In an attempt to light a fire under myself I have decided to start doing weekly webcasts for Zularian Pictures. I posted the first webcast yesterday on both the myspace and youtube pages for Zularian Pictures.
I am well aware that this may backfire and shame me terribly, at this point there is nothing much other than writing or talks for future projects in the works so the first few webcasts may be terribly dull. I am okay with that though, since I do not think may people will bother to watch them and that gives me a little time to figure out how I want to make them.
It was pointed out to me yesterday that this idea is not as novel as I had thought. I do not mean to say that I thought I had created something with the idea of a weekly webcast, I know many people have been doing that for quite some time. What I mean is, this is precisely what Walt Disney used to do for the vaious projects that his little company was in the process of working on. Mind you they did do a fair amount of work, and from what I hear, it even was somewhat successful.
Here's hoping that the webcasts will be weekly and will inspire me to get some worthwhile material together to share with whoever is watching!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
New Models
Like many aspiring filmmakers I find myself continually wondering how I am going to create inroads into an industry notorious for being coolly unavailable. My attempts at finding an agent who will read a screenplay (or even reply to an inquiry) have been altogether disheartening. Lately I have been seeing a number of promising articles on the web that offer, perhaps, a little light for those like me.
A few days ago an article in Wired magazine focused on a pair of filmmakers who now have the first ever Youtube feature-length narrative film on the site. Apparently this was made possible, partly, by their longstanding relationship with the site Spout and their scores of devoted fans.
What is truly impressive is that Spout has altered one of their services, just for Four Eyed Monsters, so that people have the option of referring the film with just one click. This click leads to Spout (as I understand it) then donating one dollar toward the film. At the two-week mark I believe the total is $34,383 that the film has made via this service. Not taking into account that the filmmakers spent $100,000 to make the movie, this is exciting news. So far my attempts to find out if Spout will be offering this referral service for other filmmakers have failed. The one email I have received was a miscommunication and nothing else has yet come in.
All in all, for those of us still operating on the principle of "don't spend anything" this model for marketing your film and making some cash looks promising indeed!
A few days ago an article in Wired magazine focused on a pair of filmmakers who now have the first ever Youtube feature-length narrative film on the site. Apparently this was made possible, partly, by their longstanding relationship with the site Spout and their scores of devoted fans.
What is truly impressive is that Spout has altered one of their services, just for Four Eyed Monsters, so that people have the option of referring the film with just one click. This click leads to Spout (as I understand it) then donating one dollar toward the film. At the two-week mark I believe the total is $34,383 that the film has made via this service. Not taking into account that the filmmakers spent $100,000 to make the movie, this is exciting news. So far my attempts to find out if Spout will be offering this referral service for other filmmakers have failed. The one email I have received was a miscommunication and nothing else has yet come in.
All in all, for those of us still operating on the principle of "don't spend anything" this model for marketing your film and making some cash looks promising indeed!
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