A Wee Nod :: The Vlogversation
Got a little nod from the amazing Ted Hope from his Truly Free Film blog.
Nodding back.
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Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts
8.30.2009
8.24.2009
The Marketing of "City Island"
Director Raymond De Felitta is in the throes of preparing "City Island" for release in the United States by screening it all over the planet (Poland, Brazil, etc.), including an "OTX screening" in Paramus, NJ.
Of the "City Island" Paramus screening, Raymond says in his blog:
I hate to be the one to tell you (being as I'm the creator of the subject of this little lab experiment) but our movie scored a mind-boggling 91 percent approval rating.
Movies that score 61% are considered to be doing well.
Just saying.
If you're interested in a look behind the curtain that cloaks the mysterious process of marketing and distributing films, Raymond's telling all over at his blog. Check it out.
One of the producers writes of the screening:
I have been told by many savvy insiders that they have never heard of a film scoring so high in a test screening.
Very good news indeed; and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
[source]
[Official Movie Site]
[City Island Facebook page]
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8.15.2009
Re-Vlog :: DIY DAYS PHL - Nina Paley - Nina Sings The Blues
SITA SINGS THE BLUES Distribution Project Report ?If it?s free, how do you make money?? 5 months after the Creative Commons Share Alike release of her animated musical feature Sita Sings the Blues, Nina Paley presents the first round of hard data from the project. Contrary to MPAA propaganda, the more the audience freely shares the film, the more they purchase DVDs, theater admissions, and merchandise; witness the $$ numbers that prove it. Nina Paley is the creator of the animated musical feature film Sita Sings the Blues, which has screened in over 150 film festivals and won over 30 international awards including the Annecy Grand Crystal, The IFFLA Grand Jury Prize, and a Gotham Award. Her adventures in our broken copyright system led her to Copyleft her film, and join QuestionCopyright.org as Artist-in-Residence. She teaches at Parsons School of Design and is a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow. www.sitasingstheblues.com
3.07.2009
MovieSet.com's Behind-the-Scenes
MovieSet.com's Behind-the-Scenes covered "City Island" that -- rumor has it -- will premiere next month (4/21/09) @ The Tribeca Film Festival. Can't seem to find a link to the TFF schedule from their site yet.
[MovieSet.com's Behind the Scenes]
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1.24.2009
Sundance Panels :: Panic Button - Part 2
Lighting the fire behind indie films.
Empowering film makers.
Revenue goals inflate.
Geocentricity.
Long-tail.
Quality emotional content.
Distribution ideas.
Don't worry too much about theatrical release.
Long-term thinking is important: the library.
The pink elephant: "Let's go to the movies" = "Let's donate to this film for its DVD release."
80% of sustainability is in economic politics as yet unready to support indie film.
It all has to do with numbers, there are two kinds of films: either spend multi-millions or hardly anything; films made by the rich or the young.
How the Internets change everything. "The Secret" as example.
Go to your core audience.
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12.28.2008
Nokia N96 Test :: Ongoing :: Light :: Flares :: Shadow
.:. Faux Press .:.
The media uploaded here is the raw footage, downloaded from the hereafter mentioned Ovi site, for comparison's sake.
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The following is Ovi's flash compression of the same file:
The N96 is not bad at all capturing shafts of light, flares & shadow.
This video was uploaded to Nokia's Ovi sills and video sharing host. This is Ovi's html code for the media file that links to the video hosted @ Ovi's site:
Fair warning: Don't try to post to your blog directly from Ovi using an email address, because all the email addresses appear in the resultant post, including what should be your very private post-to-blog email addy. Oops.
An Ovi downside is that only the owner of the media posted has the option to download it in its mp4 format, and then, only with a script rather than the preferable direct URL. Perhaps there's a setting to permit any / all / or some to download, but it's not immediately apparent. Neither is the media's license immediately apparent. No copyright or creative commons license option at all as far as I can see. Probably buried in the terms of service. Not good enough.
Ovi should check out Blip.TV for best practices in IP regard.
