This article was written by Amy R. Handler.

“When Sean Dunne uploaded his short documentary The Archive to Vimeo, he had no idea he’d become an overnight cult sensation. Still it happened, a mind-blowing, life changing explosion—proving once again, that dreams really can come true in the 21st century.

In the following interview, the 29-year-old filmmaker shares his unbelievable journey from obscurity to fame. The fact that Dunne still reels from the shock of it all, and remains as modest and hardworking as ever, makes this story all the sweeter.”

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This article was written by Seth Weintraub.

“You may be wondering what that little red circle is doing behind the YouTube logo these days.  Well, YouTube is sponsoring an experimental film concept that will put its users behind the camera for a day of documentary filmmaking. The project is called Life in a Day.”

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This article was written by Vadim Lavrusik.

“Blip.tv is sending out more checks to its content providers than ever. The New York-based independent web shows platform has increased the number of payouts to its content creators by 77% between Q1 to Q2 of this year, Co-founder Dina Kaplan told Mashable in a recent interview.

Blip ().tv, which aims to be “the next-generation television network,” recently celebrated its five-year anniversary. It has seen substantial growth in the last year, attracting 96 million video views a month and increasing its payouts by 119% from Q4 2009 to Q2 of 2010 with a 50/50 split for content creators.

“We’re seeing more shows making more than $10,000 a quarter than ever before,” Kaplan said.”

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“Confession time! I’m a bit slow to embrace the latest gimmicks and gadgets.

For years I resisted the movie mode in still cameras on the principle that if you fancy yourself as a Spielberg then you shouldn’t be buying a Cartier-Bresson camera.

There are tools for the job, and there is no Swiss Army pocketknife camera that will do it all. Or so I thought!

I started to rethink our prejudices when the Nikon D90 popped up as the first DSLR with movie capture.

It offered middling high definition in a still camera, but when I tried it I was still not convinced. Canon followed the trend and I was moderately impressed with the 5D MkII’s movie-making ability.”

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The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking
How to Work (and Survive) in the
Film and Television Industry
by Peter D. Marshall

“There are many budget friendly, online marketing techniques that content producers can use to drive website traffic and viewers to their online television, films or videos. FaceBook has gotten a lot of press lately, so here are three other alternatives.”

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“When web series first started coming up, “super-syndication” was a big buzzword. Since video hosting sites were free, the idea was that creators should take a shotgun approach and blast their content out to every site possible. But is that still the smartest strategy?”

Read this article from New Teevee.

“It’s no secret that the Internet TV service Hulu () has been on the rise in recent months. Its rapid growth can be attributed to many factors, but the fact that Hulu is owned by News Corp (FOX), NBC, and most recently Disney (ABC) has provided it with a huge edge in content.

Now it seems that Hulu’s success hasn’t gone unnoticed by the movie industry. Quietly, Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM studios have been working together on a new project that will create a new TV channel and sister website for streaming movies: Epix. And while Epix is in private beta (for now), it promises to offer hundreds of full-length movies for your viewing pleasure, but with a few important caveats.”

Read this article from Mashable.

Here’s a very creative short film Written, Directed & Edited by Robin King

This article is from SOA World Magazine.

” SXSW Conference — EyeSteelFilm, the creators of “RiP, a Remix Manifesto,” a documentary about copyright and remix culture, announced today that it has partnered with Kaltura, Inc. (http://www.kaltura.com), developer of the first open source video platform and Raincity Studios, a web 2.0 community developer and web design company, to power full video capabilities on its new online community site www.OpenSourceCinema.org.” Read article