Fans Of Film

Going Back To Free

2010-05-24T06:09:00.000-07:00

It's a back and forth decision on charging, not charging for FOF memberships
and posting content to the site, as ning.com ushers in a new charge for Ning communities,
of which forces us to go to the Ning Pro plan for $500 a year.

At this time I cant see the value in charging membership or charging to load and post content.

So here's a letter that will go out to anybody posting content to the site,
I would love to get some feedback and any idea's that you might have
on how to pay for this, email me or leave comment in our newly added suggestion box in the
forum at http://fansoffilm.com/forum/categories/suggestions-for-fof/listForCategory

Thank you for taking the time to share with FOF and the rest of the world your content, "Fans Of Film" wishes you the best in building an online audience. fansoffilm.com is currently getting an average of 3000+ new visits a month, and believes FOF is successfully setting itself up to usher in a new generation in content delivery as @FansOfFilm becomes one on the most followed independent social film network on Twitter.

What makes our social network special is the filtering, curating, and sharing that FOF has personally pledged to for almost 2 years, in creating a higher quality social media portal for quality filmmakers and producers. All this has cost is about in dollars is $3000 to date including internet service. The real cost has been the hours that FOF has into developing, networking, filtering, and curating the site, and even though there are some services, products and even a film available for rent, there is know current supporting revenue from the site, so FOF has started asking for a yearly pledge of $10 to help pay for the site and further help you. FOF believes it's a small pledge for what FOF is doing for filmmakers and producer coming to the web and independently promoting and distributing their films and webshows. Thanks again for posting your content to the site, and if you fill FOF is offering a valuable service to you please make a pledge here http://fansoffilm.com/page/partnership-pledges-1

Regards
Michael/FOF

Entrepreneurial hybrid Film Distribution

2010-01-12T13:18:00.000-08:00

This is a message to all filmmakers, teachers, business's and digital distributors that think like Entrepreneurs.

I'm going to show you how to create multiple streams of income using products and services your already using or could be using.

It's really simple, lots of us are using websites and video, and many more are coming. You can make money by providing these needed services to the growing market, using affiliate based services, such as .ws which stands for website just like .com stands for commercial. Global Domains International is one the fastest growing domain registers on the web, and as all the .com become unavailable .ws will become even more popular, and they give you your own domain and custom website for 10 bucks a month

Another great affiliate service is Maxcast VOD with paypal integration for pay-per-viewing your film or teaching video. This is a high quality streaming video service that is being provided by Movenetworks, the same platform that large networks like FOX, CW, ABC and more are using. So for a really high quality PPV VOD service that's affordable at 10 bucks a month, you can profit 100% from your VOD sells, plus you can claim you've gone green with your content distribution by putting our green seal of approval on your site in support of VOD distributors..

Don't forget that "Fans Of Film will list your film for free in our official film list, within that listing it will have your VOD link, your Twitter link, and your FOF profile link. Where you create your own free custom profile, and put up your own advertising, really FOF supports the filmmaker in a way that gives all the opportunity to the filmmaker to make 100% of their distribution process with FOF, and with multiple streams of income possibilities.

If your a filmmaker or film distributor there are many other great affiliate programs that are all about film, such as Linkshare that has a handful of large distribution film sites that provide banners and marketing material for your ease. You can see some great film sites that are offering affiliate programs here. O yea almost forgot Amazon with their rotating film banners, you can even hand pick the film you wanna sale by category and genres.

We just keep growing!!!

2009-07-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

It's a little hard to keep up with all the filmmakers and new films coming out, unless I give it all my time, witch is the case anyway "and loving it!"....I've had to start two files in my email for filmmakers and films on Twitter that FOF has connected with now ranging in the hundreds. As our following on twitter reaches 5000 filmmakers & fans and just keeps growing everyday, I see great future for independent labeling and distribution.

I'm proud that I continue to say the caliber of members on Fans Of Film is outstanding, there has been some great trailers loaded I highly recommend, her are just a few, Butterflies, the 1st film about YouTube Premiering: AOF (Action on FIlm) International Film Festival July 27th..... Chiaroscuro, Baby - Teaser Trailer A feature film, coming November 4th.....For this trailer "One Bad Mice" the filmmaker Matthew Rafferty has the 88 min action comedy made for just $50,000 in 21 days up for free on www.iklipz.com SEARCH one bad mice, I watched the film myself worth seeing for free impressively done for it's budget.

Reminder: Every Monday night is a snag and chat night, watch a doc from SnagFilms.com and chat about it with live chat on FOF just like facebook bottom right of your screen, are just post a short review in the forum. Fans Of Film has it's own snag pics including a film made right here in New Mexico "Off The Grid: Life On The Mesa" Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of eco-pioneers, teenage runaways, war veterans and drop-outs, live on the fringe and off the grid, struggling to survive with little food, less water and no electricity, as they cling to their unique vision of the American dream watch now for free http://fansoffilm.com/page/snag-films. Also check our latest additions to the film list including my favorite category's "independent TV & Public TV" where you can find 3 independent web show you've never heard of, but getting great online reviews "Exit Stage Left" "Pillow Talk" "Fissure TV" FOF has also listed some of your favorite networks such as Hulu, FOX, KNME/PBS, Oprah, ABC, Current, CW, TV.com, BobVila. All profile listing are large and colorful for your browsing pleasure so enjoy our hard work of bringing it all together for your easy access.

Thank you for your support on Fans Of Film and most of all your support of independent film making & independent distribution, indie labeling.

PS. I would like to encourage you to learn more about FOF on our about page
http://fansoffilm.com/page/about-fans-of-film

Michael/FOF

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Snag A Film Night

2009-06-27T20:39:00.000-07:00

Chat function has been added to FOF, bottom right corner just like Facebook "good job Ning"

Some of you may have seen the post on Twitter announcing our Snag A Film Night, every Monday
with snagfilms.com. One of the hottest and fastest growing documentary websites online,
where you can browse through over 700 doc films. Plus you can put your own Snag A Film theater widget
with your own company logo to promote your cause on your website wow! how cool is that.

