Month: December 2012

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Truly Free Film

Why Go DRM-Free? 6 Reasons To Start

We want to make sure you have the best gift in the best form to give all your friends, family, and loved ones this holiday season.  That’s why we put DARK HORSE up in a DRM-free form.  You can order it now right here.  We respect you — and we want you to still love us in the morning after the magic of the first time has gone.  Get up and ride again.  Giddyapp!

It makes me wonder: when will DRM-free be the usual way?  Sure you can get Dark Horse on iTunes or on Amazon but why not order it in a form that you can put on all your devices.  You know you will want to watch it again and again.

Here’s 6 reasons why everyone should release there work DRM-free:

  1. -DRM is a false sense of security.  People that are determined to not pay for your film will find a way, no matter what restrictions you put in place.  
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These Are Those Things

“Whatcha Say?”

Dorothy Dandridge is one of the greatest stars that ever lived. I defy anyone to try to watch her and not be fully drawn in and seduced by her charm, wit, and beauty. If it wasn’t for racist tendencies she’d be as well known as Marilyn. Maybe history will catch up to reality and tackle that injustice eventually; but… Last month I posted a Dandridge clip, and with great pleasure offer up another tidbit today.

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Truly Free Film

We Are All Sheep In An Empty Field. In 2013 Let’s Be Shepherds Instead

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Bowl Of Noses These Are Those Things

Styles Of Animation 101: Beautiful Profundity For All Ages

I am the walrus I mean hedgehog in the fog. Go explore, but never forget what sits by the fire. This should be San Francisco’s National Film Anthem, IMHO.

Hedgehog in the fog from Vikram Dakad on Vimeo.

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Truly Free Film

The Really Good Things In The Indie Film Biz 2012

Last year I wrote out 15 really good things about the indie film biz (2011). My first instincts at looking at the list, are that the 15 from last year are still in process this year. Maybe I was a bit ahead of the curve.  Maybe I should hold this post until 2013.  But I don’t think so — we have much to celebrate this year too.

So what are the new developments that are now taking hold?  Unfortunately, my mind hasn’t found the answers as quickly as others have (and here too) even if I do consider myself quite the optimist.  Okay, make that a pessmistic optimist, but an optimist nonetheless.  I have struggled to hit the same number as last year, but I did it, and even exceeded it — and hopefully you’ll continue to fill in the list with what I forgot.

  1. Direct distribution is really working.  
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Truly Free Film

Following My Own Advice

By Reid Rosefelt

had  breakfast recently with Jaie LaPlante, the Executive Director of the Miami International Film Festival.  Jaie has  healthy 13,000 fans on his Facebook page, but like most people, he’s hungry for more.

I explained that he shouldn’t worry much too much about the  number of fans–the thing that matters is how active his page is–he should be concerned with the number of likes, comments and shares.    What was he  doing to stir up traffic?  Jaie said he had a guy named Igor Shteyrenberg who was merrily posting all day long.  “He shouldn’t posting so often,” I said, repeating a truisms I’d rattled off so often in blogs and lectures.   “All Facebook research has proven that you should never post more than two or three times a day.”

 

Umm….wrong.  Rules don’t apply when you have great content.

 

Despite–or maybe because of–the constant postings, I later discovered that Miami had one of the liveliest festival pages I’d ever seen.   Igor turned out to be the George Takei of movies,

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How To Defeat 10,000,000 Adorable Kittens

by Emily Best & Liam Brady

EMILY: Recently I was a guest on an awesome show that brings together musicians, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs to talk, play, and pontificate. Here’s the first question we were asked: we all know how much technology has helped music and film, but what about the challenges it poses?

There’s no doubt in my mind that the greatest challenge technology poses to the arts is fragmentation. In a world where the audience’s attention is so divided, how do you make something stand out? 

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