Ted Hope is an independent film producer. He's produced over 60 films. This is his blog.
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Guest Post: Jennifer Fox “PART 4: How MY REINCARNATION Broke All Kickstarter Records”
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- June 24, 2011 3:00 AM
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Two weeks ago Jennifer Fox shared with us some of the lessons she learned crowdfunding (1st six here, next 14 here, next 9 here).
Guest Post: Jennifer Fox "PART 3: How MY REINCARNATION Broke All Kickstarter Records"
- By Ted Hope
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- June 23, 2011 3:00 AM
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Yesterday, the profoundly generous Jennifer Fox shared with us four more of the lessons she learned crowdfunding. This after a run two week's earlier where she shared a host of other (1st six here, next 14 here, next 9 here).
Guest Post: Jennifer Fox “PART 2: How MY REINCARNATION Broke All Kickstarter Records"
- By Ted Hope
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- June 22, 2011 3:00 AM
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Two weeks ago Jennifer Fox shared with us some of the lessons she learned crowdfunding (1st six here, next 14 here, next 9 here).
Guest Post: Gary Baddeley "Towards A Sustainable Independent Film Community"
- By Ted Hope
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- June 20, 2011 3:00 AM
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Information needs to be shared. To fix this thing of ours, we have to speak up and out about what we want and how we operate. I was recently approached by an old friend, Gary Baddeley, about helping him do just that. Allow him to give you the details. Help him out, okay?
Guest Post: Jennifer Fox "How MY REINCARNATION Broke All Kickstarter Records & Raised $150,000"
- By Ted Hope
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- June 8, 2011 3:00 AM
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Two weeks ago Jennifer Fox shared with us some of the lessons she learned crowdfunding (1st six here, next 14 here) . Since then, she has gone down in the record books for both the number of donations and the amount thereof. If they gave records for quality as well as quantity she probably would have gotten those too.
Guest Post by Jeffrey Schwarz: "Event-izing By The Master or How To Put Butts In The Seats"
- By Ted Hope
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- May 27, 2011 3:00 AM
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Sometimes it seems filmmakers forget they are in SHOW business. It is never enough to simply make a film or screen a film, and then hope that they will come. You need to create an event about your work and screen it in a context that makes people want to participate.
Guest Post: Felicia Ptolemy "Tool Review: Transcendent Man on The Dynamo Player"
- By Ted Hope
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- May 26, 2011 3:00 AM
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A while back we had Dynamo Player's founder Rob Millis introduce us to this useful tool for DIY Distribution. But how do the filmmakers using it, feel about the Dynamo Player? Today, Felicia Ptolemy, one of the producers behind one very successful film, Transcendent Man, shares their thoughts on the Dynamo Player.
Guest Post by Jennifer Fox: "Change Or Die: How 22 Years On One Film Lead To Desperate Measures
- By Ted Hope
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- May 20, 2011 3:00 AM
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I have been producing for about 25 years now. I have routines, methods, and even rituals that help me get done what I have to get done. But if there is one thing that is constant in the film/media biz it is change. If we don't remain eternal students, we don't evolve and grow. Both our art and our business requires that we sometimes abandon all we have learned and take new approaches. We have to learn new tricks and embrace them with the love of a true amateur.
Guest Post: Leah Warshawski on "Navigating Rejection With Grace"
- By Ted Hope
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- May 10, 2011 3:00 AM
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The process of getting a film made is a long climb through rejection, neglect, frustration, and even some hostility. Those that "know", tell you that it is impossible -- but still tens of thousands of films get made every year despite this knowledge of the "experts". Being a filmmaker takes incredibly thick skin. But it not just bullheaded arrogance that is needed to navigate through the difficult climb to completion. You need to turn rejection into a tool.
Guest Post: David Van Taylor "R.I.P. Ricky Leacock... Long Live 'FILM TRUTH'?"
- By Ted Hope
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- April 14, 2011 3:00 AM
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What is it that a camera sees? Do we need to accept and conform to the dominant storytelling paradigms, or is there actually more that we can be striving for? Perhaps no life and work embodies these questions as well as Ricky Leacock. Filmmaker David Van Taylor guest posts today with an examination of him and these issues, and the difference between documentary and essay film. There is a lot that can be said about these subjects, certainly enough for a six hour documentary AND many blog posts.
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