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Bingham Ray On "How I Broke Into The Film Industry"

  • By Ted Hope
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  • February 2, 2012
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“A Tree Falls In The Forest” and Other Ruminations on Social/Community-based Marketing…

  • By Jeffrey Winter, Sheri Candler, and Orly Ravid
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  • January 26, 2012
The old philosophical thought experiment "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" has never been truer for film distribution. With the incredible number of films available for consumption on innumerable platforms, getting some form of distribution for your film is no longer the core problem. The central issue now is: how will anyone know about it? How will you find your audience? And how will you communicate enough to them to drive them to the point of actually seeing it?
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"Like Crazy" Co-writing On A Project Without A Script

  • By Ben York Jones
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  • January 24, 2012
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It’s hard to describe to someone what your role was as co-writer, on a movie they read in the New York Times, “Was Filmed Without a Script.” There’s no succinct answer. I couldn’t Tweet a properly inclusive explanation. Well, I tried. This was after I received a Tweet that seemed to accuse me and by association, my co-writer (the film’s very talented director, Drake Doremus) of self-aggrandizing – for awarding ourselves writing credit on a reportedly script-less film. I remember feeling dismissed. Frustrated. Worse yet, I began seriously doubting my abilities when I read the offending Tweet: “Is it true the dialogue was all improvised on Like Crazy? That's the word on the street...”
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A Future Of Film (And My Fave Film Of 2010)

  • By Ted Hope
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  • January 21, 2012
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What can we do together?  How can we collaborate better?  What sort of value can we add to a film?  STAR WARS UNCUT: The Director's Cut answers these questions.  It is an entirely crowdsourced film and a total revelation.  Watch it with the entire family and try to get through it without wanting to create something yourself.  Watch it and create.
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A Case for Truly Free Short Films

  • By Matt Morris
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  • January 20, 2012
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We all love a success story. We'd hear more of them if we realigned our definition of success. For most emerging filmmakers, success will come from discovery. Movies need to be seen and certain practices limit that. I don't recall how I met Matt Morris. I believe it was through social media online. He thought I would like his short film, and he was right. He had a good sense on how to engage me without wasting my time or taking advantage of my availability. I have really enjoyed seeing how he has gotten his work done and seen. Today he shares some of what he's learned with everyone; sharing seems to be in his DNA. If only that happened more...
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Two Great Films Need You

  • By Ted Hope
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  • January 19, 2012
There are two great films in need of completion funds screening as abbreviated Works-In-Progress. Come with your checkbooks out and know that you can save the world.
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Why Filmmakers Must Stop SOPA

  • By Rob Millis
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  • January 18, 2012
For the past three months a couple of dangerous bills have been making their way through meetings on Capital Hill. The Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) have become famous for their dangerously reckless approach to combating online piracy. Worse yet, this legislation will do almost nothing to actually stop piracy but could cripple or crush online distribution.
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Office Hours: Hope & Vachon's Killer/Hope Twitter Q&A

  • By Ted Hope
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  • January 17, 2012
This past Tuesday Christine Vachon and I did a Twitter Q&A. For one hour we answered whatever questions the community put forth. We tracked them under the unifying hastag: #KHQA (which also happened to be a radio station's call letters, but...). These sort of Twitter meet ups are not only a lot of fun but a great way to connect and share info. I think it should become standard operating procedure for any filmmaker who premieres a film or is about to. They can also then be repurposed into a blog post so it keeps generating new content!
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Martha Marcy May Marlene hits DVD and VOD Feb 21 With New Art Work

  • By Ted Hope
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  • January 12, 2012
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All Your Distribution Options In One Image

  • By James Franklin
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  • January 3, 2012
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