy acts ever. He teaches screenwriting and producing in the UK, Europe, Asia and America.Įlliot has written three books which have become industry standards: Raindance Writers’ Lab: Write + Sell the Hot Screenplay, now in its second edition, Raindance Producers’ Lab: Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking and Beginning Filmmaking: 100 Easy Steps from Script to Screen (Professional Media Practice). He has produced over 700 hundred short films and seven feature films: the multi-award-winning The Living and the Dead (2006), Deadly Virtues (2013), Amber (2017), Love is Thicker Than Water (2018), the SWSX Grand Jury Prize winner Alice (2019) The Effects of Lying 2022 and Evil Sea (2023. Elliot is the founder of Raindance Film Festival (1993) and the British Independent Film Awards (1998) and Raindance London Film School (2017). What makes Python unique is how they take “the same old story” and retell it in such a bold, fresh and innovative way.įew people know more filmmakers and screenwriters than Elliot Grove. ![]() Then their producers and financial advisers distributed a 13-page document outlining the proposition they show to potential private investors – like you.īy studying this document, independent filmmakers the world over can learn how to emulate the success of Python by using their easy-to-understand template. Python has managed to effectively raise industry awareness of their film (articles in Variety and Total Film, as well as cleverly employing the likes of The Guardian and the notoriously edgy Perez Hilton (whose website gets nearly twice as many visitors as the BBC) to bring their work public attention. Using alternative finance is a gamble without the backstop of a sound publicity campaign. Python Understands Publicity And Marketing That’s why Monty Python put together a simple instructional PDF on how the money works, explaining the facts of life in the film industry in simple language that anyone with a few bucks to invest could understand. How many indies have fallen into the trap of taking a quick buck up front, only to gnash their teeth later when their films hit? They know that with their brand recognition, and with their stellar cast, they will get more bucks AFTER the film is made. Some people would take the cash, get the movie made and be happy with their fees. Their new movie, Absolutely Anything, has all the elements of a true indie breakout hit: Terry Jones script, a stellar cast including all the original Pythons AND Robin Williams AND Simon Pegg, PLUS studios practically salivating over the project and offering the Pythons a bit more than their budget for the worldwide rights to the movie. Python Knows How To Use Independent Finance The secret to Monty Python’s success too, rests in that they developed a successful personal brand. Look at the Monty Python YouTube channel here. Have you seen their YouTube page? It’s a textbook example of how to build a successful YouTube channel. Three years ago Python launched its own YouTube channel where Python’s skits and sketches have had millions of views. Their works spawned stage and cabaret shows, music concerts, a musical (Spamalot) and movies – works with different entry points to the story, and works which crossed over every conceivable media. If you really want to see the ultimate trans-media case study, look no further than Monty Python: These dilettantes were upstaged by Python. Python Understands New MediaĬertain self-appointed gurus proclaim that ‘trans-media’ is the newest trend. There are three important lessons Monty Python can teach independent filmmakers 43 years after their first show. The movie took two years to finance and started shooting on March 24th, 2014. They are now embarking on a fundraising effort for their first movie together since 1983’s The Meaning of Life. ![]() The group’s influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles’ or Elvis Presley’s influence on music. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin formed a comedy troupe branded Monty Python and launched Monty Python’s Flying Circus in September 1969 on the BBC. Monty Python is one of the entertainment industry’s iconic brands. ![]()
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