Shooting People and DCTV bring you a great new event to kick off 2010. You don’t want to miss this! Are you confused about all the different digital options when it comes to distribution for your film? You are not alone! The web has given us many more opportunities for getting our films in front of audiences but it can be a minefield for filmmakers trying to navigate the new terrain. Join us for a masterclass with Matt Dentler, head…
Scott Kirsner’s CinemaTech blog is always a great place to find out about technical innovations in the film world and now he was written a book, Fans, Friends and Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age, that compiles interviews with artists doing great and interesting things with their work and includes lots of useful content for filmmakers in search of an audience (yes, that means you!). In the introduction Kirsner introduces us to the New…
Another great event for future-minded Shooters. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS THIS FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER! Register now to save 25% off the full ticket price.We’re bringing together pioneering visionaries, filmmakers and entrepreneurs who are changing the way that independent films are financed, created and reach audiences. This year’s speakers who will be participating at both the Conference and the Workshop Sessions include: YOMI AYENI, Creative Director, Expanding Universe ARIN CRUMLEY, Award-winning Filmmaker ADAM ERLEBACHER, Co-Founder, PlaceVine JAMIE KING, Filmmaker and Digital…
We’re doing a bit of a catch-up on things that have been happening in the blogosphere over the past few weeks and wanted to draw your attention to this piece by Noah Harlan on the Filmmaker Magazine blog – written after he returned from the Sundance Producer’s Lab. In it he addresses online, ad-supported business models and comes to the conclusion that “In an ad-based model you would need a minimum of at least 800,000 viewers and possibly as many…
We blogged earlier about Laure Parson’s excellent new blog on digital distribution. She has recently relaunched the site with even more resources for filmmakers including a list of online markets and a discussion board. The latest interviews on the blog include Doug Block, Sujewa Ekanayake, Caachi, IndiePix and Shooting People’s Ingrid Kopp. This is a great resource for folk trying to get a handle on all the latest distribution options. If you find this helpful be sure to check out…
From the Tribeca Film Institute’s website: The Tribeca Film Institute asked Intelligent Television to launch an examination of the current economics of independent film and video distribution in the United States to help producers, distributors, and funders better understand current realities and trends in the film and video distribution market. This study, supported in part by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is intended to be of mainstream value—documentary films and education film and television remain popular, and…
Have you had a look at the films in The YouTube Screening Room yet? Launched in June, the Screening Room is a curated space that allows you to watch 4 new films every second Friday – many of them films that have played at film festivals like I Met The Walrus. Brent Hoff from Wholphin explains why this is such a great thing, as the Screening Room facilitates “an explosion of community. . . based solely on what people love.”…
There’s an interesting article on Digital Journal about Cinetic Rights Management, including an interview with Janet Brown and Matt Dentler from the company. Many of you may have heard of Cinetic but CRM is a new addition to the company, focusing specifically on exploiting digital rights which means they will be able to leverage films that aren’t going to get traditional theatrical or television distribution. This is what CRM say they can offer the filmmaker/producer on their website: We maintain…
Reframe, an online film distribution website from the Tribeca Film Institute in partnership with Amazon, launched today. According to their website, Reframe aims to solve the problem of rare or important works that end up without any means of centralized, convenient distribution: Substantial amounts of film, video and media arts remain “stuck on the shelf,” inaccessible to large segments of the public. Sometimes this is due to rights-clearance issues, but more often it is because of the high cost to…
