Self Employment In The Arts – 4th Annual Conference April 2nd

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The SEA OZARTS One Day Conference is an educational resource to help aspiring artists gain the entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to establish and maintain a career as an independent artist. If you work in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, the Literary Arts or other genres, join us! What: 4th ANNUAL OZARTS CONFERENCE – Turn your passions [...]

The Vignette Project

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The Vignette Project is a concept created by filmmakers in Springfield, Missouri following the 2010 SATO48 challenge. The idea is that movie makers may create short films with a common narrative that can be compiled in feature length DVD for presentation to festivals and further distribution. Additionally, DVDs will be made available from a production [...]

Self Employment In The Arts – 3rd Annual Ozarts Conference

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Self Employment in the Arts OzArts Conference Learn how to successfully turn your passion into a living at the SEA OzArts conference The Self Employment in the Arts (SEA) OzArts conference is a one day educational resource helping aspiring artists gain the knowledge and skills to establish and maintain a career as an independent artist. [...]

The Coming Revolution In Indie Distribution

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That’s the story the New York Times dives into with Declaration of Indies: Just Sell It Yourself! By MANOHLA DARGIS last week. In the New World, filmmakers maintain full control over their work from beginning to end: they hold on to their rights and, as important, find people who are interested in their projects and [...]

Mobile Film Festival

That’s mobile as in hauling a 40 ton truck across the Scottish Highlands. Tilda Swinton and a group known as “A Pilgrimage” are responsible for the mobile screening facilities and the films that are being shown in remote towns in Northern Scotland that wouldn’t otherwise have a chance to see these films. What type of [...]

Rhett And Link On Making Money On The Internet As Filmmakers

A growing number of filmmakers are finding ways to profit from the Internet by creating content that is professional, poignant or just plain funny. Two that have made a name for themselves are Rhett and Link, who were interviewed on NPR Monday. They and their families lived month to month for a while, until they [...]

“The Sky Has Fallen” Festival Update

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“The Sky Has Fallen” a locally produced and filmed feature film, has been accepted at the following world wide film festivals in the coming weeks and months:
British Film Fest LA
Swansea Bay Film Festival
The Heart of England International Film Festival
The International Film Festival of Ireland

Steven Soderbergh Debuts Film As VOD Rental

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So Steven Soderbergh is doing some experimenting with the film distribution model. Here’s two different reports that point to his newest release, which as noted below, is already available on select cable systems and is also now available on Amazon rentals. Details below! From Matt Dentler Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, The Girlfriend Experience, opens in [...]

Tribeca Film Festival Hosts Alternate Distribution Panel

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From Indiewire: 10 Tips For Strategizing Distribution Today by Peter Knegt Aimed at aspiring or challenged filmmakers, a Tribeca Film Festival panel discussion examined the emergence of innovative new strategies for marketing as well as digital distribution, and how there are now multiple ways for filmmakers to control what happens to their film. Six industry [...]

Roman Holiday

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A short video, 5 minutes which goes by much faster, put together by Cameron Moll of his recent vacation in Rome with his wife. As he notes on his blog (he’s a well known web designer) At the hotel and during the combined 15-hour flight home, a couple hours of video from a Canon HG10 [...]

Sita Sings The Blues

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Sita Sings the Blues Synopsis: Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the [...]

What Film Distribution Strategy Is Right For Your Film?

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At South By Southwest (SXSW), there are numerous discussions going on regarding the state of independent film distribution. Saturday’s distribution discussion at the bustling SXSW Film Conference that runs alongside the SXSW Film Festival featured Barker, Magnolia’s Eamonn Bowles, IFC’s Ryan Werner, Oscilloscope’s David Fenkel, Blockbuster’s Keith Leopard, and was moderated by film rep David [...]

Introducing The Streamy Awards

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Online entertainment grew up in 2008. Major Production studios, independent new media producers, and a swath of talent ranging from Hollywood celebrities to overnight internet sensations contributed to the development of a distinctive and vibrant new medium. It’s time it got its own awards. The Streamys were created to recognize and honor outstanding achievement for [...]

Self Employment In The Arts

Self Employment In The Arts

The 2nd Annual OzArts Conference at Drury University will focus on helping you to “Turn Your Passions Into A Living”. For the second year in a row Drury will be hosting the Self Employment in the Arts (SEA) OzArts conference, one of only six held across the country. The Conference is an educational resource for [...]

Twitter – Who’s Doing It In The Motion Media Industry Locally

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