Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Way back – oh, let’s say the ’90s – the way to make money from your indie film was not only complicated but also like winning the lottery. After you spent your life savings, as well as accumulated vast amounts of credit card debt, your only hope of ever making a profit from your film
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
With more and more filmmakers creating video and using video sharing sites to exhibit them, Vimeo releases two new interesting features that will enable filmmakers to enhance their vids. The new Enhancer offers 50,000+ music tracks from the Vimeo Music Store to lay down on their Vimeo videos directly from the site. Also, Vimeo’s new
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
With video sharing sites such as Vimeo and YouTube becoming a viable platform for indie filmmakers, are the days of film festivals numbered? Why bother with expensive entry fees only to have your magnum opus rejected by an unpaid festival intern? After all, with the Internet, you can upload a 1920 x 1080 movie to
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
2011 is the official year that technology fried my brain. Because of the huge explosion of tech gadgets and services launched in the past few years, I can honestly say I have the attention span of a five year old. Thanks to my iPhone and iPad, apps, Netflix, Roku box, Spotify, Twitter feeds, Facebook updates,
Tags: asc, hurlbut visuals, indiegogo, kickstarter, Philip Bloom, presspauseplay, shane hurlbut, sundancce, sxsw, tiny furniture, vimeo, Vincent Laforet
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
As I sit patiently at my desk for the chance to test out the new Canon Cinema EOS C300, I have been filling my time viewing films on Vimeo‘s new Canon Cinema EOS C300 User Group. There are some terrific videos on the page, including Jonathan Yi’s informative hands-on video with the camera, ARRI’s professional cinema
Posted By Clint Milby
How To Make Your Video Look Old…But Not Tired The Unsung Hero of Magic Bullet Suite 11 I say unsung, because there’s not any mention of it being part of the Magic Bullet Suite. Once I loaded the Suite and opened it up for the first
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
As you probably know, online video has grown leaps and bounds in the past several years. Recent studies have shown that video will take up nearly half of all Internet traffic by the end of next year. Along with the DSLR and all-in-one NLE packages, video sharing website Vimeo has been one of the most
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
I wish I had a nickel for every 30-minute “short” film epic I’ve seen that could have been told in under five minutes. Well, how about five seconds? Although it’s hard to believe you can make a good five second narrative movie, the filmmakers over at 5 Second Films might change your mind. 5 Second
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
As you probably already know, the South By Southwest Music + Film Interactive Festival is currently taking place. Starting in 1987, the Austin, Texas based festival got its start as a music festival and for years has been the premiere event for indie rock. Over the years, SXSW has grown to launch a terrific film
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
In a little more than two years, we’ve seen a revolution in independent filmmaking like never before. This revolution has has had a huge impact in not only how low budget films are made, but also how they are viewed. Two of the biggest factors responsible for this revolution are the Canon 5D Mark II
Tags: canon 5d mark ii, company 3, Grey NY, kickstarter, rode ntg2, Samson Zoom H4N, sundance film festival, the cabbie, the story beyond the still, vimeo, zacuto z-finder
