This article was written by Heather Menicucci.

After a little break last week, we’re back today to share a post I’ve been really excited about. When we first began planning this blog series I knew I wanted to interview an established filmmaker who could share their experience producing videos for the web versus other more traditional venues like television. Someone who has worked professionally across platforms definitely has some insight into what makes producing for the web unique and how it fits into a filmmaking career.

This week, I’m happy to introduce Clayton Long, producer for the Bajillionaires Club, which has worked on television and web projects for companies like Cisco, Kodak, Travel Channel and made over 30 shorts for Howcast. Clayton grew up in Dallas and currently lives in Los Angeles.

Read the rest of this article from Broadcasting Ourselves.

—–
Sign up now for your own FREE monthly subscription to “The Director’s Chair” filmmaking ezine and get the first 28 pages of my 210 page Film Directing Multi-Media Online course, “The Art and Craft of the Director Audio Seminar.”
—–

This article was written for One Way Link Site.

“The way films are promoted and marketed has been dramatically changed by the prevalence of film clips & reviews of top indie movies on the internet. The number of web sites and blogs devoted to independent films has grown. There are no longer barriers to entry in starting such an internet presence. With this new paradigm, the convergence of personal computers, cell phones, and portable media players have replaced the studio marketing department.”

Read the rest of this article from One Way Link Site.

———-

Sign up now for your own FREE monthly subscription to “The Director’s Chair” filmmaking ezine and get: (1) Day One of my 201 page mutli-media Online film directing audio course, “The Art and Craft of the Director Audio Seminar” and (2) the first 24 pages (plus mp3 audio) of my 137 page “Script Breakdown and Film Scheduling Online Course For Independent Filmmakers.”

———

This article was written by Anastasios Papapostolou.

“He is the Greek – American who “beat the system” of the entertainment industry. Like so many others, he could have been waiting for the day to meet the “right producer” or studio executive to start his career. Instead, Matt Koval took a risk. Although he was a “nobody”, that didn’t stop him. He decided to grab a camera and expose himself and his talent to the online world. The result? He has one of the most famous YouTube channels and is living his dream… online. In one year, his channel has grown from 50 subscribers to almost 60,000, with only 20 videos.

Koval’s webseries ,The Fuplers, has grabbed the attention of a regular following audience on the online world. Some of his videos have received more than 1,100,000 views. His Greek family name is Kovalakides, but he goes by “Koval”, since it is easier to pronounce. His Greek half is from Thessaloniki, as he told us in an exclusive interview.”

Read the rest of this article from Greek Hollywood Reporter.

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

With the boom of the World Wide Web or what is commonly known as the internet, age old Hollywood is undergoing a drastic change with the strong emergence of the independent film makers.

Internet teamed along with the digital technology has paved way to several new markets for the films. Also it offers plethora of phenomenal tools to the modern age film makers. Most significantly, the internet has come up with effective solutions to some key problems that were earlier the major hurdles in the development of the independent film makers. These are:

- Marketing
- Distribution
- Development

Read this article from Screenwriting Basics.

———-

Sign up now for your own FREE monthly subscription to “The Director’s Chair” filmmaking ezine and get: (1) Day One of my 201 page mutli-media Online film directing audio course, “The Art and Craft of the Director Audio Seminar” and (2) the first 24 pages (plus mp3 audio) of my 137 page “Script Breakdown and Film Scheduling Online Course For Independent Filmmakers.”

———

“Since release in May The Hunt For Gollum has been seen by over 4 million people all over the world. Made on a tiny budget of £3000 and distributed via the Internet, the film is an astonishingly high quality 40 minute movie made in England by unknown director Chris Bouchard.

Millions of Lord of the Rings fans have shocked Hollywood studios by hailing unofficial movie The Hunt For Gollum as the next big thing in the Tolkien film franchise, with many viewers proclaiming it’s beats even Peter Jackson’s trilogy.”

Read this article from Spero Forum.

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

“Online video ventures haven’t fared particularly well in recent years. Eager to replicate the success of “Saturday Night Live’s” digital shorts or YouTube’s quirky user-generated fair, a number of businesses — including NBC’s DotComedy, Turner’s SuperDeluxe and ABC-Disney Television’s Stage 9 Digital — have gone under due to a lack of advertising dollars.”

Read this article from New Fiction.

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

This article is from NY Times.

“In the last couple of years, the television industry has made a big push onto the Web, giving viewers hope that they might one day reach nirvana: every show ever made, available online for immediate free viewing. But many in the industry are now questioning whether free is a sustainable model. And some are trying to make sure people have a reason to keep paying hefty cable bills.” Read article.

This article is from The Wrap.

“ What is Snagfilms and why did you create the company? This is a company that I set up with Ted Leonsis who was most recently the vice chairman of the board of AOL. Ted brought in Steve Case, and Miles Gilburne, the head of AOL International. Ted produced two films, the first , ‘Nanking,’ which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards in 2007. And the second we worked on together called “Kicking It,” another documentary we took it to Sundance and Tribeca and a number of festivals in 2008 and sold it to ESPN and took it out on a limited run, did the deal with Netflix, did all sorts of things.”

Read article.

This article is from New York Times.

“On Saturday night at the Paramount Theater here, “Alexander the Last,” a small but highly anticipated film by Joe Swanberg, had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival. At the party afterward at the Karma Lounge, there was all manner of insider chatter about the film, with hundreds of critics, bloggers, industry types and hard-core cinéastes all in the know about a film that just had its first showing.” Read article.

This article is from ReelSEO.com

“Yankee Group today unveiled U.S. survey results that suggest the current economic crisis will make Internet video a champion in 2009. Consumers are spending 11 percent more time online than watching TV, and Internet video is emerging as the key platform for the delivery of on-demand video services.” Read rest of article.

———-

THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: Sign up for your own FREE subscription to “The Director’s Chair” filmmaking ezine, packed with hundreds of film making articles, tips, tools and techniques. This FREE monthly Film Directing ezine is read by over 3200 filmmakers in 100 countries around the world. http://www.actioncutprint.com/ezine.html

———-