IndieGoGo Covered by Christian Science Monitor

As part of the Innovation thread, Stephen Humphries featured IndieGoGo at the heart of his piece in the Christian Science Monitor, about engaging fans via the Internet: Auteur? Shop Your Movie to the "Soc-Net" Set". Humphries highlighted some IndieGoGo successes,... Read more

Over 1 Million Flip for the Flip Cam

Record, stop, play, a built in USB connection, embedded software, and the size of a regular wallet. The Flip cam has become all the rage and slowly become a mainstream tool for videos. The $150 tool easily becomes a mobile... Read more

11 Steps For a Successful Fundraising Event

So you need to raise money. Whether its for a movie, a charity, or a political campaign, somehow you need folks to part with their cash and contribute it to your project. Obviously the Internet provides many of the tools... Read more

Self Distribution Reaching Tipping Point

Don't look now, but we might be reaching a tipping point for self distribution of film. Even as recent as a couple years ago, self distributors were disregarded as small time filmmakers that couldn't score the right deal with a... Read more

Cool Tools for Do-It-With-Others Storytelling

This is a guest post written by Michael Armillay, a web writer and social media enthusiast I like making stories. My problem is that I have trouble developing them. This is what happens to me. I get very excited about... Read more

Latino Festival Financing Panel

After listening in to the distribution panel at the New York International Latino Film Festival, I then switched roles to participate on the financing panel. Along side filmmakers and industry leaders, Bienvenida Matías, Executive Director of Association of Hispanic Arts,... Read more

DIYDAY LA Live

With a sold out crowd (event is free) in the audience, DIYDAY LA has kicked off with Robert Greenwald's keynote. Now on stage its case study time with Arin Crumley, Ondi Timoner, Hunter Weeks, and M Dot Strange. Stay updated... Read more

6Qs with Andrew Nisker

Andrew Nisker and Yvonne Welbon are two filmmakers behind Garbage! The Revolution Starts At Home. As part of their self distribution strategy, they embraced the DIWO (Do-It-With-Others) philosophies and in the process created another model to help filmmakers reach their... Read more

Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture Professor, Dies at 47

Randy Pausch died today after a long battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Dr Pausch was a very popular computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon and became nationally recognized after his "Last Lecture" speech became a motivational must watch on YouTube. The... Read more

'Where The Hell is Matt?' Finds A Cause

I know. You have already seen the Where The Hell is Matt? video, thought it was awesome, and are sick of hearing about it. But are you aware that net-celebrity Matt Harding is now planning to use his fame, his... Read more