I’m moderating this panel on Monday at 10am at the Conference during Independent Film Week. If you want to find out where the money is, and I know that you do!, please stop by.

FILMMAKING 2.0
Show Me the New Money
Where do you begin when navigating the wide variety of traditional and new media services, sites and opportunities being promoted to assist filmmakers in raising money? How do these tools and services differ from traditional private equity and film financing models? How can the right mix of all three help you access new sources while getting you that much closer to production?

Monday, September 15th, 10am – 11am

Panelists:
Miles Beckett, CEO, EQAL
Ryan Harrington, Indiepix Studios
Slava Rubin, CEO, IndieGoGo
Joel Wright, VP Interactive Media, Paradigm

I know I have been rabbiting on a bit about last week’s Filmmaker Conference but there are so many great resources available online which I think will be extremely useful for all those filmmakers who couldn’t make the event itself. As usual Lance Weiler has tons of great links and video on the Workbook Project for your viewing pleasure. This panel on consumer viewing habits, moderated by Weiler, will give you lots of good techy tips on how to create an audience for your work and keep ‘em loyal:

Those of you who read my previous post on copyright will be interested to see that Brett Gaylor is on this panel talking about Open Source Cinema, “a collaborative documentary project to create a feature film about copyright in the digital age.” You, yes you, can get involved in this project too so visit the website to find out more.

If all this geek-talk is getting you hot under the collar and you find yourself muttering words like long tail, crowdsourcing and, oh yes, string theory smackdown, then you should have a browse through the Wired Geekipedia. Do you know your DRM from your SEO? You will after reading this.

Come to think of it, where did September go? Sorry for my blog silence but the IFP Market and Filmmaker Conference sucked me into a worm hole of activity and I’ve only just re-emerged.

I mentioned this on the Shooting People bulletins but for those of you who want to catch up on everything that happened at the Conference you should read the Filmmaker Magazine Blog and Scott Kirsner’s CinemaTech Blog for some good coverage (because Shooting from the Hip will be no good to you whatsover, useless, useless girl).

I’m moderating a panel on “Creating Content for New Platforms” this afternoon so if you’re attending the IFP Filmmaker Conference come on by and find out more about what’s happening on the web and on a teeny tiny screen near you!

There are lots of great people in town for IFP and the panels I attended yesterday on festival/marketplace strategy and finding your audience provided plenty of food for thought. We’ll be excerpting transcripts from Brian Geldin, the trusty Film Panel Notetaker, on the Shooting People bulletins all this week.