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Is the future of film with Facebook? Twilight competition for female filmmakers
This is rather interesting news, if taken in the context of the evolution of film. Facebook and Lionsgate are getting together to revive (in a sense) the ‘Twilight’ (gorgeous vampires with a heart of...
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Heed and Read – Google’s research on movie goers
Google did research on movie goers – why they go, how they choose, etc etc. And they put together a cool infographic with their findings. This kind of information is vital to the indie...
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Can payment and piracy co-exist?
This week BitTorrent the ‘not only used by pirates, honestly’ software platform BitTorrent introduced a potentially revolutionary payment system. The idea is as such: give a 90% cut of all sales to the...
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Ryan Gosling wants $7m to be in your indie
Maybe it’s my mood, but, I find this article from the Hollywood Reporter a little depressing. It is all about the spiralling actors fees to be in indies. To quote: Five years ago, everything was great....
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Suffer no illusions – for most of us there is no ‘film business’ any more
It’s pretty grim reading. Modern cinema icons like Spike Lee, David Lynch, John Waters and more can’t get movies made. As detailed in this somber article from Flavorwire.com, there is no such thing as...
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Big Data – a potential future for indie film revenues?
Over at VentureBeat is an interesting article about melding Big Data into music services – in much the same way that targeted advertising and branded content have been integrated into Instagram (and...
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An Analysis of Internet Trends for Indie Filmmakers
Over at Medium.com Marc Schiller has what he calls an ‘evolving document’ where he takes a look at what the internet has to offer – and NOT offer – the independent filmmaker. The article has a great...
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The Future is still YouTube – big money piles in
Over at TechCrunch, Pete Borum (@peteborum), looks at YouTube. If there is any question in your mind that YouTube is an amazing source for revenue then he will set you straight. The money and the...
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A great look at social medium from an actual teenager
As independent filmmakers it is VITAL that we understand social media. And, if you are not in your target demographic, you may not have a full understanding of how the various social media elements are...
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Pulpix – great looking way to enhance content
Rarely does something just seem to hit my sweet spot (apart from chocolate and a great red wine). Pulpix is such a thing. x I’ve seen other enhanced video content services, but I am loving the way...
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