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2008-05-18T14:15:00.007-04:00

Media Fabrics for Media Makers: Realizing an Expressive Landscape for Digital Dialogues

After a long rest, PIFF Notes is back in action. What better way to begin again than to post news of a very interesting, upcoming event, Media Fabrics for Media Makers: Realizing an Expressive Landscape for Digital Dialogues.

This event should not be missed.

Email this, Digg it, Twitter it, please. Hope to see you there.

Grey Gardens...American royalty

2007-07-10T20:23:00.000-04:00

"As a documentarian I happily place my fate and faith in reality." - Albert Maysles

Reality is certainly what the audience received in 1976 when filmmakers Albert and David Maysles arrived at the decaying 28-room masion in East Hampton, known as Grey Gardens, to film the true story of Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edie, the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

The Maylses' story takes you inside the sad and eccentric lives of these two intriguing women, fringe aristocrats, who exist in a world of their own within the confines of their estate. The mother, a born aristocrat, known as Big Edie, was the sister of Jackie O's father. Little Edie was an aspiring actress, living in New York, who put her own life on hold to care for her mother, and never left.

The conditions they lived in were enough to make national headlines. Once, authories threatened to evict them for violating building and sanitation codes.

The two paint a sad and bittersweet picture of eccentricity, dependence, dreams forever gone, romance left unfulfilled and the strange and captivating relationship between mother and daughter.

For more information on this and other films by Albert and David Maysles, visit http://mayslesfilms.com/.

Shooting in HD? Get It Authored and Sold on Amazon, Free !

2007-07-08T22:57:00.000-04:00

Microsoft and Amazon have announced a program to help indy filmmakers get their work authored and sold on Amazon's Disc on Demand service (formerly CustomFlix) at no cost. It goes without saying, this is a great opportunity for aspiring artists to get in the marketplace.

HD DVD is not hitting it big with major studios, and the Amazon/Microsoft partnership is an easy way for them to increase their catalogue while giving under-recognized artists some exposure.

The terms are very generous. But hurry. Only 1000 of the best will be selected for sale on Amazon.

Read about it here.

Film Progress Workshop

2007-07-07T12:53:00.000-04:00

Attention, please!

This is for all you young (or maybe not-so-young) would-be filmmakers with an idea in your head and a camera in your hand!

Glorianna Davenport and David Tames are holding a workshop, entitled "Film-in-Progress RX" Sunday, July 21, at 10 AM. They're hoping young filmmakers with film ideas or films in progress will flock to this session. Glorianna and David will be able to offer useful advice on story as well as technical sticking points. Surgery will only be suggested in dire situations.

Stay tuned for more information on this and other workshops.

Cinéma Vérité Dealt a Blow in NYC

2007-07-05T22:37:00.000-04:00

Oh, boy. You may need a permit now to shoot on public property, including sidewalks, in New York City. The paranoia is really mounting.

Quote from the June 29, 2007, NYTimes article (full post here):

New rules being considered by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting would require any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour to get a city permit and insurance.

What kind of insurance? $1,000,000 liability insurance.

Of course you know who this is going to be aimed at - the indie documentarian whose political views are perceived to be contrary to the status quo. No more Michael Moore, hey.

Thankfully the New York Civil Liberties Union is taking notice. And you should, too. Email your comments to Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting.

If you don't, your style could really get cramped.

Pervert art - Untangling the fantasy

2007-07-03T21:34:00.000-04:00

Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst, Slajov Zizek once said, "Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire."

In his film, "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema," Zizek and director Sophie Fiennes present a psychoanalyical look at some of cinema's greatest films, such as "'The Birds," "Psycho" and "The Matrix" and "The Wizard of Oz" to name a few. Zizek offers an introduction to some of his most exciting ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality and desire, as he shoots at original locations or on replica sets, as if speaking from within the films themselves. He says, "I can really explain a line of thought if I can somehow illustrate it in a scene from the film." As such, he is IN the scene, relating what he believes is the meaning behind it.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Zizek's ideas...are frequently amusing and provocative, whether using Norman Bates' multilevel house in 'Psycho' and the Marx Brothers to illustrate Freud's theories about the superego, ego and id or the films of David Lynch to explore, well, pretty much every aspect of human sexuality."

To learn more about Slajov Zizek's "The Pervert's Guide to Cinema," visit www.thepervertsguide.com.

