Yes, there are quite a few filmmakers putting video online - but many more professional filmmakers don't use the web to distribute their work.
i think what adrian said is true - but their rejection of it is more through a lack of understanding of the web and lack of tech skills than because of any preciousness, i think. In my experience, it's mostly because they don't use the web to watch films themselves, so they don't know what the possibilities are, and maybe most significantly they see a web audience as an unattractive Other. They assume people who watch video online are weirdos, techies, teenagers or bored office workers. They see what's on YouTube - the football clips or talking heads and think "that's what people watch online" and assume that they won't reach an audience who will commit to their story or piece. Also, they see the comments on YouTube and think, "I don't want to subject my work to that kind of audience - they won't like/understand it". Then there are those who think "How MANY people actually watch things online - apart from the odd lonelygirl15 or geriatric1927 who get lots of views... is it worth prioritising a small audience over the bigger theatrical audience I could get if i spent my evenings working on that script/film instead of trying to learn a whole new set of skills." And thus it's as much perceived technological barrier as an attitude barrier which keeps them away. Rupert http://www.fatgirlinohio.org http://www.crowdabout.us/fatgirlinohio/myshow/ On 21 Mar 2007, at 03:05, Brook Hinton wrote: Delurking to point out just a FEW of the MANY Filmmaker/Video Artists who Videoblog or Videoblogged or use video in their blogs, some of whom are right here in the videoblogging group: Aaron Valdez Abe Linkoln Matt McCormick Jonas Mekas (OK, it's not free but still, one of the grandfathers of experimental film for pete's sake!) Jennifer Proctor Miranda July Caveh Zahedi Charlene Rule Joshua Kanies Duncan Speakman Me the list goes on and on. these are just the names that came immediately to mind (and I'm really sorry to any of my own filmmaker friends not listed above - brain is sleep deprived at present). And there are dozens if not more who post what are absolutely works of cinema for the web in many of their videoblog entries, including pionner vloggers like Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson and Mica Scalin and others who may or may not call themselves filmmakers as well as videobloggers. Yes, there are HUGE HUGE HUGE and very real issues about posting your work online, esp. work that is intended for other venues, but after 30 minutes of trying to compose a post about all of that I realized it's not a post, it's an article, and I at least wanted to point out in light of the previous comments that we do exist. _______________________________________________________ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
