If you want to change things, some times you have to show how something has already changed. Everyone has climbed on the bus when you think they are still at the stop waiting. This is a good idea: build a list of everyone who is well known who has done that thing you know they’ve done but it’s not being said. You could extend this to many activities.
We all have to start sometime, right? Every nose picks itself up and waddles out into the real world, leaving all the other schnozolas behind.
Learn To Fly from Christian Letruria on Vimeo.
I got this note the other day from Reed Martin. I think it something you might find useful too.
Have you heard about this?
It’s TinyURL.com and it could be helpful for getting the URL to your blogs out to more folks.
“Tiny URL.com” allows you to basically cut a long link like this:
down to something easier to put on a business card, like this:
http://tinyurl.com/TheReelTruth
Anyway, it’s a thought. All my best, Reed
A cappella means without any instruments, just voices. This is just one voice, cloned four times, singing with itself. The song here is all about STAR WARS but uses the score from many of the composer John Williams other film score. Come over to The Dark Side!
This video was the most sent around and linked to video in the country this week by the way.
Lance Weiler gave an excellent presentation at Power To The Pixel in London a few weeks back. As he points out: competition is the problem.
I had the opportunity to see Lance Hammer’s Ballast on Sunday night at the Laemmle Sunset 5. It is a wonderful film and as you probably know – Lance eschewed the standard distribution deals he was offered and decided to self distribute. I had a chance to talk with him after the screening to compare war stories and we both agreed that there needs to be a paradigm shift on the definition of ”theatrical”.
“Theatrical” is the industry term for the first “window” of a release normally in movie theaters where they are screened for at least a week starting on a Friday night. This is a very limiting notion of what a theatrical experience should be and has the potential to constrain our own imagination of what constitutes a theatrical experience.
Lance and I both agreed that some of our best screenings were in non-theatrical venues. Usually the film is screened for one or two nights and is promoted as a special event – which helps to pack the house.
We also agreed that we as filmmakers need to create a database of such venues similar to the Workbook Projects Theatrical Mapping Project. Eventually we should combine theatrical and non theatrical lists – but currently they need to be approached in slightly different ways – so I feel it is best to keep the lists separate for a little while.
Lance and I have agreed to cull our own information but we could use your help.
If you know of any non traditional venue that has screened films on a regular basis – such as museum, film society, college student or screening association, please send them to me at:
We will post the list here at TFF for a start within the next couple of months.
