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What Can Indie Filmmakers Learn From….

With Careful Observation And Construction, We Can Build It Better
With Careful Observation And Construction, We Can Build It Better

It’s time for a collection of posts on what we can gain from others’ experiences in different fields. Last week, we examined the Music Biz, but why stop there?

What Can Indie Filmmakers Learn From:

The Art World

  • Damien Hirst http://bit.ly/1iLwdWJ He auctioned off an entire show without a middleman on the eve of economic collapse, and hit record amounts.
  • Matthew Barney “Barney earns back the cost of his films (the money for them being put up in the first place by his primary dealer, Barbara Gladstone) through sales of limited editions of his sculptures, photographs, and laserdisks. There are private buyers for his work, but it has traditionally been the big museums that compete for his installations”

Blackberry:  http://bit.ly/1d3Ko5v “As with biological species, it’s all about adaptability. If you can’t adapt, then you will be erased by history.”

Book Publishing http://bit.ly/HS7z6Z

Charles Bukowski

CEOs And Their Training http://bit.ly/1d1ndsr (this one may be most applicable to Producers only).

China’s Independent Filmmakers http://bit.ly/17b3shW

Bob Dylan, Harry Potter, & Children’s Book Biz (via Sheri Candler) http://bit.ly/1dt1nka

Neil Gaiman: ““Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before.”  http://vimeo.com/42372767
 
The Music Industry http://bit.ly/19m9Cx7 (8 parts!)

Picasso http://bit.ly/17KN4Fw

Psych 101 http://bit.ly/1bfuc1T

Venture Capital

 

 

 

 

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