Don’t try this at home kidees! I have to admit it reminds me of what happens when you feed someone too much sugar.
And you have to admit that movie had a great title too!
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Month: August 2009
I got interviewed by Flyp Media for their latest issue. Everyone could learn a thing or three from their use of technology in the presentation of their articles. I totally dig it. Check out all their stuff, but if you just want to read about me I won’t complain too much. The article is readable right here:
Flyp also shot a video in the midst of all this. I got to name drop The Minutemen (I’ve always jammed econo…) so I will over look the fact my hair is standing up.
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Social Media Revolution
Okay, so what if it is currently the top viral video. It does explain a lot about this moment we are living in.
C’mon gang, let’s help ourselves by helping out a filmmaker in need. Today’s question (and opportunity) comes from Chris Munch:
“Can anyone suggest reference material or a sample proposal that illustrates how the advertising industry translates theatrical playdates, DVD sales and rentals, and digital downloads into numbers of impressions? Are there industry standards that quantify a DVD rental unit sold as x-number of impressions? I am trying to prepare a proposal for an airline to furnish promotional consideration in the form of travel vouchers, and need to present them with projections of what sort of exposure (in terms of thousands of impressions) my film will have once it is done. I’m sure that these models exist, but so far I have not been able to access them. Thanks in advance for any advice or assistance.”
And although others have their faves, I think Chris’ THE HOURS AND TIMES is one of the greats of 90’s American Indie Cinema. We need to have Chris make more movies!
Part One of Christine & Ted Interview Directors at Sundance:
Metadata still remains a concept and practice alien to filmmakers. But once again we are lucky that we have musicians to pave the way for us. Future Of Music was just pointed out to me as an example of the kind of website the film industry needs. I wish one of the indie film advocacy orgs would adopt FutureOfMusic’s mission statement (with “film” substituted for their “music”):
a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse film culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work, and where fans can find the films they want.
Well, the first entry I looked at attempts to explain Metadata to the music crowd:
Metadata is information that lives with every file on your computer. Through a magic merger of words and 1’s and 0’s, metadata “describes” files so that they can be managed by both the user and the system. In the case of a music file, like an MP3, metadata refers to the “tags” associated with a particular piece of music — typically information about the artist, album name, year of release, etc. On the surface, it might seem like these tags are mostly useful for the listener, who needs some way to quickly sort through MP3s. But why are they so important to artists?
Well, as more and more of the music market migrates online, sales from services like iTunes or eMusic or Rhapsody or those yet to be created will represent a larger portion of total music revenues. Songs and albums are organized by these services according to their metadata, so it’s important that the cataloging be accurate. Otherwise, your new acoustic country record could get mistakenly filed in the alt-doom-emo-crunk genre and never sell a single copy.
It could just as well apply to film: It’s important that our cataloging be accurate. Otherwise your mumblecore feature could get mistakenly filed in torture porn genre and sell more copies than you ever dreamed!
And thank you FUTURE OF MUSIC
(and thanks to Astra Taylor for the tip!)
Episode Six Of The Ted & Christine In Sundance Show, where Paul & Sam try to answer what their best Sundance experience has been.
