Posted on August 24, 2010 in Internet, Marketing | No Comments
No one needs to tell you Facebook is a powerful social network, but how do you leverage the sites hundreds of millions of visitors? Social Media expert Linda Nelson can help with these 5 tips for filmmakers on getting the most out of Facebook.
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Posted on August 5, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Internet, Selling Your Film, Selling Your Script | No Comments
Presented by the WGAW Publicity and Marketing Committee, this March 27, 2010 all-day seminar offered Writers Guild members tools to help them get online, promote their careers, raise their industry profiles, build their brands and distribute and monetize their work.
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Posted on August 3, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Internet, Legal & Copyright | 1 Comment
Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube’s head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.
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Posted on July 9, 2010 in Internet | 2 Comments
What’s bigger than 1080p? Why 4k (4096 x 3072) of course – and now it’s available on YouTube. So we guess the days of low res “YouTube” quality are over…
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Posted on June 15, 2010 in Internet | No Comments
Margaret Stewart, YouTube’s head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.
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Posted on January 5, 2010 in Internet, Selling Your Film | No Comments
Richard Rosenblatt of Demand Media, Dan Rosensweig of Guitar Hero and Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment discuss the current state and future of distribution in their varying fields.
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Posted on January 5, 2010 in Internet, Selling Your Film | No Comments
This article by Monisha Rajesh of Time.com illustrates how many indie filmmakers are sidestepping traditional distribution and finding larger audiences and larger profits by giving away their film for free online. So, how do you make money by giving something away for free? Well, read on….
…When Finnish filmmaker Timo Vuorensola came up with [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2009 in Contracts and Law, Internet, Marketing | No Comments
By Jon M. Garon
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC
The rules for creating, marketing and distributing films derive from a host of different sources. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences controls the rules for the Academy Awards statuette, the Oscar, while collective bargaining agreements with various trade unions require that their members participate only in [...]
Posted on October 18, 2009 in Internet | No Comments
Internet distribution is maturing but has there been any viable Online model of distribution for independents?
…If only more indie filmmakers could sell as many Internet downloads as “Helvetica,” the future of indie distribution might look more promising. Gary Hustwit’s documentary about the ubiquitous font has taken in a six-figure sum from its showing on iTunes [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2009 in Filmmaking 360, Internet | No Comments
Pat Aufderheide, from the Center for Social Media at American University, put together a panel at Silverdocs to try to forecast the future of public media threw futurists, investors, business people and public media programmers.
VIA: CinemaTech
(The clips play in sequential order – when you reach the end of clip one, clip two will automatically start.)
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Posted on February 18, 2009 in Internet | 1 Comment
Smashing Magazine was put together a extensive article on movie websites offering insights into the purpose of a film website, current trends, visitor expectations and a large showcase of current releases.
…It can be an interesting experience looking around at websites in particular industries to identify trends and see how they differ from those in other [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2009 in Internet | No Comments
Google’s Press Release:
“At Google, we like to launch early, launch often, and to iterate our products. Occasionally, this means we have to re-evaluate our efforts and make difficult decisions to be sure we focus on products that make the most sense for our users.
In a few months, we will discontinue support for uploads to Google [...]
Posted on December 15, 2008 in Internet | No Comments
Filmmaker Karel Bata compares Video Hosting platforms head to head:
Vimeo.com
Teenage Zombie Movie 1 (teaser) from Karel Bata on Vimeo.
ExposureRoom.com
Teenage Zombie Movie (teaser) By Karel Bata
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YouTube.com
Virb.com
Shooting People.org
Blip.com
Dailymotion.com
Teenage Zombie Movie 1 – tease
by karelbata
MetaCafe
Tennage Zombie Movie 1 – Teaser – video powered by Metacafe
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Posted on November 10, 2008 in Internet | No Comments
Ross L. Pruden has republished his lecture “Redefining Digital Content Distribution, or
Why Apple is About To Get Its Ass Kicked” from The Conversation in Berkeley in October. It covers license-based digital content distribution and the possible downfall of Apple.
…I’m a filmmaker myself, and I’ve spent a long time studying movie distribution so I’m excited [...]
Posted on September 5, 2008 in Internet | No Comments
Recent interview with Morgan Brown, Director of Marketing at TurnHere, Inc., Drury Bynum discussed how TH has leveraged a worldwide network of filmmakers to provide one of the most successful online marketing platforms for small businesses to large brands.
THE VALUE OF VIDEO: HOW TO MARKET YOUR COMPANY ONLINE from drury bynum on Vimeo.
From TurnHere’s Website:
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