Sorta depends on the printed material, Dennis. I think program notes for feature films can be useful (and have actually been used on occasion here)--providing they're authoritative and add something to the literature.
(The same, I might say, goes for supplementary materials on DVDs) On the other hand, program notes for educational and documentary titles (printed or online) are almost totally ignored. Faculty are a skittish and insecure lot...they use what they want to use, and they certainly don't want to use anyone else's take on the film or video they're showing in class. For all the work PBS has put into developing ancillary web sites, I've never known a faculty person at UCB to use them in connection with a doc screening. gary > Dear Gary, > > Sad to hear that printed materials are not important, but it's funny > because > individuals insist on them. I've always liked to add 2000+ pages of > original > documents about the film on my DVDs but you can't do that on Blu-Ray since > few people have that for their computers. > > To be fair to Rachel, she does cover paying: > > 4. Be prepared to process orders in any way that is convenient for your > customers – including check, purchase order, credit card. If you make it > hard to buy or use your film, people will lose patience and not ask for > help. > > Best regards, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero > PO Box 128 > Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: 201-767-3117 > Fax: 201-767-3035 > email: [email protected] > www.milestonefilms.com > www.ontheboweryfilm.com > www.arayafilm.com > www.exilesfilm.com > www.wordisoutmovie.com > www.killerofsheep.com > <http://www.killerofsheep.com/> > AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org > Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! > > Follow Milestone on Twitter! <http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms> > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> very nice, Rachel! >> >> By the way, most higher ed faculty could care less about study guides, >> lesson guides, and other printed ancillary materials. We have shelves >> of >> the stuff gathering dust here. >> >> You neglected to include the important point about making it easy to >> order >> and pay for the stuff...Nothing drives an institutional buyer crazier >> than >> a stupid or confusing or ineffective web site...or a filmmaker who >> fumbles >> invoicing and fulfillment. >> >> gary >> >> >> >> > Technically this is geared towards filmmakers but I thought y'all >> might >> > find >> > it useful anyway.a second one goes live tomorrow and I'm working on a >> 3rd >> > about educational/training media usage online. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://blogs.indiewire.com/tedhope/archives/guest_post_rachel_gordon_tapping >> > _into_educational_distribution/ >> > >> > >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > Rachel >> > >> > >> > >> > Rachel Gordon >> > >> > Energized Films >> > >> > www.energizedfilms.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, >> acquisition,bibliographic >> > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats >> in >> > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will >> serve >> > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a >> channel >> of >> > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> > producers and distributors. >> > >> >> >> Gary Handman >> Director >> Media Resources Center >> Moffitt Library >> UC Berkeley >> >> 510-643-8566 >> [email protected] >> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC >> >> "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." >> --Francois Truffaut >> >> >> > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
