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12/07/2009

InSearchOf - Youtube - Marketing - Censorship

Great article on Indie film Capitalism

Zeke Zelker describes how he conjured a plan to show his film InSearchOf on Youtube. That hit a snag when Youtube said they couldn't show it due to the nudity in the film. Zeke came up with a clever solutiuon...Indie film Capitalism

Another great example of how each film needs to have it's own marketing plan/approach...and once ou have that plan you must be ready to evolve, adapt and turn on a day to keep the momentum.

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07/09/2009

Filmmaking Links - Facebook Screenplay,Lovely By Surprise,Web Games Ripped from Headlines

A few links from around the web...

Web games, ripped from the headlines - Los Angeles Times


R-SQUARED FILMS


Facebook movie screenplay reportedly doesn't suck | The Social - CNET News


Filmmaker Magazine: Web Exclusives (Distributing Lovely By Surprise)


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07/07/2009

Filmmaking links this week

Here are a few links to interesting filmmaking-related stories I've stumbled on in the last week or so...

Will my video get 1 million views on YouTube? - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine


Deal chatter heats up in Hollywood - Yahoo! News


Guerilla Marketing for Independent Filmmakers: Using Independent Distribution Routes to Get Your Indie Film Seen | Suite101.com


Trailer: Assassination of a High School President | Our Kitchen Sink


Babelgum Pays Up Front For 'Horrible People', 'Turbo Dates'


Finding your built in audience

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06/20/2009

Cinetic launching a global vod system

Lots of interesting stuff coming out of the Los Angeles Film Festival panels. One item, that I think qualifies as big news, is the headline above....cinetic launching a global vod system.

This comes via twitter, on a solitary tweet by @zakforsman

No other details yet (not even sure who said it...I assume it's from a panel run by @ScottKirsner).

But this is the kind of applecart-turning that will have to happen for any project to survive that isn't a major studio tentpole.

This is bigger news than John Lesher getting the boot, but I wonder how much mainstream media (even the trades) will make of it.

UPDATE: doing a little research I find this LA Times article from CANNES that I somehow missed:

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/12/entertainment/et-cannesvod12

Excellent overview of the state and current thinking of/on VOD.


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