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- I want to rock and roll all night (and wake up in the gutter)
Ben from Shooting People was weighing the piracy issue a couple of weeks ago and its impact on independent filmmakers. The first dilemma is whether independent filmmakers can transition in the way indie bands have to be able to make money in other ways besides money for product transactions. In theory, this seems like it is the wave of the future- Robert Greenwald or Four Eyed Monsters-style. Filmmakers can, in theory, sell events versus selling DVDs, and potentially can make some money. No doubt touring in a bus is not as easy as having… [more]
- Post Fest Thoughts- is VOD the means or the ends?
Back from a great time at Cannes and Hot Docs- somewhere out there, there is footage of the panel I was on in Toronto but I’m not sure if it is essential viewing. The divide between distributable product and the vast masses that don’t fall into saleable niches is growing. Some niches seem to be growing too- given the lower financial commitments of getting films out digitally, perhaps there is a chance for new kinds of risks (though that hasn’t proven true so much yet).
With sales down in Cannes and the specialty film maket suffering, TV/VOD may be… [more]
