Is Everyone in Indie Film Mad as Hell?

Old School Film in The New World 20 April 2010 | 0 Comments

If you were at the New York DIY Days a few weeks ago, and stayed till the very end, you might be featured in this “Mad as Hell” Arin Crumley video below. First off, I have to say hats off to Crumley for putting all that heart into his work. I felt like I was [...]

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Microfunding For Art Comes of Age – Part 1

The Dirty M**** Word 12 February 2010 | 0 Comments

DIY filmmakers have always inherently understood the idea of microfunding, because in some sense or another, raising a few hundred or thousand from friends and family IS essentially the same idea. And now, with social media providing the kind of community reach that would have been impossible even ten years ago, this model has become [...]

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Knock-Knock. It’s 2010. With 5 Imperatives for Filmmakers

Future Predictions,Old School Film in The New World 30 December 2009 | 0 Comments

I hate rules. I’ve never been able to follow them. And I find the tyranny of web lists obnoxious. BUT, somehow one cannot deny that in an era of such chaos as we are experiencing in the media arts especially, this kind of list may…possibly… have some value. There, I said it! This is my [...]

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