THIS VIDEO WAS RECORDED IN EARLY 2020 AND DOES NOT REFLECT THE CURRENT RATES OR MY CURRENT OPINIONS ON AMAZON. I LEFT IT UP BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE A PRETTY GOOD HISTORY OF PRIME VIDEO DIRECT UP TO 2020. Check out my Amazon Prime Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDUasQIW9a2aAa3QleieGYlguNJoMFvnd How Filmmakers Make Money on Amazon Prime This Amazon Prime Filmmaking video will help you to understand how Amazon Prime works for filmmakers and how you can use it to optimize your returns (make money). Catch new episodes every Wednesday. It's been a long road for me and my movies on Amazon Prime (Prime Video Direct). I've been on there since 2010. Over twenty of my feature films are up there, including documentaries, horror, drama, family... you name it, I've done it. In my first video on the subject, I take you through my journey as a filmmaker and how I make money off of Amazon. Then I give a bunch of tips and tricks for you to optimize your movies on Prime Video Direct as well. *The information within is aimed towards feature filmmaking, not short form content. Although, a lot of what I talk about still applies. My mission here is to help independent filmmakers earn more money what they love, making movies, and to make a positive impact in the filmmaking community through the power of video. I publish weekly videos on Indie Film Marketing, Indie Film Distribution, and independent filmmaking in general. 📱 Join this youtube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvatwf1ox5n_szo8snLNnw/join ⚡️ If podcasts are more your thing, I repost these on FILMMAKERS ON WITH J. Horton where ever it is you listen to your podcasts. 🔴 Get Closed Captioning done cheaply by Rev.com ➡️ https://www.rev.com/?utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=14431881&utm_content=link 🔴 Tube Buddy helped me double my monthly subscriber in just 6 months. ➡️ https://www.tubebuddy.com/thejhorton 🔴 IF YOU DO WANT TO GIVE FILMHUB A TRY FOR DISTRIBUTING YOUR FILM. ➡️ https://app.filmhub.com/owner/signup partner_code=jhorton&utm_source=channel&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=jhorton 🔴 Buzzsprout is the service I use to get my podcasts everywhere - ➡️https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=167905 🔴 Rev.com is where I do all my closed captioning. I highly Recommend them. ➡️try.rev.com/Nh36Z 🔴 My Link Tree. ➡️ https://linktr.ee/zapruderflix 🔴 Get $10 off each of your first three orders at doordash ➡️thttps://drd.sh/WXUKw0CnXh3L5mWI ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton FTC Legal Disclaimer - Some links found in the description box of my videos may be affiliate links, meaning I will make commission on sales you make through my link. This is at no extra cost to you to use my links/codes, it's just one more way to support me and my channel! :) ⚡️ Email for Business Contacts only = jason@thejhorton.com #independentfilm The number one Independent Film Channel. ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton

6 Helpful Tips for Promoting Your Independent Film Six filmmaking hacks for promoting your micro-budget movie on social media: How to Self Promote wisely. Why you should Promote others. How to find groups to use. How to use a social media scheduler to maximize your reach. How to be a conversation starter, and why you shouldn't be a hit and run poster. Also, I wanted to say based off some feedback on this video, that I am first a FILMMAKER. I 100% make my living from movies, Documentaries and Narrative features, that I've made over the years. Films that I employe the very techniques that I'm talking about in this video. My mission here is to help independent filmmakers earn more money what they love, making movies, and to make a positive impact in the filmmaking community through the power of video. I publish weekly videos on Indie Film Marketing, Indie Film Distribution, and independent filmmaking in general. 📱 Join this youtube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvatwf1ox5n_szo8snLNnw/join ⚡️ If podcasts are more your thing, I repost these on FILMMAKERS ON WITH J. Horton where ever it is you listen to your podcasts. 🔴 Get Closed Captioning done cheaply by Rev.com ➡️ https://www.rev.com/?utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=14431881&utm_content=link 🔴 Tube Buddy helped me double my monthly subscriber in just 6 months. ➡️ https://www.tubebuddy.com/thejhorton 🔴 IF YOU DO WANT TO GIVE FILMHUB A TRY FOR DISTRIBUTING YOUR FILM. ➡️ https://app.filmhub.com/owner/signup partner_code=jhorton&utm_source=channel&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=jhorton 🔴 Buzzsprout is the service I use to get my podcasts everywhere - ➡️https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=167905 🔴 Rev.com is where I do all my closed captioning. I highly Recommend them. ➡️try.rev.com/Nh36Z 🔴 My Link Tree. ➡️ https://linktr.ee/zapruderflix 🔴 Get $10 off each of your first three orders at doordash ➡️thttps://drd.sh/WXUKw0CnXh3L5mWI ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton FTC Legal Disclaimer - Some links found in the description box of my videos may be affiliate links, meaning I will make commission on sales you make through my link. This is at no extra cost to you to use my links/codes, it's just one more way to support me and my channel! :) ⚡️ Email for Business Contacts only = jason@thejhorton.com #independentfilm The number one Independent Film Channel. ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton

