Both sides have claimed early victories in the case of documentarian Joe Berlinger vs. Chevron over access to the raw footage he shot for his expose “Crude” on Amazonian oil exploitation. I’ve blogged about the case and the filmmaking community reaction here.
On Thursday, the appeals judge ruled that Berlinger must turn over Crude [...]
Tags:crude·Documentary·film distribution·Filmmaking·first amendment·freedom·freedom of the press·Future of public media·independent film·joe berlinger·journalism·Public Affairs
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 to $1.017 [...]
Tags:filmmaker resources·Future of public media·independent film·montetizing content·Online video·social media·Video
Tribeca looks to expand notion of film festival
By JAKE COYLE (AP) – 6 days ago
NEW YORK — When British director Mat Whitecross was growing up in Oxford, only so many movies screened in his local cinema — and not the intriguing movies he read about playing at film festivals or elsewhere.
Whitecross estimates [...]
Tags:Documentary·Filmmaking·guerilla marketing·independent film·Online video·Tribeca Film Festival·Video on Demand·VOD
via video.mountainlake.org
For anyone who missed the broadcast premiere of Food, Inc. last night on Mountain Lake PBS… here’s a less known short film from POV that aired immediately afterward. A lyrical 20 minute piece with a little known story that affects us all.
Tags:Documentary·Food Inc.·independent film·ITVS·Notes on Milk·PBS·POV
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 [...]
Tags:DIY days·Documentary·film distribution·filmmaker resources·free stuff·independent film·open source·social media·social networking·Truly Free Film·workbook project
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