Instilling the knowledge

2007-06-28T21:12:00.000-04:00

My cubicle mate at work is a film junkie. Ask him anything - he knows about it, and there have many afternoons where he has generously taken it upon himself the educate me. I listen, of course, but admittedly, I don't absorb everything he tells me. It's not because I'm not interested. It's because the film-related trivia he is trying to instill upon me is stuff I've never heard of.

So, with my small bit of recently acquired film knowledge, I put it to him.

"Tell me about cinema verite."

He was pleasantly surprised. I could see it on his face. He began to talk about it at length, naming movies (I'm embarrassed to admit) I'd never heard of. He clearly saw the blank look on my face.

Finally, he said, "Borat."

Ah! I see! I got it - at least a little. (For the record, I hated that movie.) But I began to understand what he meant because he used something I knew.

And the lightbulb finally went on.

Try something new

2007-06-25T20:57:00.001-04:00

I'd first heard about the Plymouth Independent Film Festival when it was in its infancy in 2004. I didn't give it much thought, being more a fan of mainstream films myself, but it seemed to be well-received in the community. There was good buzz about it, and at the newspaper, we were receiving press releases practically every week.

The following year, the festival attracted over 4,000 attendees, and local businesses reported increased revenue. In 2006, 110 films were shown, including free outdoor screenings on the waterfront. Both amateurs and film-making legends were in attendance. Actors from the HBO series, The Sopranos, were special guests.

My curiosity was piqued. Finally, I felt I had to get involved with this, even if only in some small way. I offered to blog. Why not? It's what I do, after all. And then Don mentioned something called "cinema verite." What?

According to Film Education , Cinéma Vérité was a television-style technique of recording life and people as they really are, using hand-held cameras, natural sound and the minimum of rehearsal and editing. It literally means ‘film truth’ or 'truth cinema' in French and was a style of film making developed by film directors in the 1960s. The film directors of the CinémaVérité movement strove for immediacy, spontaneity and authenticity in their films, primarily through the use of portable and unobtrusive equipment, such as small, hand-held cameras and the avoidance of any preconceived narrative line. Cinéma Vérité was characterised by the use of real people, as opposed to actors, in unrehearsed situations.

There's more to it, of course, but you get the gist of it. And so I've learned something new, because I'm willing to get involved in something new, something different, something I've never tried before. So what about you?

PIFF 2007 needs volunteers. Visit the website, plyfilmfest.org, and click on "Get Involved".

Try something new for yourself.

Need funding? What can you tolerate?

2007-05-15T21:59:00.000-04:00

Funding is the killer of most projects. Today there are many more choices than a generation ago, and let's be thankful. However, take a look at what incentives are offered in other countries. Today, have a look at the UK.

I quote this post from Digital Arts for your convenience, and because it gives a good summary of what the UK Film Council offers. But please do visit the UK site for a refreshing lift.

I would be interested to hear how the efforts in the UK compare to the National Endowment for the Arts, or others' experiences with US funding sources.

From Digital Arts:

UK Film Council Sets Out Funding Plans
Friday 11 May 2007 - 09:20

The UK Film Council has published its new funding and policy priorities from April 2007 – March 2010.

The document, Film in the Digital Age, includes the creation of five new funding priorities to boost public access to film such as through film festivals and the nation’s film heritage.

The new priorities are:

UK Film Festivals Fund - £1.5 million per year – to create a thriving film festival scene in the UK giving the public better access to the rich world of cinema in all its diversity;

UK Digital Film Archives Fund - £1 million per year – to open up access to the nation’s unparalleled film heritage across the UK;

Partnership Challenge Fund - £1 million per year – bringing new funding partnerships together to widen public participation in film, initially with the following priorities: media literacy and film education; cinema capital funding; cinema access and inclusion initiatives; and London 2012 Olympic related film initiatives;

Digitisation and Marketing Fund – £2 million per year - building on the existing Prints and Advertising Fund with additional funding focusing on wider theatrical and online distribution of British and specialised film;

The UK Film Council will continue with all its existing funding priorities at the same financial level. In addition the Premiere Fund will consider applications for market testing / completion funding from non-UK Film Council funded films out of its existing budget.

John Woodward, chief executive officer of the UK Film Council said: “Our new activities are deliberately aimed at building the areas of activity which came through most strongly in the consultation exercise namely, more focus on audiences especially through digital distribution, and more impact by working more effectively with other funding partners.

