Cashing In on YouTube
Posted on January 9, 2009 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
Although it’s perceived as a recreational video sharing site, some people are earning six-figure money on YouTube. Michelle Miller from CBS News reports.
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Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Posted on January 9, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The sixth lecture in Evan Korth’s NYU Computers and Society course featured Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford University. His topic, the subject of his recent book, was “Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.”
The content industry has convinced industry in general that extremism in copyright regulation is good for business and economic [...]
Video Embedding Comparison Tests
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
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YouTube.com
Virb.com
Shooting People.org
Blip.com
Dailymotion.com
Teenage Zombie Movie 1 – tease
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YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A ‘Good’ Video
Posted on December 5, 2008 in Outtakes | 5 Comments
YouTube is offering a cash prize to the first user to upload a video with a shred of originality or artistic merit.
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Rendering for Youtube in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
Posted on September 27, 2008 in Editing | 2 Comments
Dillon Pearce, from dillonp23.net teaches you how to render for several outputs such as DVD and for Youtube.
He also has a basic training series for Adobe Premiere pro CS3 so be sure to check those out, high quality versions are hosted on his website.
How to Choose a Future-Proof Video Camera
Posted on September 3, 2008 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
This PC World article focus on “consumer camcorders,” but it contains some useful basics for new filmmakers wanting to know what first camera they should buy.
…Camcorder technologies are changing fast. Here’s how to pick the right camera for you–and ensure that your video memories will stand the test of time.
If the only video you shoot [...]
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
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 [...]
Indie Film Vanishing From Theaters, Flourishing Online
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” [...]
Hollywood’s Digital Graduation
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.
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…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. [...]
Popular Mechanics on DIY Filmmaking
Posted on July 14, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Popular Mechanics explores the subject of DIY Filmmaking with this profile of filmmaker Ross Ching and his short film “Eclectic.”
…Ross Ching is a moviemaker who doesn’t use a movie camera. Instead, he used time-lapse photography to make his first short film, Eclectic, come to life. It’s composed of thousands of still images of landscapes and [...]
Sites that Help Filmmakers Make Money
Posted on July 14, 2008 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
About a year old, this guide by Scott Kirsner of CinemaTech is still is a useful starting point guide for filmmakers wanting to distribute their film online.
…New revenue opportunities are emerging with the recent boom in video viewing on the Web. On this chart, I’ve tried to list the Web sites that are most [...]
