Shooting People: Tools » DIY Days http://shootingpeople.org/tools Tools you can use for independent filmmakers Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Esther Robinson on Building a Creative Foundation http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/09/02/esther-robinson-on-building-a-creative-foundation/ http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/09/02/esther-robinson-on-building-a-creative-foundation/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:41:15 +0000 Ingrid http://shootingpeople.org/tools/?p=352 Esther Robinson is da bomb! Seriously. She’s a brilliant filmmaker (A Walk Into The Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory) and a tireless supporter of artists and creativity. She used to work at Creative Capital and in that spirit of professional development and sustainability has recently founded ArtHome to “help artists build assets and equity through financial literacy, homeownership, self-sufficiency and the responsible use of credit.” Hear, hear I need help with all of that! You can read her excellent Filmmaker article on using credit cards wisely here but you should also watch her inspiring presentation from DIY Days in Philly below – the notion of building a strong body of work over a lifetime, a creative path that can be sustained (as opposed to hobbling from under-resourced project to under-resourced project), definitely appeals to me.

]]> http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/09/02/esther-robinson-on-building-a-creative-foundation/feed/ 0 Brian Newman’s DIY Days Presentation on FREE http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/09/01/brian-newmans-diy-days-presentation-on-free/ http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/09/01/brian-newmans-diy-days-presentation-on-free/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:15:30 +0000 Ingrid http://shootingpeople.org/tools/?p=347

This is from DIY Days in Philly.

]]> http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/09/01/brian-newmans-diy-days-presentation-on-free/feed/ 0 Nina Paley on her distribution strategy for Sita Sings the Blues (with real figures!) http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/08/13/nina-paley-on-her-distribution-strategy-for-sita-sings-the-blues-with-real-figures/ http://shootingpeople.org/tools/2009/08/13/nina-paley-on-her-distribution-strategy-for-sita-sings-the-blues-with-real-figures/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:58:52 +0000 Ingrid http://shootingpeople.org/tools/?p=336 Nina Paley gave a great and very transparent talk at DIY Days in Philadelphia about her distribution strategy for Sita Sings the Blues and why she believes that giving away things for free can make good business sense. On the film’s website Paley says: “I hereby give Sita Sings the Blues to you. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but I am making it explicit with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show Sita Sings the Blues. From the shared culture it came, and back into the shared culture it goes.”

Watch her talk here:

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