“The resounding message was that digital advances will change the way the film industry works and that the UK Film Council must take a lead. We recognise this and will act upon it by ensuring our policies and funding measures encourage and support innovation.”

Digital Arts Staff

From Filmmaking to Storytelling

2007-04-12T17:48:00.000-04:00

When I first looked through the lens, I began a journey of discovery. From then on, there has always been the world I witness through the lens and ...my world.

As I met other filmmakers and saw their films, I became aware that there were two approaches, two camps that often faced off one to the other. There were those who used film to discover a world and there were those who invented a world they imagined. Both existed in documentary. By and large, I found the former more compelling.

With students, I discover through another mode as I engage with them on their journey. In the beginning we share ideas, we play with them, until slowly their first inspiration is transformed into a prototype and then into a demo and a thesis document.

What remains of their journey when the student leaves? The lab is a harsh environment designed for the present journey of discovery. Most demos land on the cutting room floor soon after the semester ends or the degree is granted. Sometimes this seems a pity but then I only need to be patient, to wait for my next encounter when I can scrutinize the student to glimpse at what remnnants of their early work in the lab are still about them.

Applause and commendation are often follow, which leads me to the recent publication of a CD by Kevin Brooks, "Kiss of Summer". As a PhD student in my group, Kevin honed his storytelling skills as he grew his computational system. When I heard about this CD, I immediately ordered it from CDBaby.com. As I put his CD on, Kevin's voice exploded through the speakers; I careened back in time to some of his early tellings. Today his style is more polished; he is able to lead the listener more comfortably, even languidly, into the sensuality of his world. As the words follow one upon the next, the sights, sounds, smells, touch, and feelings of a teenager growing up in Philadelphia come to life. Try
Kiss of Summer and support an independant storyteller.

Dave Tames, another graduate of Interactive Cinema, has more to say about this CD and other fun things that are happening in the digital arena on his blog Kino-eye.com

Delivering "Rich Media" to the Web

2007-04-02T11:30:00.001-04:00

More and more "rich media" is being delivered on the web. "Rich Media" is what we used to call a movie, but now you can deliver it to an iPod. You've done all these steps before, but just to make sure you haven't missed anything, take a look at how to do this for a podcast.

DigMo! should also be in your bookmarks. : -)

Rich Podcasting : Online Seminar

The publishing industry is undergoing a rapid transformation. Savvy professionals are now creating rich media websites to increase viewership—a survival strategy that has worked remarkably well for a number of news organizations. And it can work for you. Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm, shows news professionals how to use Final Cut Pro to take digital storytelling to a whole new level with rich media podcasting. Join Brian as he demonstrates just what you can do in the newsroom on your Mac Pro—or on the road with your MacBook Pro. Brian’s free seminar includes tips and best practices for capturing compelling audio and digital video footage.You will learn:• How to combine digital photos, audio, and video in Final Cut Pro• How to create a universal master to deliver news in any format, from HD broadcast to podcast• How to record sound to amplify a story• How to use Final Cut Pro to create an immersive rich media experience. Register for the Seminar (free) here.

Rich Podcasting : Online Seminar at DigMo!

technorati tags:DigMo!, FCP, podcasting, storytelling, MacBook, digital

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The Pros and Cons of HDV

2007-04-01T19:09:00.001-04:00

The Pros and Cons of HDV
Watch clips of four experienced HDV users explain the ups and downs of capturing and editing HDV. Very helpful for you low budget types. Studio Daily is a site you'll want to bookmark.
Studio Daily story by Matt Armstrong
March 27, 2007

Studio Daily | The Pros and Cons of HDV

technorati tags:studiodaily.com, HDV, FCP, editing

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Shoot, Edit, Upload in a Day

2007-03-29T19:59:00.001-04:00

This is the new workflow. Get used to it.
Ryun Hovind reports for dv.com on how he managed. Interesting.

My team's job at both festivals was to shoot panels, interviews, and red carpet events; edit the footage overnight; and deliver it in formats for on-air and online display. We shot four video formats, recorded with two direct-to-disk technologies, hosted video on five Web sites, and employed 12 Final Cut Pro systems. We scrambled like indie film producers-wrangling camera operators, PAs, onscreen talent, and editors in a matter of days. Our operation was built for a 12- to 24- hour turnaround. We were shorthanded, had high ambitions, and had to count on getting every piece of gear we used for free or in exchange for sponsorship support. This is our story.

