New Zealand Film Commission Panel, Wellington

DIY Days: Audience Building Tools

DIY Days launched today in Los Angeles, and here is my video presentation that I made remotely, since I was unable to make it to LA this time. I discuss a strategy for picking and using tools to build an audience for your film on the Internet. As promised, there is a list of tools on my website.

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Alternative Storytelling for New Digital Media P...

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Slamdance Fireside Chat: "SEC Compliance"

Slamdance panelists discuss ways to raise film financing from a large number of people while operating within securities regulations.

Slamdance Fireside Chat: "Get Creative"

An excerpt from the Slamdance Fireside Chat: Alternative Funding Methods For Indies Slava Rubin (IndieGoGo) and Amy Dotson (IFP) share some ideas for raising the value of a film by exploiting assets other than the feature itself. January 19, 2008

15 Waffles

15 Waffles is a series of connected vignettes that follows four New Yorkers as they lead their friends and family to their favorite breakfast joint. Each vignette begins a short while after the last one has ended, and the chain suggests that the restaurant is quickly adopted as a favorite by all who approach it: an eager romantic brings a skeptical coffee-shop clerk, who brings an earnest divorcé, who brings his son, who returns with his tragic Belgian girlfriend. Each story brings the audienc...

Panel: Distribution in the New Age

Panel discussion from the Big Apple Film Festival featuring:- Aaron Levine (moderator), Film Division Manager at Gen Art- Peter Goldwyn, Vice President Acquisitions Samuel Goldwyn Films- Clémence Taillandier, Head of Theatrical Sales, Zeitgeist Films- Erik Davis Managing Editor, Cinematical.com- Brian Chirls (Distribution and Marketing Manager, Four Eyed Monsters)

Power to the Pixel breakout session, London

I participated in this Q&A session about Four Eyed Monsters and the future of film distribution, expertly moderated by Richard Ayers of Magic Lantern, sponsored by Digital Horizons. The session was part of Power to the Pixel and the London Film Festival.For a bit more context, see the related panel or more videos on Arin's YouTube account.Thanks to Norma Burke for shooting.