The Official Fans Of Film Snag Films Theater page http://fansoffilm.com/page/snag-films
Also if you would like to RSVP to a social gathering of film watching every Monday night at
Studio Broadway for more details http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=101465212749

We've listed some new films, and we've had some wow good trailers and shorts loaded to the site.
Support your fellow filmmakers visit and comment on their videos http://fansoffilm.com/video/video

Regards
Michael/Fans Of Film

Visit Fans Of Film at: http://fansoffilm.com

Supporting local art & film in New Mexico

2009-05-10T10:07:00.000-07:00

Your are invited to a special kick off event of art, film, music and fun for this collaborative celebration of Fans Of Film and a handful of aspiring filmmakers coming together for an indie film production unlike anything you've ever seen
Cost: Free..........Where: 1814 south Broadway
When: Friday June 5 Doors open at 5:00 closes at midnight

Michael has been working at the studio off and on for almost a decade, and says he's very excited to be coming back home to continue his filming of the studio and it's life in glass. Also to take a role helping Nile's plan this summers classes and events that includes a film night for both student and seasoned filmmakers.

As an acting administrators/events coordinators Michael Niles and Jodie will be scheduling all events for the studio to use the large open space in the front for performing arts/shows . Michael Palombo will also be offering his 10 years of blowing glass to studio for a combined experience of over 20 years going into the teaching agenda.

A Filmmakers News

2009-05-03T09:33:00.000-07:00

A warm welcome to new members

I'm proud to say we've reach a membership base on "Fans Of Film" of 200, and a following on Twitter of over 2500. Thank you and thank yourselves for being involved in a new movement for indie filmmakers looking at independent labeling and distribution as a new viable model.

The more we come together in communities like this on the web, the more freedom we will have over the future of independent production and distribution. We're currently looking for independent content for review and distribution on our own "FOF HD PPV Network"

A special thanks to the filmmaking community in Albuquerque for being so proactive in it's own growth, and a very special thanks to the film community online as a whole. This would not be possible without you.

Another thing I'm very proud of is the launch of our green group, and green distribution seal of approval, allowing digital distributors to put this beautifully illustrated and designed seal of approval on their website in support of green distribution. Join our green group on FOF http://www.fansoffilm.com/group/filmg.

Filmmaking is a change for me in some ways but in some ways not. As a 20 year artist I consider myself a master in certain mediums such as glass blowing, and water color painting. Reflecting back as a beginner in glass and the first two years of mistakes while teaching myself, that's how I fill right now has I go into my 3rd year of being an aspiring filmmaker. And yes I'm making less mistakes, and seeing real progress in my efforts for myself and for "Fans Of Film"

FOF keeps getting real attention from all over the world, and growing support from the city of Albuquerque. Such as the Albuq film office and local businesses like "LiquidLightPharm" one of the finest suppliers of fresh and locally grown wheatgrass in the state. and supplying fine organic stores, such as "Sun Flower Markets" and La Montanita co-op with their new on the go frozen shots, and now providing special delivery for the film community. Also Locally owned "Reel Solutions" providing the most experienced and professional concierge service to the growing film and entertainment industry in New Mexico.

For myself I'm currently working as a producer on a independent debut project called "LOCKED A Chicano Film Series" A production by Tito Chavez @ http://tiguex.com and you can also find them on Fans Of Film @ http://www.fansoffilm.com/group/lockednewmexico, and Myspace http://www.myspace.com/LockedNM

I'm also working on my own debut feature film called "2013 After The Dead" and recently had an early script release of witch you can read at http://2013afterthedead.com

Regards from a filmmaker that's not just thinking about himself, but wants to be a rising tide for filmmakers everywhere.

Michael Palombo
creator and administrator for "Fans Of Film"

Another growing report from FOF filmmakers.

2009-04-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

By Michael Palombo

I'm pleased to announce that we've reached a quality film following on twitter of over two thousand, this means the value of "Fans Of Film" has become a true resource for those that have a film, and need views or reviews has become a strong reality. The membership and support both locally and nationally has been amazing, thank you.

Recognizing our biggest local support: Pam and Josh Maitreya from Liquid Light Pharm. Jesse and Ann learner from the Albuq film office, Ivan Wiener President of Reel Solutions, Shane triplea from NewUprising, and Lee Stranahan with NM Media News.

Recognizing our biggest outside supporters: I want to Own a Film Company,

(My resource for this info is the filmmakers bible, the Independent feature film production. A complete guide From Concept Through Distribution the fully revised edition Writer Gregory Goodell)

In the past the only alternative for a filmmaker that had a great film with great festival reviews, but didn't get the distribution deal they wanted, hit the street with what is referred to has four wall distribution. This took a lot of work and commitment from a filmmaker, But in the case of filmmakers like Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky successfully distributed their $100,000 documentary "Brother Keeper" after they spent $15.000 to open in New York and San Francisco. Passed out flyers at rival theaters, stood in line at those theaters talking up their film, made personal appearances at screenings to answer questions and plead with the audiences to spread the word. They also reached out to organizations that might have interest, they even hired an assistant to research colleges in the area that the film would be playing, such as department heads and professor's in sociology, law American studies, Anthropology, agriculture. Then the filmmaker phoned and suggested that viewing the film might be a worth wild assignment. They devoted a year to the distribution effort, receiving additional distribution support from American Playhouse. They spent around $250,000 on prints (28 of then) and advertising for their $100,000 movie, but the film has grossed over$1.5 million in domestic theatrical release, another $900.000 in world wide TV sales, $80,000 in video sales and additional money through a sound track deal and various other thing like T-shirts and buttons for a total of $2.6 million.

The future has given filmmakers a new way beyond the four wall, for marketing a film and getting the word out, but can't do it all on their own. Filmmakers need aggregator like FOF, review sites, pod-casters, twitter and more, so a filmmaker has a much quicker and affordable approach to getting a film out to the world.

Given half the film revenue (over 4 billion a year) comes from abroad, witch puts the film industry second only to the aerospace industry in contributing to the positive balance of trade in the US. It's my opinion the web has dropped all the walls, and we can now reach domestic and foreign markets from our living room or home office. The great thing about all this is the cost of marketing a film has been thrown out the window, in comparison to the old model, but it does mean an investment of time. It took a year for Joe and Bruce to get their film out there, but oh my gosh, look at the foot work and real money investment in marketing.

I'm not saying you don't need any money to market your film, but we do have the means to go low budget with a web marketing plan that will lead to success and a solid growing fan base, and once it reaches a certain number it will grow on it's own without doing anything, that will carry on long after your dead.

Self distribution takes a lot of hard work, courage and belief in your film, but the payoff and rewards in the long term, could be more rewarding and profitable, than you'll ever see in selling your film to a distributor. That may or may not market and represent your film properly, and could leave you right where you started, a starving filmmaker. It's all risky stuff but at least with self distribution, you have know body to blame but yourself, and you still have your film/art.

There's lots of opportunity and ways to do it yourself and sites like us that want to work with filmmakers in assuring that filmmakers have a viable future for independent distribution on the web, and it's film community's like "Fans Of Film" that will shape the future.

The World's Largest Community of Independent Filmmakers

2009-04-02T13:10:00.000-07:00

Since 2000, Withoutabox has been finding new ways to connect film artists with their audiences, working directly with over 800 film festivals on six continents and representing over 225,000 members in 200 countries-from first-time directors to Academy Award® winners.

The company's signature innovation, the International Film Submission System, links rights-holders with film festivals, networks, and competitions worldwide.

Filmmakers and Film Festivals Discovering Each Other, the World Over.

In January of 2009 alone, almost half of the 5,400 filmmakers joining the Withoutabox community came from outside of the United States.

Filmmakers love Withoutabox because it eliminates the hassles of submitting to multiple festivals. Filmmakers simply fill out one paperless entry form, search for festivals that are right for them and click to submit, all in a few easy steps.

The system integrates simply and seamlessly into a festival website with no interruption and dramatically streamlines the process of outreach, submission management, and notification. Withoutabox also offers an unparalleled suite of tools and marketing options that help to manage and promote your request for submissions.

Filmmakers Benefit on IMDb.com by Submitting to your Film Festival.

In 2008, Withoutabox was acquired by IMDb.com, an Amazon.com company.

Through this exclusive relationship with the world's most visited internet movie site, filmmakers submitting to partner film festivals automatically generate a no-hassle film title page on IMDb.com, which means that filmmakers already receive a staggering promotional benefit, just for submitting to your festival.

And this is just a first step in an upcoming suite of innovations that will harness the global reach and influence of IMDb's 57 million monthly film-loving visitors, and put to work for you the limitless potential of its authoritative database.

And, with Amazon's rapidly expanding distribution platforms like Amazon Video On Demand and CreateSpace, film festivals will be able to extend their curatorial influence and help film artists find their audiences like never before.

It's all just beginning. And we want you to be a part of it.

Learn more and get started by contacting us at festadmin@withoutabox.com or go to www.Withoutabox.com

Green Seal Of Approval For Digital Distribution

2009-03-16T19:04:00.000-07:00

FOR RELEASE!
By Michael Palombo

Making a dream a reality, beyond the life changing experience of stepping into the film industry in 2007, it's truly been a roller coaster of a ride. Lets go beyond being a 20 year artist and trying to understand the medium of film making for myself as an aspiring filmmaker/producer working on my own productions/art.

Distribution! better yet green distribution, as we move into age of real concern for our environment, and our impact on this great planet we call home. I'm proud to release the
"Green Seal Of Approval For Digital Distribution" A contract will go with this seal asking for the true value of DVD's to be enforced including environmental impact "yet to be valued" and the main form of digital distribution being in the form of downloads and on-demand video. I started a green distribution campaign August 2008 with setting up a blog filmmakersgogreen.blogspot.com and soon after posting my idea on the very popular ideablob.com website. So this is not a new thing, it's something thats been in the works for over a year. We also have a production idea on the board for a documentary on "The Life Of A DVD" for those filmmakers, producers, and writers that might read this, it needs funding and script

Over the last year I have committed all my spare time and late nights to understanding yet another medium. The computer world and how it's being used for marketing and distribution. At the same time developing a network and distribution model, with the launch of "Fans Of Film" in November of 2008, With the experience of facilitating and networking thefilmmakerschannel.com and the martialarts-channel.com. I've come to understand a great deal about the future of the web, and the opportunities it's opening up for independent filmmakers and producers. As a result of all of this, the phone has started to ring with filmmakers, producers asking for consultation, pod casters asking for interviews. Today I'm going to be on a live show called "Blog Talk Radio"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ ... So yes I think I'm headed in the right direction and making waves in a new age of independent production and distribution. I think it's going to be a great year, and I'm looking forward to working with all the people that shown interest and those to come. So join us on fansoffilm.com for a movement are better yet a revolution!

Experience The Quality That Fans And Distributors Are Talking About

2009-03-07T14:55:00.000-08:00

Congratulation to Ning for supporting iframes, something that I've been waiting for, but just for a little while. Ning continues to move forward in better developing it's back end. Thank You Ning.

We are now displaying our official "Fans Of Film PPV Channel" on the front page, with a fr ee music video followed by a Maxcast commercial, our streaming service provider.

I know what your thinking a music video and a commercial that's nothing, and your right. But some of the biggest networks of today, started that way.

We are currently looking for and reviewing content for our home page channel. That will have a limited amount of the highest quality independent films and programs we can find, or bring to us. We are working on securing some great content with some great filmmakers/producers, so stay tuned for a great future for all of us.

We still have a growing film list for filmmakers to independently distribute from, using what ever services you provide for your DVD, download, and on-demand distribution services, and you don't need to provide all three, one is fine.

I believe with enough time and added value, and content to the network, that FOF will become a viable and truly independent film market unlike any other.

Filmmakers putting filmmakers in business for themselves

Sincerely

Michael/Fans Of Film

Visit Fans Of Film at: http://fansoffilm.com

Crowd sourcing for filmmakers

2009-02-14T18:00:00.000-08:00

Crowd sourcing is a 2-Way Street, in building a stronger more involved community, and fan base. A great way to do this, ask your fans/followers for their input. This will builds their commitment, and involvement in your success, plus you'll get to take advantage of their feed back, helping you market yourself more efficiently.

One of the places filmmakers are finding very affective for crowd sourcing is Twitter. I talked to a filmmaker just the other day, thats using Twitter almost exclusively for marketing his films, and get feed back on his projects. In my opinion filmmakers shouldn't be spending any money on a website, and marketing their films. Filmmakers should be marketing themselves, using social media and crowed sourcing.

Really what Fans Of Film is offering, is the perfect situation as a free home base, to network, and crowd source from. I say this because Fans Of Film is part of the Ning film community of networks popping up all over the world, and with your single Ning ID you can pop in and out of hundreds of communities that you sign up to. Think of the growd sourcing possibilities, and all this is free. So I ask you why bother with a website? Just come to Fans Of Film set up a wicked profile, bio, load your trailers, and provide a download, and on-demand PPV video link, and start crowd sourcing tell the cows come home.

Here are a few Ning film communities that you might like
http://filmfriendfinder.ning.com/
http://filminstitute.ning.com/
http://wannabestudios.ning.com/
http://indieproducer.net/
http://reelladies.ning.com/
http://fansoffilm.com/

Sincerely

Fans Of Film

Fans Of Film podcast interview with Midwest Media Now

2009-02-07T17:44:00.000-08:00

By Michael Palombo
I would like to thank Matt Kern web, twitter Sean McMenemy web, twitter
for the opportunity to do the interview for their podcast show, even if I think I was way yelling and over selling myself , it's still a good interview, maybe a little long.