12.20.2008
My Pal / Colleague Paul Plays Drums in a Band
Last Words
They are very good in my humble estimation.
Please check them out @ MySpace.
Over on Facebook, Paul writes:
Anyone know someone with too much money and not enough deductions that might be interested in helping me get out of this lifestyle? If you do, call me.
He also writes:
I am looking for a way to help people pay more attention to the little details in life.
Can anyone help him?
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12.06.2008
Deepak Chopra on Seesmic :: Meditation
This is an ongoing conversation on meditation started by Deepak Chopra @ Seesmic.
Chopra's giving it away over there and yet, I'm guessing he's doing as well or better in his making a living having given it.
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11.28.2008
Who's Playing in the Nokia N96 Field Test Sandbox?
Already the N96 media ripples begin to spread around the interwebs.
Some of these folks are already friends whom I've met in meatspace or nearly so by means of digital collaborations and collective friends.
http://lofistl.com/ - the infamous Bill Streeter, whose bar-b-que I've gratefully eaten & upon whose couch I've napped
http://www.rahulnair.net/blog - already well versed with Nokia's cell phone lineup
http://www.mobiledan.wordpress.com - Dan's N96 unpacking video says he's already out of the gate
http://emonome.com/ - the first to have shown the Faux Press a little N96-related link love - how do you do!
http://enrique-gutierrez.com/ - Enrique's already got his first impressions blogged
http://www.jasontucker.us/
http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/
http://green-house.tv/
http://youtube.com/therevivedone
http://completist.wordpress.com/
http://www.fearlesscooking.tv - the inimitable Grace Piper who loves Charles whom I love & respect
http://www.sarahatwood.net
http://artpaw.com/
http://skinnyminnymedia.com/
http://www.artofthedrink.tv
http://www.twitter.com/timakimoff - is, "...the online reporter and videographer at the Missoulian. I write stories, shoot and edit videos as well as podcasts and blogging."
http://www.makeupbyrenren.com - a serious makeup artist
http://www.nseriesus.com - all Nokia, all the time: Nokia Daily News
http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - c'est moi
http://1timstreet.com/blog - another new friend who walks Occam's Old Media / Web-Centric Razor
Here's my business card (readable with an N96, among other Nokia phones, including Nokia E66, E71, N78, 6210 Navigator, and the 6220 Classic):
A video re-vlogged from Tim Street:
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11.27.2008
Grace Piper's Fearless Cooking N96 Beta
Here's Grace Piper's Qik player, to which she's narrowcasting live with her own Beta-test N96.
Last night I watched a movie in one tab, with Grace's Qik page open in another.
Soon began to hear laughter & voices obviously not part of the movie.
Startled, I jumped & became briefly nervous, wondering where in heaven's name the voices were coming from, but soon realized it was only Grace & friends; with a Qik page open, live broadcasts automatically update and come through. Inadvertently followed Grace throughout her Thanksgiving Eve shenanigans. Fun stuff.
Have long lamented being unable to broadcast live with AT&T's 8525, and to the end of ending said lamentation, have often checked with Qik's 'Supported Phones' page, where they've just recently begun to delve into software for pocket pc's and smart phones. With the arrival of my own Beta N96, I shall have a chance to see how this amazing application can work.
[Grace's Qik Site]
[Grace's Fearless Cooking Site]
[My Qik Page]
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POST NOTE: In seach of a great image to use with this post, found Nokia N96 @ Flickr but all their images are copyright. Stole the above image and left a comment asking, "Why?"
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11.24.2008
Wburg.TV :: Vol. 1, No. 5 :: Love and Money
.:. Faux Press .:.
New this No. are Gena Haskett, Brittany Shoot and The Read Cafe. Heard under Brittany's hearts breaking is an interview with Dan and Lenny, two writers affiliated with Wburg Real Estate (a forthcoming professional newspaper dedicated to luxury living), who speak to love and money.