How Much Money Can Filmmakers Make on Amazon Prime? Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love CER In this episode I go over the main factors that amazon's dreaded algorithm takes into account when deciding how much to pay you for your movie, and a few tips for hacking it. NEW VIDEOS DROP EVERY WEDNESDAY *Understand that the #'s that I'm talking about as far as minutes streamed are my #'s, not market averages. ***the rates I talked about in this video have changed a few times since. If you're looking to hit some alternate platforms, check out filmhub. https://app.filmhub.com/owner/signup?partner_code=jhorton&utm_source=channel&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=jhorton My mission here is to help independent filmmakers earn more money what they love, making movies, and to make a positive impact in the filmmaking community through the power of video. I publish weekly videos on Indie Film Marketing, Indie Film Distribution, and independent filmmaking in general. 📱 Join this youtube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvatwf1ox5n_szo8snLNnw/join ⚡️ If podcasts are more your thing, I repost these on FILMMAKERS ON WITH J. Horton where ever it is you listen to your podcasts. 🔴 Get Closed Captioning done cheaply by Rev.com ➡️ https://www.rev.com/?utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=14431881&utm_content=link 🔴 Tube Buddy helped me double my monthly subscriber in just 6 months. ➡️ https://www.tubebuddy.com/thejhorton 🔴 IF YOU DO WANT TO GIVE FILMHUB A TRY FOR DISTRIBUTING YOUR FILM. ➡️ https://app.filmhub.com/owner/signup partner_code=jhorton&utm_source=channel&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=jhorton 🔴 Buzzsprout is the service I use to get my podcasts everywhere - ➡️https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=167905 🔴 Rev.com is where I do all my closed captioning. I highly Recommend them. ➡️try.rev.com/Nh36Z 🔴 My Link Tree. ➡️ https://linktr.ee/zapruderflix 🔴 Check out my Patreon for more tips and help. ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/jhorton 🔴 Get $10 off each of your first three orders at doordash ➡️thttps://drd.sh/WXUKw0CnXh3L5mWI ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton FTC Legal Disclaimer - Some links found in the description box of my videos may be affiliate links, meaning I will make commission on sales you make through my link. This is at no extra cost to you to use my links/codes, it's just one more way to support me and my channel! :) ⚡️ Email for Business Contacts only = jason@thejhorton.com #independentfilm The number one Independent Film Channel. ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton

Today, I'm going to over the first major step in making movies that make money, which is picking the right genre. I'm almost a month into the quarantine and got a little sloppy with my light and background. Sorry about the reflection in my glasses and messy room. However, I did have a record week for one of my documentaries. Don't Call Me Bigfoot streamed well over 1 million minutes in less than five days. That's not too shabby and that's just on Amazon. Still waiting for the movie to land on other platforms. I'll be doing a video about how I made that happen later in the month. My mission here is to help independent filmmakers earn more money what they love, making movies, and to make a positive impact in the filmmaking community through the power of video. I publish weekly videos on Indie Film Marketing, Indie Film Distribution, and independent filmmaking in general. 📱 Join this youtube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvatwf1ox5n_szo8snLNnw/join ⚡️ If podcasts are more your thing, I repost these on FILMMAKERS ON WITH J. Horton where ever it is you listen to your podcasts. 🔴 Get Closed Captioning done cheaply by Rev.com ➡️ https://www.rev.com/?utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=14431881&utm_content=link 🔴 Tube Buddy helped me double my monthly subscriber in just 6 months. ➡️ https://www.tubebuddy.com/thejhorton 🔴 IF YOU DO WANT TO GIVE FILMHUB A TRY FOR DISTRIBUTING YOUR FILM. ➡️ https://app.filmhub.com/owner/signup partner_code=jhorton&utm_source=channel&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=jhorton 🔴 Buzzsprout is the service I use to get my podcasts everywhere - ➡️https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=167905 🔴 Rev.com is where I do all my closed captioning. I highly Recommend them. ➡️try.rev.com/Nh36Z 🔴 My Link Tree. ➡️ https://linktr.ee/zapruderflix 🔴 Get $10 off each of your first three orders at doordash ➡️thttps://drd.sh/WXUKw0CnXh3L5mWI ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton FTC Legal Disclaimer - Some links found in the description box of my videos may be affiliate links, meaning I will make commission on sales you make through my link. This is at no extra cost to you to use my links/codes, it's just one more way to support me and my channel! :) ⚡️ Email for Business Contacts only = jason@thejhorton.com #independentfilm The number one Independent Film Channel. ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton