Once the metaphorical train leaves the station, it's hard to switch your film's distribution track. Editor’s note: This is the third chapter of “A Producer’s Path,” an ongoing column for IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking from independent producer Daren Smith. Read the first chapter  here . “I wish you would have called us a year ago…”  The exact words a distributor told us when we showed them our film . They would have suggested different actors, a different budget, and some changes to the story