LINK LOVE:
11211 Office Sharon Bridgforth - Love Conjure Blues Chris Cassidy of Casspix Dan Fall Film Fest Champion Wireless Faux Press - editor Gena Haskett Breuk Iversen Lenny The Lodge Optical Warehouse Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate The Read Cafe, Bakery & Bookshop Scratch Video Brittany Shoot SpinXpress - Fall Film Fest Sponsor Surfburg.tv Vic Thrill + The Saturn Missile - music Wburg Mall Wreck & Salvage
Prudential Douglas Elliman Music from the public domain & Archive.org
The Lodge Music from the public domain & Archive.org
11.20.2008
11.05.2008
Amy's Film "The Guitar" Opens in NY, NY
Amy Redford's "The Guitar" makes its theatrical debut this week @ THE SUNSHINE CINEMA | 143 East Houston Street | NY, NY.
The trailer's fabulous, as were Amy and Saffron to work with.
HERE is the movie website.
This is the description of the movie from the email:
"The Guitar" is the story of one woman's spiritual, emotional and creative transformation. After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, fired from her thankless job and abandoned by her boyfriend, Melody "Mel" Wilder (Saffron Burrows) blows her savings and maxes out her credit cards to pursue her dreams. The life affirming experiences she encounters on her voyage transform her irrevocably.
Would love it if Amy and the movie had a blog, like Raymond does...
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10.10.2008
RE-Vlog :: From Utilikilts
Daughtershow posted a video of her bagpiping pal recently re-vlogged in this space. Nothing like some morning bagpipes to start the day right.
Sexy, too.
This video is from the place that manufactures a modern-day kilt, known as the 'utilikilt'.
Hoping I copied the embed code from the Utilikilt site properly so it will play here. Fingers crossed...
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9.11.2008
LilyLu @ Etsy
9.03.2008
Speaking of Google Juice
"City Island" Flickr group page.
Come play with us over @ Flickr.
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8.02.2008
Ezra Miller :: Clown
"City Island" Flickr group page. I wish my colleagues would come out of the closet and play with us there.
Rebecca? Where's that darned portrait of me n' Raymond in our robes? Get that shite up, yo!
Copped this image from Raymond De Felitta's blog to upload here so show them (in part) how a City Island Flickr account could benefit them.
Photo by Cecelia B (I think). Her Mum and Da are so proud.
Folks will be able to easily blog this image if they wish.
Easily touched and shared.
Come play with us over @ Flickr.
POST NOTE: Here's a link to someone who knows Cecelia B: CLICK ME!.
[Social Object Lesson]
I don't know the copyright status of the enclosed, pilfered image. Were the image hosted @ Flickr, that would be obvious. I lean toward setting these things free to the blogosphere.
Lovely portrait, no?
Rebecca? Where's that darned portrait of me n' Raymond in our robes? Get that shite up, yo!
Copped this image from Raymond De Felitta's blog to upload here so show them (in part) how a City Island Flickr account could benefit them.
Photo by Cecelia B (I think). Her Mum and Da are so proud.
Folks will be able to easily blog this image if they wish.
Easily touched and shared.
Come play with us over @ Flickr.
POST NOTE: Here's a link to someone who knows Cecelia B: CLICK ME!.
[Social Object Lesson]
I don't know the copyright status of the enclosed, pilfered image. Were the image hosted @ Flickr, that would be obvious. I lean toward setting these things free to the blogosphere.
Lovely portrait, no?
Bwah-hahahaha. "City Island" Blooper
Yes, we're getting really good tracks.
Yes indeed.
Many compromises and imperfections, but...it's all there (mostly).
Tired but satisfied.
Greek in proportion.
:)
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7.26.2008
Excerpts from Dailies of City Island
And I can't help but think it's a really good thing that the production's sharing exquisite moments before the fact.
After only a week of production, the crew is of one mind about helping to make "City Island": it's gonna be a great little movie.
POST NOTE: added '&fmt=18' to the end of the YouTube url within the embed code in order to bring you a higher-resolution version of the footage.
[source]
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