ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

5 years, 7 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Might be a bit late to the party, just when AWS was becoming a thing, there were multiple CDN offerings for repackaged cloud edge streaming services targeted at filmmakers, but none made it through intact - Vimeo and YouTube still dominate.

5 years, 7 months ago - Matthew Smith

Thanks Paddy, I know exactly what you mean but where theres a will there is sometimes a way. If a new platform was to surface, what ,as a creator would you want it to feature for you?

5 years, 7 months ago - John Lubran

Maybe just a handy indexed by alphabetical, genre, etc., etc., link to films and people that are on other platforms. It would be the same as having them all on your own platform/website. A creative business might be extrapolated from such that's of benefit to people and a marketing enterprise ? A search and research tool aimed at the special interests of the film related. Just a few thoughts off the top of my head.

5 years, 6 months ago - Matthew Smith

Hi John, Thanks for your thoughts. Ill put them forward at the R&D meeting tomorrow morning.

5 years, 6 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

Hiya, I don't think I will be a user of the service as it's not a thing I need these days, but what I would have wanted years ago...

Timestamped feedback, maybe a little like Soundcloud does, so for instance you can send a private link to a corporate client and get their notes in-line, effectively clear timestamps for edits.

Similarly the same engine would be great for capturing *mood* as people watch a screener - very few things to choose but live active responses, even emoji, as people watch. Test audiences are a pain in the arse, and you then hit them up after a screening with a questionaire where you ask them for comments. They have problems identifying and recording which bits were boring, exciting, puzzling, etc in retrospect "That bit with the blonde girl with curly hair when she meets that guy with the stubble bears in the blue coat, not the first time, but the third time we saw them but it might not have been the second location and anyway with a non-linear timeline IDFK any more... well anyway it didn't feel natural for them to kiss". If a person has lots of reactions like this you'll get maybe one or two before they leave. Preferably you can create your streaming platform to actively capture mood and responses all through. Which is the prevailing button for mood? Maybe they can also lay markers which they may retrospectively choose to return to afterwards to leave a comment against.

That would be actively useful!

5 years, 6 months ago - Marlom Tander

If you are serious, look at Drupal (free, open source and enterprise class for just this type of thing). If you are very serious, I'd be happy to assist on the functional build.

TAGGING - you should have both constrained and freeform taxonomies to allow for people to find content with ease.

5 years, 6 months ago - Matthew Smith

Thanks Paddy. Id never of thought of that, its a really great idea and so obvious. Cheers.

5 years, 6 months ago - Matthew Smith

Marlom, Thanks for taking the time, ill check Drupal out and let you know what I think.

5 years, 6 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

A decade or so ago I'd have bitten your hand off for the above ;-)

Oh, and if you get that working right, target all the indie producers who are fed up of running live screeners - massive pain in the arse and expensive, so they will spend real money if it saves money

5 years, 6 months ago - Matthew Smith

Ha Paddy, great minds. We pencilled in a screening room in the members area of the platform, regular premiers, industry invites etc. Its a great idea.