In this show Sean and Matt talk with Michael Palombo from Fans of Film, a community site for filmmakers. Michael believes in the future of digital downloads for movies and other visual content. We found him on twitter or should I say he found us. Either way he’s a great find. Look for him to be on many more shows as his brainstorm grows.
Click here for podcast

12 reasons filmmakers should be using social media

2009-01-24T18:21:00.000-08:00

Information source
1. Everyone is Using it- Okay, so it’s a bit of a stretch to say “everyone” is using social media, but the truth is there are millions of social media users. According to one study, over 60 million Americans have read a blog. Worldwide, that number is closer to 350 million. When my parents send me YouTube links, I know that almost everyone is involved with social media now.

2. Social Media is Gaining Trust- One of the knocks on social media as a source of information used to be that it wasn’t trustworthy. Today, social media is one of the top sources of news and important updates. People are starting to gain trust in it, and as a result, it’s still growing.

3. It’s Still Growing- The bottom line is new people are becoming social media users every day. According to newly released statistics, Facebook is now growing by about 600,000 users each day. Blog reading has grown by over 66% in the last year. In other words, social media is still growing, and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

4. Our President Uses it- Soon to be President Obama has gotten the most out of social media. His campaign was highly active on Twitter, and now he uses YouTube to deliver his weekly address. In fact, his communication strategy has recently been dubbed “Obama 2.0.” President Obama has big plans to continue using the web as an important means of communicating with the American public.

5. When One Social Network Falls, Another Rises- Whenever a social network starts to decline in popularity (see MySpace,) detractors are quick to say that social media really is a fad. What they fail to realize is that the demise of one social network doesn’t spell the demise of social media. While MySpace was waning in popularity, sites like Twitter were exploding onto the scene. So, don’t be fooled by the downturn of a single social network. Others are stronger than ever before.

6. It’s Fast- In this increasingly digital society, speed is of the essence. We want the latest information, and we want it now. That’s another reason social media is so popular. Bloggers routinely break the latest stories, and the instant interactivity makes social media a hit. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve followed conference coverage on blogs, Twitter, and other sources.

7. Cost Efficient for Companies- With the economy continuing to spiral out of control, companies are looking for new, cost-efficient ways to communicate with their target audience. Social media is fast becoming a priority for many of them. It’s one of the cheapest, fastest, and most effective ways to tap into the consumer pulse. Rest assured, the number of companies using social media will only rise in 2009.

8. It’s Passionate- One of the main reasons social media is knocking newspapers out of business is the passion behind it. With social media, people have leeway to inject their personality into the mix, and things are a bit more informal. As a result, this connects better with readers than stiff, impersonal content. Love them or hate them, social media users are as passionate as they come. Just hang out on Digg for a few minutes reading comments if you don’t believe me.

9. It’s Free- Everyone loves anything that’s free.

10. Social Media is Versatile- The social media landscape is more versatile than ever before. There are social networks for virtually every niche imaginable. Whether you’re looking to talk about video games or to connect with young singles, there are social networks out there for you. This versatility means that everyone has a place in the social media realm.

11. The Internet is Social- At the end of the day, this is the biggest reason you can’t ignore social media in 2009. The Internet is an inherently social medium. That won’t change. People will always want to engage with one another online, and social media will be there in one form or another to accommodate this need.

12. Connecting geographically on a small level- Unlike the big social platforms where your one in a million, there is a big rise in small geographical social platforms opening a real opportunity to network in a more concentrated and focused environments around the world, while at the same time getting more cultural content, and more local content than ever before.

Netflix wants to award a filmmaker $350,000

2009-01-18T17:06:00.000-08:00

To all filmmaker with a story, netflix wants to give you $350,000
to learn more click here.

How Fans Of Film can support local content creators and businesses.

2009-01-16T10:50:00.000-08:00

By Michael Palombo
How Fans Of Film can support content creators and businesses.
While at the same time creating a business model for itself, without trying to profit from the revenue of content being sold by artist.

It's my belief, fansoffilm.com will become a viable and thriving network of independent filmmakers, businesses, artists, really the list goes on.
I say this with extreme confidence as we watch millions of people switch from cable to the internet over the next few years. Also the success of a no-name network called HULU.com, has changed everything. This has every major network across the world re-thinking the old model of distribution.

With the support of the filmmaking community, fansoffilm.com could very quickly become a network that supports content creators of all genres. While at the same time supporting business, by connecting content creators and businesses for product placement and commercial advertising. We are already seeing an explosion in geographical and cultural community networks on the web separating themselves from just being a blip on Facebook.

What this means is the money will get spread more threw the local economy, instead of one network controlling the commercials and making all the profit. You will now have many content creators controlling the product they want to market, and the content creator makes all the profits, "spreading the wealth" Fans Of Film will make it's profits by providing a directory for business and content creators that will have a monthly subscription rate for businesses.

Beyond the ability for anybody to set up a profile, on fansoffilm.com, and advertise, distribute goods/films from their own profile. Fans Of Film also has it's own official program listing,
In my opinion trying to make profit from the sales of content is to controlling and confining in the ways of management. And limits your true ability to expand and support other content. By letting independent filmmakers, producers, distributors control their own content and get all the profits from that, "Fans Of Film" will not be held back by in-house issues that most expanding companies face. Fans Of Film will make its profits by providing the market/network listing, while charging a monthly subscription rates to list content, in the official program/film list.
If you would like to be Fans Of Film instant friend, here is a personal invite to Fans Of Film http://www.fansoffilm.com/?xgi=9jzodDT
Sincerely

Preaching to choir rings so true, it seems the community of filmmakers

2009-01-10T12:06:00.000-08:00

This was my response to the post below from http://blog.filmtiki.com/
Preaching to choir rings so true, it seems the community of filmmakers 'that are active online' are aware of whats going on, but even then, there's very little focus in any solid direction.

One of the first pioneers in content distribution online was David Stewart Best known as one-half of the groundbreaking synth-pop duo Eurythmics, Dave Stewart was also a highly successful producer, and on occasion, a solo artist. David started his version of YouTube in 1995, called the Slyfi channel, he had artist like Bono from U2 and others convinced they could have their TV show online. Well to say the least the world wasn't ready, is the world ready now?

I think we are ready, with internet media moving to peoples TV's, and with independent distribution media platforms coming into play. We will know longer be preaching to the choir.

