I don't think its exactly Negative if a director doesnt want to blog his activites or post dailies onto the web. Maybe the director just wants to show a finished product; many people are like that. Kent, you're making a movie (Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!!!), do feel the need to blog the production process? I assume you guys have talked to the producer about this sort of stuff. Is there anything you can share about that?
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mean, REALLY - it's now 4-5 years since the people on this list > started mucking about with this stuff. > > And Jan's director is unusual in his use of social media and video to > document the production of his independent movie?? > > Even politicians are now well-versed in using videoblogging and all > kinds of web video to sell their message as they go along. > http://johnmccain.blip.tv/ > > The Queen has her own YouTube channel, for god's sake. And it's > quite good. > http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel > > When John McCain and Elizabeth II are more innovative in their use of > online video than professional moviemakers, you know something is > seriously rotten in the state of Denmark. > > I edited out a lot of swear words from this post. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > > On 5-Sep-08, at 4:05 PM, Rupert wrote: > > Good for Michael Moore. Yes, some of them are starting to get it. > But even the ones who are getting it are only partly getting it, and > - like your director, Jan - are bullied by producers and funders who > are still a long way from getting it. > > In May, I was at a talk about the future of documentaries given by > Deborah Scranton, who directed War Tapes. > > In the end, she advocated YouTube as the best way to get your films > seen by people. > > I asked her how she thought that kind of free distribution fitted > with getting the considerable funding needed to make big > documentaries like hers. > > She didn't have an answer. > > And then I asked her whether it was OK for The War Tapes to be > distributed on YouTube so that it got viewed by more people. > > She said "Oh, that's a question for the producer." > > I was really disappointed with her. One moment, she was saying "It's > great for you little people to get your films in front of an audience > on YouTube" - and the next, she wouldn't even give her personal view > about her own film being shown that way, to a room full of emerging > documentary filmmakers. > > These questions are no brainers to me, and yet she was supposed to be > giving an authoritative view about the future of documentaries. It's > all very easy for established filmmakers to say "Up and coming > filmmakers should use YouTube" - but if they say that, then they have > to be able to justify why THEY should use it, too - regardless of > what the studio's lawyers say in 2008. Otherwise it's just a > bullshit platitude to make them sound like they get it. And it > doesn't address the problem of how big documentaries will be funded > ten years from now. > > I'm always amazed at how long it takes TV and Film professionals to > understand and get excited about this stuff, instead of seeing it as > a financial threat. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 5-Sep-08, at 3:29 PM, Jan McLaughlin wrote: > > Great news, really. > > They begin to 'get it'. > > Ha! > > Bwah-hahaha. > > Yes!!!!!!!!! > > The director of the indie movie I just finished mixing ("City > Island") is > putting clips from dailies (bloopers & such) online on his blog through > YouTube. > > < > http://moviestildawn.blogspot.com/2008/09/city-island-empire-diner- > moment.html > > > > The producers had him cease and desist for about a week during > production, > but blog comments convinced 'em it was the right thing to do. > > One producer at a time... > > The director also wants to break his previous movie ("Two Family House") > into 10-minute segments and put the whole thing on YouTube - and WILL > eventually. The director definitely gets it. > > Jan > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<jay.dedman%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > Michael Moore is putting out his new film, "Slacker Rising", on > the web > > through blip.tv (for free). > > > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080905-michael-moore-skips- > box-office-film-heads-straight-to-net.html > > > > "*Slacker Uprising* details Moore's tour of 62 US cities in an > attempt to > > rally young voters before the presidential election in 2004. Moore > says > > that > > he originally considered releasing the movie in theaters, as he > did with > > his > > 2004 film criticizing the Bush Administration, *Fahrenheit 9/11*. > However, > > he decided to go the online route instead as a symbol of gratitude > to his > > fans. "I thought it'd be a nice way to celebrate my 20th year of > doing > > this," Moore told the Associated > > Press<http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php? > id=12199>. > > "And also help get out the vote for November. I've been thinking > about what > > I want to do to help with the election this year." > > > > I know Michael Moore and Radiohead have built-in audiences, but it > is also > > getting people used to these new distribution models. > > > > Jay > > > > > > -- > > http://jaydedman.com > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jan McLaughlin > Production Sound Mixer > air = 862-571-5334 > aim = janofsound > skype = janmclaughlin > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
