I posted my first postmortem missive from the Sundance Producers Conference today on The Reeler Blog and will have photos and write on more specific issues and personalities here in the next couple of weeks.
Online distribution was a big new subject this year at the Conference and many people, both at the creative and technical […]

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SXSW has posted a panel discussion recording that you might be interested in - our favorite, Scott Kirsner (CinemaTech) moderates Lance Weiler (Head Trauma, Workbook Project), Jim Miller (Brave New Films Foundation), David Straus (WithoutaBox), Ian Schafer (Deep Focus) and Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs) as they discuss how filmmakers can, do, and should […]

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Ben Kempas, co-host of The D-Word, sent a notice this week that they are continuing their series of online conferences around new approaches to promoting and selling documentaries online. All concepts and ideas can certainly be applied to narratives and other multi-media creations, as well. This is Part 4, entitled “Broadcasters Go Broadband.” […]

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The TED Conference is an annual event hailed by Wired magazine as “the hottest gathering in the world.” Over the course of a long weekend in a beautiful, California seaside setting, an eclectic group of brilliant minds exchange bold ideas for the future. There’s a DVD available of a documentary that was made […]

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I signed up for Facebook some time ago; it felt a bit futile at the time. I knew I wasn’t that interested in maintaining a profile or making friends a la MySpace, but there was some reason why I felt like I needed to sign up. I was impressed that upon registering, Facebook scanned my […]

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