Of course social media platforms will play the biggest role in all this, but in my opinion the larger social networks like facebook will only be a starting place for building an audience. A filmmaker just has he does in the real world, is going to go after established markets such as amazon and netflix. Beyond amazon and netflix/Hollywood are the independent film sites, and some of those have their own social network such as a forums, all great outlet for filmmakers to distribute and get the word out, and Film Tiki could be a platform to expedite some of this process for filmmakers, and filmmakers need all the help we can get.

There is a social media platform that I think people, filmmakers, business have yet to fully understand and embrace, and that's Ning.
With over 600,000 growing communities linked to facebook and Youtube. Ning. Communities also are inter linkable in a way that allows you to have a common ning user ID, that you can use to join any other network, and any friends you make, can be invited to your other networks.

In my opinion we will see an explosion of independent online movie sites for filmmakers with lots of options, but the one that will survive and flourish will be the ones that best embrace web 2.0 using all social media tools and platforms, this includes businesses.
The day of the build it and leave websites are coming to an end, filmmakers are going to half to get involved

Social Media use is exploding - in a good way!

I love saying “I told you so”. But then who doesn’t…

Before I start my rant for the day, let me give you a bit of background info: for the last couple of years I have been working as a researcher and consultant on how to use Social Media to promote and distribute products and services, especially films, which is where the idea for developing FilmTiki came from. In my work as a consultant and speaker I often get asked who uses Social Media to find out about products anyway. Who cares about what their online “friends” say? Surely, it must only be teens hanging around myspace in their suburbian bedrooms - that is the most common statement. And these teens only watch “Not another teen movie”, “The Dark Knight”, “Gossip Girl” and the likes.

Well, that is not true. Not true whatsoever. A new report from Forrester Research shows that “usage of social technologies increased markedly in 2008: three in four US online adults now use social tools to connect with each, up from 56% in 2007.” (quoted from ReadWriteWeb)

Apparantly the use of ratings and reviews will continue to grow and become a staple when making purchase decisions (I certainly take user reviews on Amazon.com into account). Also, blogging and tagging remain popular.

Some of the best news for niche content producers (read: independet filmmakers) is that youtube look-alikes for a huge range of niches are popping up almost daily. Sure, not all of them are actually going to survive or be useful, but by utilizing the right mix of huge or at least big streaming platforms (along with proper TAGGING) and niche platforms suitable for ones content, filmmakers can build and reach engaged audiences for their films. And, those audiences will tell their friends about the films they like.

Things are looking up, online. Be sure, I’ll keep telling you. But if you are reading this, I am probably preaching to the choir. So… tell your friends! Especially those who doubt the usefulness of Social Media.

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What does Hulus success mean to filmmakers?

2008-12-26T18:45:00.000-08:00

With Hulu's success comes a new model of distribution for big networks and small networks too find success with this ever growing demand for on-demand content.

But what about independent networks, and better yet what about indie filmmakers, is there a way for filmmakers to tap into this new model. We believe we have a solution at Fans Of Film, one of the first online PPV on-demand theaters of it's kind. Filmmakers can set up a profile and sell DVD, downloads, and now Paypal on-demand video, with file sharing so fans can build a library of their favorite indie films. Come visit as we learn ourselves how to make this model work, for filmmakers in a way that empowers with self distribution, and you the filmmaker gets paid first, and makes all the profits.

In just a year, Hulu has morphed into what is arguably the most successful television network--online.

The co-venture of NBC Universal and News Corp.'s Fox already is the sixth-most-viewed online video hub, providing insights into how consumers transfer their television viewing preferences and habits to the Web. Here's what Hulu CEO Jason Kilar told MediaPost about that future.

MediaPost: What important difference is Hulu making to the evolution of online video?

Kilar: One of the most important new notions is that users can transport their favorite content--right down to a specific moment--to their social networking page or blog, or email it to friends and start a conversation around it. That creates newness to what has been a relatively static experience, which is sitting down and watching 22-minute episodes of something. Now, we are seeing so many people watch a two-minute clip of SNL in ways they never watched before.

MediaPost: How will worldwide pickup of the Sarah Palin "Saturday Night Live" clips influence your decision to expand globally?

Kilar: It confirmed what I have always believed: that it is so easy to underestimate consumers' appetite for good content. When you marry good content with innovation that makes it easier to consume, demand grows. The Sarah Palin skits on SNL were really good and timely content. So, that it was being accessed 24/7 and syndicated everywhere on MySpace, Yahoo and so many other places didn't surprise me.

The concept of Hulu is predicated on being a global business. Our mission statement describes us helping people to find and enjoy the world's premium content wherever and however they want. That will be predicated on finding the right partners and having a business model that enables us to create value for advertisers, content partners and our shareholders.

We are able to measure on a daily basis (mostly geo-filtered access logs) what the latent demand might be for content all over the world for a Hulu service overseas. We are obsessed about it. The majority of our team has worked in global positions; I was global when I worked at Amazon.

MediaPost: What have you applied to Hulu that you learned at Amazon?

Kilar: Believe it or not, I'm probably taking even more from the few years I was at Disney's theme park business and my two years at Disney Design Development that included Imagineering. The theme parks have always been a cut above the rest because of the high-quality standards and the attention paid to every last detail. So we have been unusually obsessive about the layout of Hulu. We sweat over every pixel and element of the user experience the same way Disney street sweepers sweat over every square inch in their parks. Our technology is so intuitive--the users don't even notice what we are really aspiring to.

MediaPost: How else will you use technology to take Hulu beyond where it is today?

Kilar: There are a couple of ways technology is being invented and then leveraged to provide a new experience in discovery. Even with more than 100 content partners, technology makes it a delight to browse, search and then discover the content. We are doing a lot of work on applications that will aid users in discovering relevant content they may not know exists once they tell us about their interests.

MediaPost: So it's like hyper-targeting for content?

Kilar: Exactly. We're also leveraging new technology by making sure that the advertising is relevant and solicits a better response. Advertisers will be more than willing to pay dearly for that type of a service. So, having much more relevant and engaging advertising is critical in all of this. We're starting to do this already by allowing users to choose their own ad--to watch a full movie trailer instead of watching traditional commercial spots during or before a program. All of these things serve to put the user in charge and to heighten their level of engagement so that recall and response rates are so much higher. There is already a migration of advertisers who are willing to invest in that kind of high-value video advertising.

MediaPost: When will users be able to search for specific brand or product advertisements?

