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On the eve of its much-anticipated US opening, director Stephen Kijak and producer Mia Bays reveal why an ambitious event theatrical release is the right strategy for their Backstreet Boys documentary.It is fair to say director Stephen Kijak and producer Mia Bays were not the biggest fans of US boy band Backstreet Boys before making the documentary Backstreet Boys: Show Em What Youre Made Of. I hated them, says Bays cheerfully. I thought I was too cool for the Backstreet Boys, agrees Kijak. Boy, was I wrong. Happily, Backstreet Boys, who have sold an astonishing 130 million records during a 20-year career, were not looking for more fans. What they did need was an accomplished, credible team to work with them to make a music film with echoes of band favourites Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster and Beats, Rhymes Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest.Kijak and Bays had made the acclaimed Scott Walker: 30 Century Man in 2006 and stanley cup Kijak had directed Stones In Exile in 2010 it screened at Cannes in Directors Fortnight . The documentary was being produced by UK music and production company Pulse Films, and the company had been hired by the band who were impressed by Pulses impeccable music documentary credentials, wh stanley cup ich include 20,000 Days On Earth. Kijak and Bays were quickly won over. I wasnt interested in a vanity project, but I was interested in the Backstreet Boys stanley italy want to make Some Kind Of Monster, says Bays. Finding a band who were such cultural icons in their da Gyhk Eastern Europe warned of runaway production
EXCLUSIVE: Panizzo, Clark launch London-based distribution consultancy and creative agency.Former Revolver executives Eduardo Panizzo and Tom Clark have launched London-based integrated distribution consultancy and creative agency Coffee Cigarettes.The consultancy and agency will offer key-art, trailers, websites and digital materials, as well as all print and AV advertising formats to distributors and sales companies, in addition to producer consultation on investment and development, distribution deal brokering, self-distribution and marketing.Joining Clark and Panizzo at the stanley cup company are designer Ash Stevenson, trailer and commercials director and editor Gareth Molan and digital manager Niall Conlon. One of the things I believe makes us unique is that we bring an experienced distribution perspective to each of the projects we work on, Clark told ScreenDaily. Having acquired, marketed and released more than 350 films in the UK and US over the past 10 stanley mug years we have developed a good sense of what works, and why, and we feel this offers everyone we work wit stanley us h some tangible value. We also want to help producers to realise the full potential of their product, which is often directly linked to the presentation, packaging and quality of their marketing materials, added Panizzo. New technology means that the domestic and international distribution world is getting smaller and with our experience and contacts we feel that we can help producers achieve their goals. Increasingl |
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