How Jaws was made: Spielberg, the shark and the sea
The rewrites, mechanical sharks, sea shoot and finishing decisions behind Jaws, told through original interviews and photographs of the crew at work.
6 min read
Films
A page for every film.
A page for every film.
Free to watch, or buy and rent.
Films is where filmmakers publish. Each film gets its own page on Vidreno with the player, the trailer, the crew credits and your filmmaker profile, released free to watch or sold on demand as a purchase or a rental.
- Free to publish and to watch
- Buy or rent, chosen per film
- No subscription
Two ways to release
Free to watch, or buy or rent. Your call, per film.
A short can be free while the feature is a rental, and a back catalogue can open up for free once the run is over. Change a film's mode whenever you like.
Free to watch
No price and no paywall. Anyone with the link presses play on the film page. Free films cost you nothing to publish or to host.
- No plan or subscription
- No bandwidth to budget for
- Switch to buy or rent later
Buy or rent
Set a purchase price, a rental price, or both. Viewers pay on the film page and watch there. A flat 10% per sale plus the payment processor's fee, with no subscription.
- Buy: viewers own it for good
- Rent: time-limited access for premieres and limited drops
- Flat 10% plus the processor’s fee, nothing up front
The film page
Everything a film needs, on one page.
Not a video in a feed. A page about the film: who made it, what it is, and how to watch it.
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The main film and a trailer
Upload the feature and a trailer; viewers see the trailer and the poster before they watch or buy.
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Crew credits by department
Director, producers, cinematography, editing, sound, music and the rest of the crew, each linking to a filmmaker profile.
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One link to send anywhere
Festivals, press, your newsletter, your socials: the film page is the destination, and it works on phones.
Profiles & crew credits
Your name on your work.
Your name on your work.
And your crew's on theirs.
A film is never one person. Vidreno gives every filmmaker a profile and every film its crew credits, so the people who made it are found through it.
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A profile at your own handle
Your name, roles, bio and links, with every film you have published or been credited on, at vidreno.com/filmmakers/yourhandle.
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Crew credits on every film
List the director, cinematographer, editor, composer and the rest of the crew on the film page, grouped by department.
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Crew credits that link to people
Credit a collaborator who is on Vidreno and the credit links to their profile. Not on Vidreno yet? Invite them to claim it.
Vidreno Dispatch
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Notes for people who make and release films
Dispatch is Vidreno's filmmaking blog: craft, people, cinema, and more.
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Selling on demand
Coming from Vimeo On Demand, or pricing a release?
The On Demand page covers selling in detail: how buying and renting work, the flat 10% fee plus the processor's fee, and the guide to moving your catalogue and sales data across from Vimeo On Demand.
Publish your first film
Free to watch, or buy and rent. Crew credits, a profile and a page of its own, with nothing to pay until it sells.