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Entries Tagged as 'filmmaker resources'
iPhone HD film-making has arrived!
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Fun Stuff, Future of public media, High Definition, Journalism, Multi-media
Tags:filmmaker resources·Filmmaking·Future of public media·HD·hyperlocal journalism·iPhone·mobile filmmaking·Video
Pitch Perfect at the Toronto Documentary Forum
May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking
Dispatch from Toronto | Hot Docs ’10: Pitch Perfect at the Toronto Documentary Forum by Basil Tsiokos (May 7, 2010) The scene at the Toronto Documentary Forum. Photo courtesy of Hot Docs/Joseph Michael. Hundreds of broadcasters, funders, filmmakers, and other observers convened this Wednesday and Thursday morning for the Toronto Documentary Forum, North America’s largest [...]
MediaPost Publications
May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Future of public media, Multi-media, PBS, PBS Distribution
Why Online Video Fails To Meet Its Lofty Expectations With television advertising being a $70 billion market and total online advertising weighing in at $22.7 billion for 2009, you can’t help but wonder why online video advertising only represents a $1 billion market. In fact, according to the IAB, video advertising grew from $734 million [...]
Tags:filmmaker resources·Future of public media·independent film·montetizing content·Online video·social media·Video
Excercising (or was that exorcising?) my old school brain at DIY Days
April 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Multi-media, Resources
The Workbook Project, Lance Weiler’s “open source” media collaboration platform pulled off its third outstanding DIY days event in NYC over the weekend. I’ll be posting some great links, thoughts and feedback this week on what I’ve learned, but here’s one for today: a spinoff of the WB project has developed this award-winning 3 minute [...]
Tags:DIY days·Documentary·film distribution·filmmaker resources·free stuff·independent film·open source·social media·social networking·Truly Free Film·workbook project
Green Screen Crazy!
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking, PBS
Mountain Lake used green screen technology to great effect in our recent documentary “Forgotten War” (all the interviews) and continue to use it in studio on a pretty frequent basis. What many of us don’t realize is just how many “Hollywood” projects rely on virtual sets & green screen to complete their shots. Check out [...]
Tags:Documentary·filmmaker resources·Mountain Lake PBS·PBS·production·Robert Rogers·technology·Video
39 steps to asking for money that we use reminders about…
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking
OK… some of this stuff in this one page pdf is pretty basic… but it never hurts to review. 39-Steps A Guide to Approaching Funders and Donors for Independent Film and Documentary CounterCulture Independent Filmmakers’ Resource, Mar 2010
“Friends, Fans & Followers” available for free for a few days!
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Multi-media
Scott Kirstner’s book on creating a fanbase in the web 2.0 world is available here till the end of SxSW festival.
Tags:filmmaker resources·followers·free stuff·guerilla marketing·independent film