A quick Hello

May 23, 2010

Hello Dear Readers.
I’m pleased to share that I’m awaiting completed “Meet The Producer…” questionnaires from some really cool producers:  Mynette Louie (Children of Invention), Stu Pollard (Bass Ackwards), and John Paul Rice (One Hour Fantasy Girl)!  So, although I’ve been kinda quiet on here lately, I have been hustling behind the scenes. 
I’ve also [...]

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Emergent digital distribution trends

March 25, 2010

The whole of his presentation runs about 2 hours, but I listened to every bit of Thomas Mai’s presentation on emergent digital distribution trends to a group of filmmakers in Brussels last October – I highly recommend it!

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Thought I’d share this…

March 18, 2010

A posting from Norman C. Berns at Reelgrok.com called, “Guess Who’s In Charge Now?” in which he talks about steps indie producers/filmmakers must take to shepherd their movies to audiences in today’s marketplace.

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Cool essay on sustainable filmmaking

February 25, 2010

Living up here in Minnesota, and having lived in both Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, as well, I know that all of us ponder how to “make a living” at what we can’t help ourselves from doing – filmmaking.
Here is a link to an essay by Minnesota filmmaker, Kevin Obsatz, where he shares his thoughts [...]

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iPhone Apps?

February 23, 2010

Here’s a link to a blurb about Sally Potter’s movie, Rage, with Jude Law and Judy Dench, that came out last September -
Indie Movie Releases Via iPhone App – Is This The Future?
Note to self:  Find out how this effort has turned out so far.
Has anyone out there read about this, had any [...]

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Meet the Producer Karin Chien

February 4, 2010

Meet Karin Chien, currently nominated for the 2010 Independent Spirit Producers Award and producer of THE EXPLODING GIRL, which is being distributed by Oscilloscope in the next month.
Karin Chien is an independent film producer committed to uncompromising visions that challenge conventional paradigms. Karin works to encourage international dialogue and foster community through her films, distribution [...]

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Workin’ on the website…

January 27, 2010

Been working all day inputting content on the website for Lost in Sunshine.  I’m excited, punchy, thrilled, and suddenly filled with doubt.  What if I/we have been looking at/working on this for so long that things about it that seem “of course” to us are inscrutable to strangers?
Can you tell I showed it to my [...]

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Money, money, money

January 21, 2010

We’re fully three weeks into 2010, and I have eight more weeks to raise $375,000 to shoot Lost in Sunshine (LIS) by our target production period of late April through most of May, and pay for its post-production.  And, that’s not the final sum of money I still need to raise for the whole life [...]

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Website Aspirations

December 29, 2009

I want some of Ree Drummond’s inexhaustible energy and ideas to rub off on me.  She’s the creator of The Pioneer Woman website, originally a straight-forward blog that I first came upon almost three years ago.  If you go visit her online empire now, you might not appreciate just how much she’s expanded from her [...]

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Inspirations… Love this

December 3, 2009

This summer, I came across the text of this speech to incoming Freshmen at the Boston Conservatory of Music by Karl Paulnack, the head of the Music Department, and was moved by it.  He’s speaking to musicians, but his words and insights speak to all artists, I feel.  Fortunately, another blogger has secured permission to [...]

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