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Comment on Goodbye, Daily Link Blog Posts by Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:54:47 +0000

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Comment on Building an Online Audience by Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:19:20 +0000

Thanks, James.

At the moment, I don’t have time. I’m way behind on blog posts, videos, etc. The rest just takes a very long time. But I think it will prove to be worth it.

The name’s Brian, by the way.

Comment on Building an Online Audience by James

James — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:44:36 +0000

Hola Chris . .how do you find time to keep all your many & various posts, blogs, youtube vids, twitters, tweets et al plus make / produce “content” . .you know . .the stuff we used to call films . .

Comment on Distribution: Value Added by Scilla Andreen

Scilla Andreen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:31:53 +0000

Hi Brian,

Great Post! It was great seeing you in SF. Thought this might helpful to your subscribers.
Best
Scilla

IndieFlix “Bridge To Everywhere” Deal Delivers Much Needed Distribution Help To Indie Filmmakers.

Seattle WA, Sept 18, 2008 - Independent filmmakers finally have a “bridge to everywhere” as the online independent film distributor IndieFlix.com now delivers content to the world’s most powerful outlets to close the gap between independent filmmakers and fans.

IndieFlix now promotes content with long-standing powerhouse distribution sources - many of them not available to individual filmmakers - like iTunes, Amazon VOD, Hulu, Joost, Netflix, and VUDU.

“Filmmakers are wondering how to get their work out in a more accessible way. There is confusion around how to best release across outlets like iTunes and Hulu. Indie filmmakers need what IndieFlix delivers,” says Lance Weiler, Founder of From Here To Awesome, The Workbook Project, and DIY Days.

“I’m an independent filmmaker,” said IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen. “Distribution through the old Hollywood system is a maze of closed doors. We need a way to get our hard work out to the people who will love it, and with IndieFlix’s new distribution deal, we’ve finally got it figured out. The future of independent film is not only in content aggregation, but also in audience aggregation and innovative marketing”
read full article…http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/809505/33609454

Comment on Audience Building Tools - DIY Days by Audience Building Tools | FilmmakerIQ.com

Audience Building Tools | FilmmakerIQ.com — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:24:36 +0000

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Comment on Building an Online Audience by Some Guy

Some Guy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:53:12 +0000

Seriously… have you ever really tried to use Spout? Booorrring. Does anyone really know the point of that site or why one should squander time on it? Sorry Spout… I just can’t figure you out

Comment on Audience Building Tools - DIY Days by Mike Hedge

Mike Hedge — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:07:35 +0000

great video.

Comment on Audience Building Tools - DIY Days by Christy Dena

Christy Dena — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:52:09 +0000

Great Brian, you summarised so much. Look forward to hopefully catching up when you drop through Oz.

Comment on No More Flash Movie Websites by PSPerkins

PSPerkins — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:00:10 +0000

I have to agree with comments made in this post. Mr. Hollywood up there is just dead flat wrong. Flash websites are like back seat drivers - I prefer to do the driving myself. I am much more impressed by a robust php site or hell - even just plain old static html - than I am with a flash movie. I see nothing wrong with any of the sites in those links above that Zach posted. They are informative and serve their purpose faithfully. I believe that the most important rule for web design is “form follows function.” Forget this rule and all is lost. We end up with a big, presumptuous, pretentious and RUDE internets that nobody wants to use any more. Flash has it’s place.

FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.

Comment on No More Flash Movie Websites by jim

jim — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:46:05 +0000

Dear Larry,

All this shows is you hollywood and the film industry has its head up its ass… the only reason people come to flash sites for 3 min is cus it takes that long to load, fathem the poor interface and then close the bloody thing. Besides most film sites are shrines to the film, visited by fans of the film - not good for new markets i bet.
Its fine for kids but not beyond that - i dont want a crap web representation of the film (which is what the sites try to be) as i will watch the film to see the “good bits” not see a poorly emulated CG FX on a web site that took 3min to load and is not comparible to pre rendered 25fps DVD Video. Yes show screen shots and have headders using the styling from the film to add identity but beyond that its trash. Then thats like most of the films, what content/issue do they realy support (bar the “green issues” yawn)? nothing you would want to investigate or take further as its all so shallow. so in a way your right films dont actualy need a web site they just need to get the attention for the now and the only way they know how is to try and make a more flashy web site than the last one - personaly i don’t realy give a dam if you manage to program my mouse cursor to look like micky mouse cus im not 8 (evon if my grammer and spelling betrays otherwize).