We would like to bring your attention to a report commisioned by our friends at Cine-Regio:
“Digital Distribution – Engaging Audiences” done by Michael Gubbins.
They already gave us a pre-version which we found a very interesting read and now you can get the revised version here
Enjoy!
Found this one on ARGNet.
Nice article, summing up Jeff Gomez presentation at CineKid 2010 in Amsterdam.
Well worth the read, so enjoy.
Find the whole article here
Crowd-funding
Thinking about doing it?
Crowdfunding is/was one of the industry-buzzwords right now.
But how to do it?
Sheri Candler lists 5 ways of sure failure:
1) You do not already a have a support network online
2) Your goal is unrealistic
3) You do not know who your audience is
4) Your campaign length is too long
5) Just offer tshirts and DVDs as perks. Nothing meaningful or imaginative
Check her whole post here and maybe by avoiding the above mentioned you can come up with a model that works for you…
Or maybe some major brand steps in and helps you realise your project. Read about Converse funding a recording studio in NY – maybe they will open a film studio next?
What would you think of that?
and at least a hundred of them are in here.
Or maybe even more.
Depending on you.
Please spare a minute, but be prepared to spend more time on this.
I assure you, you will find something new/inspiring/wonderous/…
See what technology did to media the last year and get inspired for the years to come.
How crossmedia can you get? This goes already a long way… It takes place where you want, you have participatory elements, it combines different media forms/formats, it changes media, it uses different media techniques and in the end it is basically what we used to know as a music video.
Video killed the radiostar, but this is not a killer:
This interactive film by Chris Milk for Arcade Fire brings back to life a lot of media forms.
I could imagine some smart-phone stuff and a bit of augmented reality in there, but I guess that will be along in the next one… 
Right now it is cool enough as it is.
Well, this is it: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com
Beware: Do not try this on an old browser and/or old computer!
I really like it.
How about you?
This is for the Germans only, I am afraid…
But going through the German applications to our 1st Call, I think there are some very worthy contenders for this award amongst our applications. So check this one out.
Please find the official press release below:
Kulturstaatsminister Bernd Neumann schreibt den Innovationspreis des deutschen Films aus – Einreichfrist bis zum 30. Juni 2010
Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Staatsminister Bernd Neumann, würdigt neue Ideen und herausragende Projekte, die die Leistungsfähigkeit und Entwicklung des Filmwesens in Deutschland verbessern, mit dem Innovationspreis 2010. Der Kulturstaatsminister vergibt bis zu drei Preise, die mit einer Prämie von jeweils bis zu 25.000 Euro verbunden sind. In besonderen Ausnahmefällen kann auch eine höhere Prämie verliehen werden.
Filmschaffende und -interessierte, Institutionen und Organisationen können sich mit innovativen Projekten bis zum 30. Juni 2010 schriftlich (formlos) bewerben. Die Anträge sind an das Bundesarchiv, Frau Fülöp, Potsdamer Str. 1, 56075 Koblenz zu senden (Tel.: 0261/ 505 -465, Fax: 0261/ 505 -368).
Dem Antrag sind beizufügen:
Zur Weitergabe an die Jury werden die Anträge in 7-facher Ausfertigung erbeten. Eine zusätzliche Einreichung via E-Mail (K35@bkm.bmi.bund.de) ist möglich. Dabei sollte der Name des Projektes sowie “Innovationspreis” in den Betreff aufgenommen werden.
Die Richtlinie ist unter www.kulturstaatsminister.de abrufbar.
Die Auszeichnungen werden im Rahmen einer Preisverleihung zum Ende des Jahres 2010 verliehen.
Kontakt/Information:
BKM- Filmreferat K 35, Tel. 0228 99 681-3449, Fax: -3885,
E-Mail: K35@bkm.bmi.bund.de