DV - Features - Shoot, Cut, Upload: All in a Day's Work

technorati tags:DV.com, FCP, LAFF

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Uploading your Movies to YouTube for Maximum Quality

2007-03-24T19:49:00.000-04:00

Philip Hodgetts of Intelligent Assistance offers a useful tutorial at LAFCPUG on how to get the best quality on your video upload to YouTube.

YouTube is well known for being the busiest video sharing site, but unfortunately YouTube uses the much older Sorenson Sparke codec for their video encoding. This was the "improved" video format for Flash 7 but is based on the very old H.263 video conferencing codec. Even when new this was an old, inefficient codec.

…snip…
The goal is to give YouTube a master that they can use for encoding.
Link

Results will most likely vary on the other services. It's best to test first.

LAFCPUP is a friendly place for newbies and experts alike. Go inside and visit their Cafe' LA and other forums and get cozy.

Survival Tips for the Aging Independent Filmmaker

2007-02-27T23:41:00.000-05:00

Yes. You know who you are.

I refer you to a very interesting New York Times article by John Clark revealing survival strategies of our favorite filmmakers during some very lean years. You remember those years, don't you?

The full text can be viewed here. Below is a snippet.

Quote:

"If I were starting out now, I would be a producer for the Internet," Mr. Hope (producer Ted Hope, ed.) said.

Snip

The indie-film godfather John Sayles ("Return of the Secaucus Seven") takes frequent jobs as a script doctor for other people's films, just because they pay the bills. Other filmmakers, like the documentarian D. A. Pennebaker, eke out a living from the royalties on their earlier work. Mr. Pennebaker said that he and his partner Richard Leacock for years lived off the proceeds of their music documentaries "Don't Look Back" and "Monterey Pop."

"They kept us in business," said Mr. Pennebaker, now 81. "Still do. How we made it through the 70's is a mystery to me. I don't know how we survived."

I hope you are encouraged to read the full article. It appears as a text document in my online word processor for accessibility reasons.

IFC Offers Indie Films Via iTunes Store

2007-02-23T02:09:00.001-05:00

Don't overlook the Independent Film Channel for distribution of your films. They recently signed a deal offering their films for download from the iTunes store.

Digit Online

snip:

IFC Entertainment includes IFC Films and IFC Productions. The company also runs a cable television channel, the Independent Film Channel. Their recent productions include Wordplay, a documentary on New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz; and SherryBaby, a drama featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal. Past IFC Films work includes the Oscar-winning Hilary Swank film Boys Don't Cry and Touching the Void, a documentary about two climbers who came close to death in the Peruvian Andes.

I'll be posting more about how people are "publishing".

Send me your blogs and website links so I can add them.

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Making and Sharing Our Own Movies

2006-12-20T10:48:00.000-05:00

In the 1960's filmmakers including Richard Leacock, D.A.Pennebaker and Jean Rouch developed a style of creating movies that they called Cinema Verite. For the first time, documentary movies gave the audience "a sense of being there". These movies were made using an innovation in 16 mm camera recording whereby the moving image and sound could be recorded separately on mobile devices and later synchronized. With this equipment, these filmmakers were able to create movies that transported audience across space and time, allowing them to be present in a room where Stravinsky is working out some musical intricacies, or on a country road with Eddie Sachs as he describes how he handles curves on the race track, or in the Attorney General's office as Robert Kennedy explores the tense situation at the University of Tuscaloosa via phone with General Abrams even as Caroline and John Kennedy as young children run through the room.
Today, small synchronous sound movie recording equipment is ubiquitous and anyone can publish their movies on to the Web, witness Jonas Meekas and YouTube. However, at least for this filmmaker, the search goes on for a new form, a form in which we can share fragments of our longer movie explorations incrementally, and later join the parts of our collection together either programatically or through explicit linking. With this general framework in mind, Aisling Kelliher, a PhD student in the Media Fabrics group at the MIT Media Lab, has developed the concept of Confecitonary, a collage-like format in which you arrange still images, small movies, mp3 files and text onto a canvas. As you publish more than one canvas to a specific collection, you can mark out pathways. The environment allows you to specify the community with whom you want to share a story and invites commenting to help us learn what you think of the stories. To explore stories others have made, register and then go to "Gallery", "Paths", "All Paths" at:
http://mf.media.mit.edu/confectionary
If you like what you see, join our exploration of this format by uploading your own media and make your own confectionaries. Enjoy!

