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OMFG! What More Could You Ever Want! LOVE GOD on YouTube!!!

Better burn the Christmas Tree. Rip up those stockings and pour the booze down the drain, cuz if there is one thing you are going to wanna do this holiday, it surely will be to watch each and every episode of this landmark work.

If you don’t know what Compulsive Reading Syndrome does to a man, all you’ve got to do is push play. If you haven’t seen the most awesome monster f*ck scene in the history of digi, you haven’t yet pushed play. If you wonder what a couple of hundred thou, a digi camera and a free 35mm output courtesy of SONY could do back in the day, just push play. This is where Anthony Bregman’s producing career got it’s start. Look (and listen) to the credits — there are superstars in their infancy flexing their muscles and shaking their whatsits.

Love God or don’t, but either way, watch this film!

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Truly Free Film

Building The Community Web-Those Already Doing This

Today’s guest post is Pt 2 of 2 from 2010 Brave Thinker Of Indie Film Sheri Candler.

I have investigated some artists already building their communities (and sustaining themselves) and thought you should use them as examples to follow.

Examples of artists who have built a community web

In addition to the Grateful Dead, a group most all of you are aware of, there are  examples of artists from many areas who have successfully built up a community around themselves and their work.

Kevin Smith is a great example. Smith says he can spend up to 9 hours a day online and started this back in 1995. He has never put his career only in filmmaking, saying he never expected THAT to last. Instead, his community has been introduced to a variety of his activities; a SModcast, comic books, stand up comedy, regular writing contributions to various magazines. Smith isn’t tied to only one avenue of revenue and in fact can make a living off many things outside of making films. He was able to pinpoint exactly what his fans liked about him early on and he reaches out to them continually. If I had to suggest something, I would ask him to allow a community aspect on his site so that fellow fans can contact each other.

Matthew Ebel is another example.