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Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-25751356211145416902008-03-21T17:25:00.001-07:002008-03-21T17:34:05.370-07:00

Over on his blog today, Kent Nichols of Ask A Ninja asks the all important question- "Is Online Video Dead?" It's true that the real successes of web video series can be counted on one hand. But then we're still very early on in the game. The things people are trying now are different from what they were trying a year ago, or two years ago. It's a field that's still evolving, month by month.

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-84602602381894889212008-03-08T11:04:00.000-08:002008-03-08T11:05:17.318-08:00

I spent last weekend at BarCampLA, an "un-conference" for technophiles. The BarCamp concept is that people from various computer related communities come together to talk about whatever interesting ideas they're exploring at the time. There's a number of sessions each day, and the sessions are presented by the attendees. No featured guests, the whole activity soup to nuts is organized and

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-82881847482988083462008-02-04T00:01:00.000-08:002008-02-04T00:48:52.670-08:00

One offshoot of SoCal Film Group is Monkey With A Shotgun, a group formed for the purpose of making sketch comedy shorts for internet distribution. The name isn't just a moniker for the group, it's also a sort of operating philosophy. Make a lot of different stuff fast and hope to hit some target somewhere.Over the last 6 weeks or so, Monkey's 20th video, Spanish For Your Nanny, has succeeded

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-22600896086041005442008-01-02T15:02:00.000-08:002008-01-02T15:14:14.228-08:00

Looking at their domain name's site, it's hard to tell if this project is going to launch with this name or not. But the blog Divided Hollywood has some more information on the workings of the project. It's apparently intended to be a clearinghouse for WGA member web video projects, presumably including some intended more for entertainment than agitprop purposes. Reading the comments, there's

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-84161294289458476372007-12-18T23:39:00.000-08:002007-12-18T23:51:41.529-08:00

I'm hoping that either a) the name is misreported or b) they havesecured the name from the person that's had it since 2005."Starting in January, the WGA will commence STRIKETV.com, where clipsof video material will be put up and advertiser support sought."And yeah, I was checking because well...I always check. Some people don't, ;-)

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-17578980290658813122007-12-04T17:46:00.000-08:002007-12-04T17:51:06.288-08:00

Looks like NewTeeVee is also asking questions about Quarterlife's performance. It's worth nothing the reported total of 2,000,000 views is still considerably more than you can track on the main video sites, at least for the episodes. Unless QL is counting total views for all the videos, including the little interstitial-like things and then dividing that by 8. Hopefully not, hopefully they

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-82033191721424253512007-12-02T20:26:00.000-08:002007-12-02T21:49:06.331-08:00

So, Quarterlife.Not doing as well as it was hyped to do, but hard to call it a failure since web success may never have been the true plan.Looking over the history of how the got to where it is, it seems reasonable to assume that the net launch of the episodes was never intended as much more than a PR push for the TV version. A while back, the producers put together a pilot for a show called 1/

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Back from BarCampLA, and I have to say it was quite refreshing to spend a day talking with people who are at least attempting interesting things with technology. And every single presentation gave me at least one idea for a project, which was my real motivation for going.Anyway, some random impressions from Day 1:Small-scale social networks can be used for small-scale social pressure. Thought

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-23753641396955510602007-06-24T18:18:00.000-07:002007-06-24T18:21:53.287-07:00

So here's a funny video from my friends at SoCal Film Group- a comedy about the old days when you'd go in a store and rent "videos". My memories of doing such are vague in this time of NetFlix and the coming age of digital distribution, but at least they aren't driving those whacky old model-T cars!

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-62263396918768785252007-05-12T17:31:00.000-07:002007-05-13T15:01:48.212-07:00

You can't sell a feature film on the internet. It's both too much and not enough. It costs too much to produce a feature in relation to what you'll get back from internet-only sales. But a single feature isn't not enough to build a regular audience- people will visit and watch once, and then what? Word of mouth is possible, but it’s a lot more difficult with a one-shot, however impressive

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1154147030795823552006-07-28T21:09:00.000-07:002006-07-28T21:25:59.943-07:00

In a nice article on the digital film revolution, David Zelon of Mandalay Filmed Entertainment had one humdinger of a statement on microdistribution and the associated marketing-"Without mass marketing, you won't capture the attention of a mass audience, and the Internet is not a viable way to attract a mass audience."Talk about whistling past the graveyard...Zelon's views on more than 640k RAM

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1148538008497798312006-05-24T23:13:00.000-07:002006-05-24T23:53:22.483-07:00

The revolution has come, and it seems it's being televised after all. Well, sorta.By now, nearly everyone has heard the Myspace and YouTube explosions. By combining the tools on these two sites, it's possible to build a nice little social network around your video, or video series. You can lead people to your work, and keep them updated on new installments quite easily.What's not so widely

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1147679424503600252006-05-15T00:48:00.000-07:002006-05-15T00:51:37.563-07:00

Tim Clark over at SoCal Film Group's blog has put together a handy list of web video outlets, mostly compiled from other blogs (hmm, I think this is a second derivative post).Anyway, it's still nice to have them all linked in one place. Digital Distribution | Filmmaking | Web Video

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1145819208223621402006-04-23T11:40:00.000-07:002006-04-23T12:15:07.336-07:00

In an interesting marketing ploy, The Weinstein Company has placed the first 8 minutes on "Lucky Number Slevin" on YouTube.Now, it happens that the first 8 minutes of this particular film are pretty self-contained, like a nice little prologue to the film itself. There's a story, more or less complete in itself, but that implies a lot about the direction and style of the whole film. It's a

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1145302490433605252006-04-17T12:34:00.000-07:002006-04-17T14:39:22.463-07:00

A few weeks ago, during the Silver Lake Film Festival, I attended a panel on Digital Distribution of films. The panel was full of people who are hard at work to bring about a world where distributing your work digitally is a practical alternative.Representatives from Movielink, Withoutabox, Moving Pictures Magazine, DirectTV, Goldpocket Interactive, and Cinema Screen Media. Several of those

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1144774888968576552006-04-11T09:53:00.000-07:002006-04-14T20:27:45.956-07:00

Emmy Awards for PC, Cellphone, and other mobile platforms.It's interesting to see that the big boys see the potential here and are rolling in full force, while the indie folks don't seem to have really flooded in the way I would have expected. True, these nominations recognize the work of many smaller productions, but the masses don't seem to have really embraced these platforms just

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1144728456617104572006-04-10T20:33:00.000-07:002006-04-14T20:29:07.553-07:00

A little background on my DV experience:For the last 4 years, I've been associated with the SoCal Film Group, a creative collective of writers, directors, and producers who have come together to take their filmmaking destiny into their own hands. The group has had 15-20 members at any particular time, and about as many reasons for participation. For some of us, the group has been a relatively

Rod Ramseynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25764249.post-1144652076102211112006-04-09T23:41:00.000-07:002006-04-14T20:29:34.343-07:00

No Permission. That's what the digital revolution has finally brought to the media, a permanent state of No Permission. We don't need it any more, we grant it to ourselves.Thanks to low-cost cameras, affordable post-production software, and high-speed internet connection, any aspiring filmmaker can write, direct, edit, score, market and distribute anything they want. Features, series, short

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