Interview with Jonas Mekas

2006-12-19T22:47:00.002-05:00

If you don't know Jonas Mekas, you should. He has stories to tell, lots of them.

Short Films from a Long Life

Jonas is a filmmaker, a diarist, a poet, a promoter of cinema verite, and an all around innovator. Those of you who are over a certain age may remember his film criticism column in the Village Voice. Jonas is a true pioneer, and the list of his friends reads like a Who's Who of the creative milieu of the '60s and '70s. At 85, he's embarking on a film a day for the year 2007. You'll be able to view them on his website.

Don't miss it!

Digital Restoration cum laude

2006-12-19T22:33:00.001-05:00

What takes 700 Mac G5's and 700 terabytes of storage?

Wired News takes you inside THE premiere digital restoration house. Those who have decaying footage from even twenty years ago can be redeemed. If you've ever scanned one frame of a film negative or positive and tried to work with it, you'll know how time consuming it can be. Image 90 minutes worth of 35 mm film frames. 24fps times 90 minutes times 60 seconds per minute equals 129,600 frames. How much time do you have?

Ever use a $300k scanner in a temperature controlled room? (I wonder what the overhead is.) Read the whole story from the link below.

Aging Films Get a Digital Facelift

60 Seconds of Fame

2006-12-04T21:39:00.000-05:00

60 Seconds of Fame

Can you do 60 seconds?

"The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) have launched a new short film competition – 60 Seconds of Fame, run in association with Orange, BAFTA has revealed. This new BAFTA competition has the support of BBC Nations and Regions and the Regional Screen Agency network and is open to anyone aged 16 or over.…

"…As the name suggests, budding film makers are invited to submit a 60 second short film based on the theme 'Celebrate', to reflect BAFTA's 60th birthday and Orange's ten-year partnership with the Academy."

more HERE.

Those vlog pieces you been saving may get you worldwide publicity. Visit the Orange BAFTAs page to see more.

Good luck!

Report from Amsterdam - IDFA

2006-11-28T13:55:00.000-05:00

Here's a snip from Danny Schechter's News Dissector blog, a very worthy piece of journalism in the real sense of the word.

Take a good look at the IDFA (Independent Documentary Film Amsterdam) site, too. Very well done and extremely informative.

Quote:

REPORT FROM AMSTERDAM IDFA FESTIVAL

Kookie Habtegaber, an Eritrean student studying in Holland is covering the annual IDFA documentary festival for us:

”It is in the middle of November and 18 degrees here in Amsterdam. The good thing about this: I can walk with my coat and enjoy this typical ‘early summer weather’, only now the scenery looks different. The worrying part: it brings climate change so close to home. It is in this context I went to see the green documentary The Planet.

“The effect of global warming and the ensuing climate change has been an important issue in the past 20 years or so. What is has surprised me is the fact that Al Gore’s documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth”, has been able to move the complacency of the average citizen to the ‘recognition/realization’ state. Why did this elicit more action from politicians and the public whilst many environmental activists and experts have been trying to put it on top the agenda for many years? I was thus curious to see what new information this documentary was going to show.

The film does not contain so much new information if one has been following the topic; rather it links up other political issues with environmental issues.

One such point highlighted by George Monbiot is the role of television in manipulating nature films and giving the impression that there are vast areas around the globe where animals and plants live in isolation and without the intrusion of humans in their habitat. But to my utter amazement, I discovered some zebras have the same horizon as I do when I look out of my urban window: factories, cars, and concrete walls. Similarly, the film showed the power of close ups and framing; animals in the zoo could be depicted as if they are filmed in the wilderness, nor are humans present in these footages, giving the wrong impression on the state of affairs; unrealistic view.

Another point that I picked up was made by Professor Daly, professor of Economics at Maryland University. He emphasized the role of economics in fostering consumption by ever emphasizing economic growth as the bloodline of survival of mankind, but without posing the question on how far this growth can be taken as a positive factor. How do we factor in the negative effect of economic growth, which has become synonymous with more consumption?

Unfortunately the film does not interview and in any way bring the business community into the picture, whilst I believe this is the group that needs to be engaged if there is to any real change.

