Posted on September 21, 2008 in General Screenwriting | 1 Comment
Is the Internet a tool or distraction? We it’s certainly both and all writers need to find a balance. Although, finding that balance is easier said than done. Jacket Copy, the book blog of The L.A. Times, takes a look at some of the more drastic measures some writers have implemented to [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2008 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
With a short post to a computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University, on September 19, 1982 at 11:44 AM, Scott Fahlman became the acknowledged originator of the ASCII-based emoticon.
…1982: At precisely 11:44 a.m., Scott Fahlman posts the following electronic message to a computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University:
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E [...]
Posted on September 15, 2008 in General Screenwriting | No Comments
by Carolyn Handler Miller
As writers, we are practitioners of an ancient art: the art of storytelling. Storytelling is a continually evolving form of expression. The first storytellers had only one simple tool at their disposal – the spoken word. Later storytellers had more sophisticated methods of spinning tales, using staged dramas, printed texts, and ultimately, [...]
Posted on September 15, 2008 in Sites of the Week | No Comments
Sites of the Week: Websites to help sell your film online.
This week we highlight a group of companies dedicated to assisting filmmakers in DIY film distribution. The following sites offer a wide range of services to help filmmakers reach audiences and simplify the process of selling their films.
IndieFlix
…IndieFlix is dedicated to providing a forum [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2008 in Marketing | No Comments
Brian Chirls discuss a strategy for picking and using tools to build an audience for your film on the Internet.
Make sure you checkout a list of tools on his website here: Chirls.com
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:
TurnHere, [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008 in Contracts and Law | 1 Comment
From: Center for Social Media
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INTRODUCTION
WHAT THIS IS
This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under [...]
Posted on August 4, 2008 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
The New York Times magazine explores the history and status quo of Internet trolling. They look at the early days of Usenet trolling, current anonymous forums, and social networking pages as the latest venues for trolls.
…One afternoon in the spring of 2006, for reasons unknown to those who knew him, Mitchell Henderson, a seventh grader [...]
Posted on July 30, 2008 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
Workbookproject.com has posted a clip from a DIY Days LA event. The panelists discuss what’s really involved in a successful DIY film.
Discussion Leader: Mark Stolaroff – panelists Arin Crumley, Ondi Timoner, Hunter Weeks and M dot Strange.
Posted on July 30, 2008 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
Lance Weiler breaks down the new models independent filmmakers are using to create a fan base for Filmmaker Magazine.
…It starts early in the filmmaking process as filmmakers are instructed to write what they know, consider what they have access to and keep their limitations in mind. Those three points are essential when making a truly [...]
Posted on July 29, 2008 in Internet | No Comments
Here is more evidence that Internet is becoming a viable distribution method for smaller films. Geoffrey Macnab from the Belfast Telegraph looks at how the web is shaking up Hollywood. Suggested by IQ Member Dark Water.
…Is the Hollywood blockbuster finally eating itself? As cult movies attract a new audience who download more obscure [...]
Posted on July 28, 2008 in Internet | No Comments
The Internet means that plenty of movies that will never come to a theater near you are a mouse click away. But someone still has to prove that this business makes sense
Want to see a movie this summer? Head to the theaters if you want to see big and loud stuff like “The Dark Knight” [...]
Posted on July 27, 2008 in Internet | 1 Comment
You know something is up when an audience member is taking cell phone photos of the presenter’s slides for instant transmittal to a business partner.
Chris Anderson does have killer slides, full of exuberant detail, defining the exact shape of the still emerging opportunity space for finding and selling formerly infindable and unsellable items of every [...]
Posted on July 25, 2008 in Internet | No Comments
Click’s editor Richard Taylor investigates how Hollywood is beginning to change the way it distributes and allows people to watch its films.
Suggested by Member : Dark Water
…Hollywood’s still churning out mega-budget movies, and the fight between what they see as the forces of good and evil continues unabated.
Entertainment industry lobbyists are still aggressively pursuing freeloaders. [...]
Posted on July 24, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
SAT in Montreal hosted a debate about the future of cinema and it got kind of heated at a few points.
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