Kilar: We don't have that today. What you describe is something we could do rather quickly, in a matter of months. The most important element of that whole equation is to assemble a very large library of advertising to utilize. We have been very fortunate to go from 10 charter advertisers to over 100. I would not be surprised if that number in the fullness of time gets to be over 1,000 advertisers. That's when you can have a substantial body of advertisers in any one category for users to choose from if they are interested in a product. So, the thing we have to drive is the volume of advertisers. Relevant adverting is not only a function of the algorithms we can write, but the data set--or library--under it.

MediaPost: Will Hulu eventually provide content downloads instead of losing that business to iTunes and Amazon?

Kilar: That's absolutely fair. I absolutely believe the streaming business is and will be a bigger business than content downloads. The main reason is that it's instantaneous and people are spending more time being connected. The notion of downloading heavy files to a device that takes up a lot of space is something that had value several years ago when we were not connected all the time. So, the bigger opportunity for users is to focus on the streaming part of the business.

MediaPost: What kind of metrics do you see the need to develop for your own space?

Kilar: There are different metrics that would be helpful to an advertiser, content partner or even to a user. The one that is most basic for us is the size of the audience that is watching your content throughout the day--what the trending is. We'd love to know from an advertising perspective not just how many people are watching and where, but also their recall rate and their intent to purchase. Those are the things we are very careful about measuring, and the good thing about the Internet is that you are able to capture these metrics. So, we are able to have very good transparency in real-time. The user data we log gives advertisers a visibility into the business they've never had before.

MediaPost: Will Hulu do for television and video what the iPod did for music?

Kilar: I would regret it if in the fullness of time, Hulu could not be accessed in places it is not available today. The biggest trend in online video is where and on what people will watch. The access point is not long just the PC; appliances like refrigerators are connected to the Internet. When you take away all the barriers to finding content, the best content rises to the top.

MediaPost: How much of Hulu content should continue to be original versus recycled?

Kilar: Because there is so much library content out there, it will remain the biggest bucket of premium content, as well as current content. The area that will grow the fastest is original content, like our Dr. Horrible. The big question is, what will users care about?

MediaPost: How will you continue to differentiate in an increasingly crowded online video space?

Kilar: I am not surprised that so many players are answering the market. At the end of the day, what differentiates Hulu is our culture. And we are nothing if not obsessive about our culture. And one aspect to that culture is our neurotic devotion to quality. That really is what drives the Hulu engine. Tenacity and speed of execution are critical. The fact that we are a start-up is a very big advantage in that we are not dealing with an existing or legacy culture we are trying to refashion. We have a custom-created culture for our mission.

MediaPost: Do you need to attract any more capital investment or take on new equity partners?

Kilar: We're all good in terms of our $100 million-plus investment capital. We're very frugal. That is a very generous amount of money, and we're being very careful with it.

A new Model Of Distribution for filmmakers

2008-12-22T15:44:00.000-08:00

By Michael Palombo
filmmakershelp.com helping filmmakers with online distribution

When I find articles like the one at the bottom of this post, I know I'm doing the right thing. My efforts for providing a new model of distribution started about a year ago, when I teamed up with a couple of other like minds in the film industry, thinking along the same lines.

Getting filmmakers to think the same has been a task that has taken all my efforts to keep alive, and connect with the filmmaker without any real connection to the upper crust of the film making world, and even having some connections here in New Mexico, and even speaking in front of a group of filmmakers. The response has been slow for filmmakers to adapt a new model of distribution that would put them first. To any filmmaker reading this, read the full article on Ted Hopes Views on indie filmmaking. And then come back to me for a new model that is going to put filmmakers first.

This morning, Saturday September 27th in Los Angeles, producer Ted Hope gave the keynote speech at Film Independent's Filmmaker Forum "There is no crisis," Hope proclaimed in his opening comments. How can there be a "Death Of Indie" when Indie -- real Indie, True Indie -- has yet to even live?" he asks. Creativity is not a victim of a distribution meltdown. Hope notes that the moment when the constraints of traditional models are changed for the collective good is now. His complete prepared remarks, as delivered to indieWIRE today, are included below.
read more
http://www.indiewire.com/ots/2008/09/first_person_pr.html

Fans Of Film Film festival

2008-12-19T15:22:00.000-08:00

Hold a online, short film/video contest. A panel of independent judges and the online audience will vote for the winning submission. Votes will be weighed 60% judges and 40% audience. Judges are all artists and/or technicians working in the field of filmmaking and will rate submissions on technical merit as well as creative prose.

This contest would be sponsored by http://fansoffilm.com
. Should this submission win, all prize money will be furnished via the prize money from ideablob.com.
What will you do if you win $10,000 for this idea?

Immediately start the promotion of a short film contest with a single, first prize of $10K. Filmmakers of all backgrounds and skill levels will be welcome to participate. Submissions may be of any subject matter, with some exceptions, like gratuitous nudity. Promotion will be conducted via several social-bookmarking sites like digg, youtube, and twitter. A separate campaign will attempt to inform teachers at select film schools to garner more involvement.

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PayPal PPV Video Distribution Is Here!

2008-12-19T06:52:00.001-08:00

It's free to distribute films from Fans Of Film, from your own profile page. To have your film in the film list is free with a hook, you half to maintain a personal paypal streaming video account with bigplanet.com called maxcast.com you will need my email as a referral michael@filmmakershelp.com. Maxcast is using the movenetwork server the same server some of the big networks are using like Fox and ABC. Cost is $9.95 a mouth, and you can embed on your own site for your own PPV channel, no contract and 0% payout. we intend to lead the way in online PPV theaters. So come join our community even if your not ready for PPV distribution, you can still sell DVD's of your easy editing profile page were you can embed video, pic, widgets and more. sincerely Michael

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What it means to be Independent

2008-12-15T12:22:00.000-08:00

At a time when independent artists in the music industry have more power and control over their careers than ever before, "What is INDIE?" tries to determine just what it really means to be 'indie'.

In defining what it means to be 'indie', as well as looking at the changing landscape in the music industry, the film ends up being a rallying cry for indie artists, and has been hailed as 'inspiring' and 'empowering' by artists worldwide.

The film features interviews with indie music experts including Panos Panay (Founder of Sonicbids), Derek Sivers (Founder of CD Baby) and Suzanne Glass (Founder of Indie-Music.com), as well as with 20 artists including Ember Swift and Paul Cargnello.