Finally most of experts that were interviewed and who gave their opinion were all western scholars while the countries and regions that are directly being affected non-western countries. It would be have been useful and interesting to know what and how local experts see the situation and also in what way indigenous conservation methods could help in mitigating further degradation.

One thing that was very obvious however, is the global environmental interdependence that has become apparent. This message is never repeated enough.

:End Quote
from News Dissector

Video Publishing Online

2006-11-27T22:57:00.000-05:00

Let's say you have your blog up and running, and have a clip you want to post. You'll need a video hosting solution for that.

Robin Good's "Video Publishing Online: Where To Share Your Video Clips On The Web" is an excellent place to see all the venues for video publishing along with a description of each.

Take a good look. There's plenty of choice. I like Blip.tv. They have great support.

I assume you all know how to edit your clip, but to compress it to web size and bit rate, the easiest tool to use is Apple's QuickTime Pro. There are plenty of encoders out there, and I can get into those if there is enough interest, but QuickTime Pro is easy and fast, both for editing and encoding. After all, you want to get that clip up quickly, don't you?

2007 Open Call

2006-11-16T22:45:00.000-05:00

PRESS RELEASE:

PLYMOUTH, MA - The Plymouth Independent Film Festival, entering its third year, is a compelling success story. If you are a filmmaker this is your opportunity to get your film out there and seen. Attendance has reached nearly 5,000 in each of PIFF’s first two seasons. This year the festival expects the number to grow. Previous festival attendees included award winning filmmakers, Oscar nominated animators and international documentarians as well as film producers, production staff, actors and the media.

Last year 110 films were shown and six films won in the categories of Best Feature, Best Short, Best Environmental, Best Diversity, Best Student (long) and Best Student (short). The Plymouth Independent Film Festival also awards a yearly Spirit Award and an Honorary Award.

Your film could take home one of the coveted PIFF Awards.

If you’ve been thinking of creating a film or are in production now is the time to mark these dates on your calendar. Early submissions will be accepted by April 20th with an early entry discount for films submitted by April 2nd. A $20 fee will be charged for PIFF ‘07s late deadline of May 11th.

PIFF’07 will again accept works in progress from regional, national and international filmmakers. Foreign language films without subtitles will only be eligible to be screened as works in progress. All genres will be considered including cultural diversity and the environment.

From July 19th through July 22nd there will again be opportunities to study the filmmaking process during workshops and master classes led by professionals, attend discussion groups and panels, Q&A sessions following screenings and chances to network with filmmakers and film buffs.

Visit www.plyfilmfest.org to download your submission form. For more information contact Lisa Mattei, Festival Director at lisa@plyfilmfest.org.

CONTACT: Lisa Mattei, Director

Plymouth Independent Film Festival
P. O. Box 1265
Plymouth, MA 02362
lisa@plyfilmfest.org

PRESS CONTACT:

Grace Rudolph, PR Director
grace@plyfilmfest.org

Video Blogging - Just say, "Yes".

2006-11-15T23:02:00.000-05:00

Have you set up your Blogger account yet?

I went to a presentation of the Filmmakers Workshop, generously hosted by the Bernard Toale Gallery, in the South End tonight. Two expert video bloggers, Steve Garfield and Ravi Jain, creator of the DriveTime vlog, showed us how it's done.

Whatever blog type you have, Blogger, Wordpress, etc., you can make it into a vlog, easily.

Looking for distribution channels for your next film? Want to tease your established audience with your new, not-yet-completed project? Want to create buzz for your new project but you're afraid nobody knows who you are? Want to sync with the immediate pulse of the web? Video blog.

Want to see how it's done? First take a complete tour of Steve Garfield's website. It may take a while, but you will emerge refreshed and rejuvenated, popping with new ideas.

Next time, I'll show you how to set it up. ; o)

Solution #1 - The Blogosphere

2006-11-07T08:31:00.000-05:00

Trust yourself. You can write. And publish. This afternoon. It doesn't get any easier.

To learn the ins and outs of blog publishing in a very simple read, go get Andy Wibbels' book, Blogwild!. You'll learn the importance of links and trackbacks, and why you should be blogging now.

Two free, quick-start blogging solutions are Blogger and WordPress. If you want to embed mini movies, you may need inexpensive software solutions like Sandvox, Rapidweaver, or iBlog. Check back soon. I'll have some answers on that.

Start building your community, today.