DIY DAYS - fund :: create :: distribute :: sustain

Today we are joined by Scott Kirsner (Inventing the Movies and http://cinematech.blogspot.com) and Woody Benson (partner at Prism VentureWorks). Our discussion covers a number of trends from 2008 and also makes a few predictions for 2009. Subjects covered include CPM vs. engagement, remix culture, media social graphs, length of content, building audiences and new production funding trends. Related: Scott Kirsner recently finished an extensive series of case studies for ITVS that ...

Zak Forsman reports - I’ve just released a trailer for HEART OF NOW and wanted to share the things I’ve learned about this little marketing niche. What I’m doing is taking the lessons of the commercial world and applying them to my indie film work. So these are the conventions, the general “rules”. And yes, they are just waiting for someone like you to come along and break them! Trailers can be ...

This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix - Today our guest is Justin Ouellette the founder of music discovery siteMuxtape. This past year Muxtape burst onto the scene as a mixtape sharing community that found a large audience quickly and fueled music discovery in the process. But things came to a grinding halt this past fall due to industry pressure. In our conversation Justin explains how he ...

Lisa Salem reports - ENDING THIS YEAR WITH A REMINDER OR A PRIMER - WHICHEVER THIS MAY BE FOR YOU… “The number one threat to a filmmaker nowadays is not piracy, it’s obscurity.” (Matt Hanson at Power To The Pixel 2007, re-quoting from Tim O’Reilly). I want to end the year by going a little retro, so in a kind of year-end look-back-as-a-means-to-moving-forward, I’m posting these three videos from Power To The Pixel ...

The NEW BREED is expanding with a new blog. But wait there’s much more. We’re pleased to announce that Zak Forsman (IFHY, Heart of Now) will be leading a group of merry DIY filmmakers as they share their experiences from script to screen and beyond. The focus of NEW BREED is to pull back the curtain and share the struggle of what it takes to get work out into the ...

This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix - In recent years fans have brought TV shows back from the dead, helped films get made and protested when they felt that the stories and characters they loved where being mistreated. Sharon Ross author of “Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet,” joins us for a discussion on Fandom and what can be learned from those who are passionate ...

Lisa Salem reports - Interesting post over at Chris Anderson’s Long Tail blog about how your project can still be a raging success when only 1 - 0.1% of your audience participate in your content in the way you’ve set out for them to - because the number of people the internet makes potentially accessible is so vast. He cites Wikipedia and You Tube as good examples of this - the ...

This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix - This week our guest is producer and Filmmaker Magazine editor Scott Macaulay. Our conversation centers on the fall issue of the magazine which is on newsstands now and also available via a new digital subscription option complete with page turning, search and a download as PDF feature (see sample). Scott explains the connections between articles and sheds some interesting ...

Over 60 interviews and upwards of 40 hours worth of material are now available in our new TCIBR archive. You can either click the track to listen or use the mp3 link to download. The archive was built using opentape a free open source package that enables you to easily create and host mixtapes. All the TCIBR podcasts are open media so feel free to embed and spread them. If you ...

An entertaining look at what it takes to get your work to an audience. “Four Films, Six Dudes and One Van” As the tour hits San Francisco, the boys hit the streets harder than ever in an attempt to pack a full house. They look everywhere for a heart, a hand to hold on to, and a face of somebody who needs you. Everywhere Rennie looks, he just finds trouble. ...