We’re really proud of the growing Digital Bootcamp Wiki. It started off as a companion to the workshops we have been conducting but it has now become a standalone resource on funding, distribution, marketing and so much more in the digital age. Wiki comes from the Hawaiian word for “fast” – and if you all collaborate to this wiki by adding to it we can help it grow even faster!

Thanks to Pamela Cohn over at Resources for bringing my attention to Matt Syrett’s quantitative analysis of film production and distribution. I’m pathetically terrified of numbers to the point where I muddle up my 6s and 9s in panic (and my 3s and my 8s if I’m really freaking out) but as Matt says: Whether you want to make money on your film or just find an audience for your unique vision, marketing should play a central role in your…

Arwen Lowbridge over at our friends Fractured Atlas wrote this piece earlier in the summer and I have been meaning to post it for ages. She is writing about artists in the performing arts but I think that many of her points are very salient for filmmakers too and her professional pledges are definitely bang on the money (‘scuse the pun): I will be responsible for my own career and I will conduct myself as a business professional. Many artists…