What It Mean To Be Independent

Link to video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rLLqdnGwqQ

Fans Of Film Open Communication With Filmmakers

2008-12-14T12:44:00.000-08:00

Hey Sean
Thanks for signing up for our newsletter.
Glad to have you on board as we move toward a new way of distributing content to the world.
I think we've both seen more filmmakers turning to the web for distribution, and more sites capitalizing on that.
Our goal is to empower filmmakers with DIY ability's, putting filmmakers first in business for themselves, further facilitating the transition of the indi film movement by providing tools, services, consulting for the DIYers, at the same time providing locations like Fans Of Film to showcase and promote their films

I'm currently working with The Filmmakers Channel to promote indie distribution and filmmakers
using a paypal video player from Movenetwork a streaming video provider.

I'm also in the progress of launching and building a new up to date trendy site for Fans Of Film that will support more video platforms, with better profiling, more functions for both filmmakers and fans, community integration and a store for filmmakers to sell posters and DVD

Michael, Glad to meet you too!

It's good to hear other filmmakers are moving towards the Internet as a distribution model. There's a lot of things happening with TIVO and Amazon and other online distributors like Jamon that are going to make it easier to create and distribute media. I can't wait to see what you are putting together.

I live near Chicago and I've decided to try to make that one of my goals and help others make that push towards the Internet. I'm worried people up here think youtube is what is meant by the Internet and they don't take it that seriously. Not to mention it's not a silver screen. For me I'm at the point where I don't care what size screen people watch my work on, just as long as they watch and hopefully like. I truly see this as the future for filmmakers and really a lot of content creators.

I'm all for developing tools that enables small and independent filmmakers to have paths to get their movies in front of as many eyeballs as they can.

I had picked up an issue of "Indie Slate" a few weeks ago and was surprised how many stories there were of people who have their film made and was trying to get it on the festival circuit and trying to get theatrical distribution. Some of these films had sat there for 2 or 3 years... All I could think about was what a waste. You've spent all this time to make something and you could have had this on the Internet, found fans, figured out a way to make money and helped get interest in yourself and your cast not to mention your next project. (this is going to be a subject of a blog post in the future)

Here are some groups I've started up that I hope will build and help help promote this idea. I'm looking for filmmakers to see if they were interested in blogging about their projects plus I think it would help them get into this new web 2.0 era. It's all got to start somewhere. I've just launched them so they are just getting started.

This one you've already seen.
http://united-pixels.com/
This is the social site to try to bring local artists together.
http://unitedpixels.ning.com/

I'm starting up this podcast to promote media being created in the Midwest and how to take advantage of the new tools out there. We are interested in talking to all content creators but want to focus on creators in the Midwest or at least areas that are not traditionally thought of where this media is coming from.

http://midwestmedianow.com/.

Didn't mean to overwhelm you with all kinds of links and ideas. Just really excited to hear what you're putting together. Thanks again for following me on twitter and I look forward to following your progress.

Good luck with everything. I'll keep in touch.

SEAN

Thanks Sean for your great feed back,
we think alike, sounds like your on the right track keep up the good work.
Look forward to making this journey with you and all the other filmmakers that will take control of their futures,
and move to web distribution. Fill free to drop me a line anytime.
Make sure you put up your profile on filmmakershelp.com with a link to your site
I have some great people their with over a 100 members and I just started the forum 2 mouths ago.
I half to delete spammers everyday lot of work no pay but I believe in what I'm doing
Thanks again Michael
PS if it's ok I may post your letter on one of my blogs

michael@filmmakershelp.com
phone 505-934-7592
filmmakershelp.com

Feel free to use the letter however you want. If you need and extra blog here and there let me know.

You know I really started digging deep into this about 2 years ago. For some reason I thought I missed the boat but the more I find out the more I realize everyone is still trying to figure this out. Hopefully the smaller groups will be quicker at making changes and moving with the flow.

talk to you soon,
SEAN

Good morning Sean
Its been a year for me, but things are moving faster.
I spoke on the topic of web distribution about a year ago to a local nonprofit film group here in Albuquerque, the response at that time was less than enthusiastic. I spoke to that same group 2 mouths ago, and it was like night and day. were in for a great future, but it's still going to be a slow process given the powers that Have worked very hard to keep us in the dark ages, and we mustn't forget those that came before us like Dave Stewart from Eurythmics. He tried this back in 1995 with a site called the slyfi channel, he had some great artist believing they could have their own TV shows on the web. To say the least the world wasn't ready.
sincerely Michael
PS signed up to your forum see you there and around web, where the world gets smaller and the net gets bigger

michael@filmmakershelp.com
phone 505-934-7592
filmmakershelp.com

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2008-12-12T20:34:00.000-08:00

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Fans Of Film Letter To A Producer

2008-12-11T08:53:00.000-08:00

By Michael Palombo
Thanks Nick for your interest in our projects and the possible collaborative networking and development of both our projects.

Watching you help artist over the years including myself, staying committed to the arts has been a great inspiration to all of us in the arts thats you’ve touched. As we both have become seasoned in our dreams and watching each other grow, I fill a mutual respect and gratitude for each other that makes me believe we can be a rising tide for each, and those around us.

I believe that what we’re working separately “is the missing part of the other” Your working more with music network, and I’m working more in the film network, for online distribution.

In my opinion if we’re to combine our efforts and resource in a way that promotes not just music and film, but all the arts in general. We could make a difference much sooner in developing a viable market and show-case for artist via the web and public venues.

Over the last year I’ve promoted independent distribution via the web, with a forum filmmakershelp.com. This forum along with a handful of social networks, I’ve been able to become valuable asset to establishing and helping other media networks grow and develop as in Thefilmmakerschannel.net and the martialaerts-channel.com

All this has lead me to develop a network called Fans Of Film/fansoffilm.com, that in my opinion has the right logo and branding, and will soon have the right web-design and database, to make the next step in providing a place for artist to show-case and distribute work in a way that puts artist first, and pays artist first.

There are many ways to create revenue, without trying to profit from the sale of content provided by artist. YouTube is a good example of what giving it away can do. But in this case we will provide paid for services, like paypal video integration, and web design for the do it yourselfer. We’ll also seek revenue threw subscription based models as aspect of deferent programs become viable and valuable. We will also seek sponsorship with other networks/companies that we deem worthy causes to sponsor and promote ourselves.

http://fansoffilm.com is currently a blog network with the future plans of developing a database that will give you the ability to set up a profile, upload digital media content, share content and ideas for free. With an in-house social network, and outside social networking links and widgets. also provide payed services for monetizing content via downloads, DVD, paypal pay-per-view video on-demand. Off site services for empowering artist with self distribution using their own website/blogs, social networks and SEO services.

