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Guest Post: Orly Ravid "Moving Indie Distribution Forward"

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  • August 5, 2011 2:57 AM
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There are few fighters for Indie Film as ferocious as Orly Ravid. In addition to co-founding the only non-profit film distributor, The Film Collaborative, she speaks up and out about the state of things. Today she looks at a recent panel on "15 Years Of Film Distribution" and addresses a lot of what went unsaid.
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More: Innovation, Platforms, Guest Posts

What Is The Future Of The Film?

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  • July 13, 2011 3:00 AM
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More: Crowdsourcing , Innovation, Issues & Actions, Social Media, Sustainability, Platforms, Discovery, Audience Aggregation, Business Models

Guest Post: Rachel Gordon "Tapping into Educational Distribution Part 2"

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  • July 8, 2011 3:00 AM
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Yesterday, Rachel Gordon shed some light on how you might make your film viable for the Educational Market. Now as much as we all hope to make a living by making films, I don't think that is why most filmmakers enter the field. And as thrilling as self expression is, I often hear filmmakers cite another reason for the creative spark: they want to facilitate change. Today, Rachel provides examples of how the process of preparing for the Educational Market can also precisely do that higher goal of moving us towards a better world.
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Guest Post: Rachel Gordon "Tapping into Educational Distribution"

  • By Ted Hope
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  • July 7, 2011 3:00 AM
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For Indie Film to thrive, a producer must consider all revenue streams from the beginning. Of course not every project, is applicable to every opportunity, but nonetheless, you want a box to check for each. The Educational Market is one platform that goes unchecked for many filmmakers. Let's change that! Filmmaker, and expert on this field, Rachel Gordon graciously offered to share what she knows of this field with you.
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Guest Post Alex & Andrew Smith: "Crowdfunding = Barnraising: We All Have To Do Some Heavy Lifting"

  • By Ted Hope
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  • July 2, 2011 7:08 AM
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It's kind of hard to find the appropriate analogy for what we do, particularly these days. Often I am tempted to think it is running full speed against a brick wall without any protective headgear on, hoping that a door may open the moment before impact. But those are on my down days. Usually I can see us all working together, building bridges, fusing connections, doing the labor that will lift the culture in many ways. It shouldn't be so hard to describe that, but I still struggle.Which is one of the reasons I was so pleased to reconnect with Alex and Andrew Smith, twin brothers, whose go to it attitude and willingness to reach high with their ambition has never been lagging. They look for the truth of it, and don't shy from the honesty of the hard work. Which is why the analogy they unearthed for crowdfunding for their guest blog today is so fitting.
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More: Crowdsourcing , Financing, Tools, Platforms, Guest Posts, Audience Aggregation, Business Models

Guest Post: Jon Mortsugu: "Out With The Punk, Long Live The New Wave"

  • By Ted Hope
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  • July 2, 2011 2:00 AM
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When I got started making movies in he late 80's, I didn't know if our films would ever be seen or find a home. I took great comfort in the fact that others were doing it too though. When I learned first of Gregg Araki and then Jon Mortsugu -- and hence a west coast indie revolution -- I knew what we were doing was bigger than us. Everyone's approach and content was different, but damn it was bold. No one was spending much and we were starting to get it seen. The LA films we edgier and, well, louder. Mortsugu's titles alone project his attitude well: SCUM ROCK, FAME WHORE, MOD FUCK EXPLOSION, & HIPPY PORN. Today he guest blogs on how the digital revolution has lead him to lower the punk rock flag.
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More: Sustainability, Platforms, Career Management

Guest Post: Hal Siegel "My Film Has a Virus? WTF?”

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  • June 1, 2011 3:00 AM
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How do you make your film go viral? That may be one of the questions that filmmakers ask most these days. And today we have the answer for you... sort of.
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More: Guest Posts, First Features, Discovery, Platforms, Social Media, Innovation, Crowdsourcing

What Are Americans Content Consumption Preferences?

  • By Ted Hope
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  • May 30, 2011 5:49 AM
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Per Hollywood Reporter:according to a March study from PricewaterhouseCoopers. PwC reported that the Netflix model of mailing DVDs is No. 1 with consumers, with 43 percent of Americans doing it, while the subscription streaming service where Netflix also is dominant is No. 2 at 32 percent. Third is a la carte streaming, fourth is renting a DVD from a kiosk, and fifth is renting from a video store.The Digital Entertainment Group recently said that while sales and rentals of DVD and Blu-ray discs in the U.S. dipped 6 percent to $16.3 billion in 2010, digital sales and rentals rose 19 percent to $2.5 billion.
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More: Platforms, Revenue, Audience

itzon – a new film platform. It’s film, but different.

  • By Ted Hope
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  • May 23, 2011 12:30 PM
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I got a press release last week announcing a new platform for indie film that I thought you all would like to know about, and it's FREE. The press release is below. Let me know what you think about this new platform for indie film.
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