Some of my social profiles
myspace.com/fansoffilm
http://www.youtube.com/user/fansoffilm
http://twitter.com/Fansoffilm
find me on facebook

My forum
http://filmmakershelp.com

Blogging for filmmakers

2008-11-28T15:08:00.000-08:00

By Michael Palombo

I know I’ve posted a few things about blogs, but after using most of them, I’ve settled on blogger for my blog network and here’s why.

It’s easy and it’s a google application, I really don’t need to say anymore.

I will, because a lot of people use google, and have know idea their gmail account is a google app. As is blogger, YouTube, google analytics, google groups, adsense, adwords, igoogle and more.
All these app are part of your google account, as attached app.
Making it easy to manage all from one place.

Back to blogging and blogger” As we all know google goes to great lengths to make app easy to use, I think this is so google doesn’t waste time on stupid questions.

Blogger is not only easy, with it’s free hosting, but it supports “i-frames” and most embeddable video, very important for those in the business of visual arts, and every post gets registered with google automatically. So blog on with blogger a google app

Note: Using blogger like a website.
It's just as easy to to use a main blog as your home page with links to other blogs/page's.

Film about consciousness and the search for enlightenment

2008-11-28T06:47:00.000-08:00

Have you heard "The Voice?" David Sereda Directs a new kind of film about consciousness and the search for enlightenment. This film examines the merging of spirituality, religion and science. In this grand marriage, we can hear the voice of a new kind of wisdom that will not threaten our view of God, but will only deepen our understanding.

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"I watched the first part of The Voice last night and was thrilled, blown away, excited, astounded, thunderstruck. Resoundingly in accord with the topic. It is the time for such a film. (And for more like it!) I am moved to get add more video footage of my own to my collection with the intention of using it to back up a film on a similar subject. I was/am motivated!"

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Coming Soon

2008-11-27T21:56:00.000-08:00

The KingDomWood Christian Film Festival, concluded on October 12, 2008. As a sponsor of the KingDomWood Christian Film Festival, The Filmmakers Channel Network will provide the winning films with sponsored PPV Movie resources and make them available from "The Filmmakers Channel" and KingDomWood website using Maxcast PPV capability to the benefit of the festival and the filmmakers both. Press Release.

The Future Of The Web

2008-11-26T09:25:00.000-08:00

If your a filmmaker "read this" your future may depend on it

Written by David Tow

By 2020 Web 2.0- The Social Web- will have developed into a complex multimedia interweaving of ideas, knowledge and social commentary, connecting over three billion people on the planet. In combination with the Semantic Web 3.0 it will automatically analyse, interpret and create new forms of layered knowledge beyond the world of today's blogs, wikis, social networks and virtual worlds.

Over the next decade these early trends will continue to evolve at a frenetic pace- social networks will both fragment and unify, catering to special groups, but also overlapping and creating within the next few years a global social network of networks. At the same time, social networks and virtual worlds such as Second Life will converge, along with powerful simulation technology, to create the first realistic virtual realities.

By 2030, Web 3.0- advanced versions of the Semantic Web- will have made many important contributions to new knowledge through network relationships, logical inference and artificial intelligence. It will be powered by a seamless, computational mesh, enveloping and connecting most human life and will encompass all facets of our social and business lives- always on and available to manage every need. It will connect not only most of the 8 billion individuals on the planet, but also link with other biological and artificial life forms, as well as countless everyday electronically controlled objects. The Semantic Web and Intelligent Web will have combined.

By 2040 Web 4.0- the Intelligent Web- will be ubiquitous- able to interact with the repository of almost all available knowledge of human civilisation- past and present, digitally coded and archived for automatic retrieval and analysis. Web 4.0 will mark the beginning of a new intelligent entity- a sentient and cognisant multidimensional network, powered not only by billions of ultra-fast tiny processors and unlimited communications bandwidth, but by the first quantum computers, capable of processing trillions of operations in parallel. Human intelligence will have co-joined with advanced forms of artificial intelligence, creating a higher or meta level of knowledge processing. This will be essential for supporting the complex decision-making and problem solving capacity, required for civilisation's future progress.

By 2050 Web 5.0- The Wise Web- will have emerged, embedding all biological and artificial life within a global cooperative intelligence. All critical decisions affecting our planet and life, including those relating to global warming, sharing vital resources and the ethical resolution of conflict and human rights, will be guided by this global intelligence.

The Wise Web will mark the beginning of a new threshold in human civilisation- a new form of global consciousness- in which all life will be embedded.

DIY Film/Video Distribution In 1 Day, And Under $50

2008-11-25T10:27:00.000-08:00

Four Steps To DIY Distribution For Filmmakers, under $50
By Michael Palombo
Fans Of Film

Step 1: Go to blogger and get a blog to match your URL that your going to purchase from Google
for $10

Step 2: Go to custom blog publishing and follow the easy instructions Google provides, for publishing your own URL to Blogger for free. You can always point your domain to a more advanced website later, and you still have your blog to go with your website. Making the transition easy without effecting your SEO ranks that you've established with your blog

Step 3: Go to Maxcast and get a paypal video player, the best streaming commercial video player available to the public. $9.95 a month for built in Paypal the player is free.
Load your film are send it in for best quality. Then embed video on your blog, with bio and synopsis

Step 4: "Optional" Go get an AWeber, it's free for the first month giving you time to learn how to use it. This tool will give you the ability to build your list of fans, by offering a news letter or something that will encourage them to sign-in. This will give the ability to keep in touch with your fans, so you can tell them about the next movie you have coming.

For more things a filmmaker can do visit Filmmakers Help Forum
And if you just help with any of this go to filmmakershelp.com

Filmmakers News-Letter

2008-11-22T16:27:00.000-08:00

Hi John
My name is Michael Palombo 41 year old male, I work In the film industry “New Mexico” also a starving artist. Committing myself to the life of an Entrepreneurs, with my website filmmakershelp.com, offering services that put filmmakers into business for themselves. I have yet to see anybody offer a solid business model “for filmmaker” that puts the filmmakers first, "across the board" When I say across the board, I mean full control, with no contracts and 0% payout from the filmmakers.

We believe this model puts the filmmaker first and the fans. With an opportunity for the fans to become distributors themselves with our new “adopt a film program” cutting out Hollywood all together. Here is one of our latest news-letters
Maybe this is a story worthy of LA Times.

Filmmakers Channel Newsletter
by Anthony DellaFlora

It's been quite a month so far. We announced the official launch of the channel in the media and have had a gratifying response.
We were featured on the New Mexico Business Weekly site in a great article by Megan Kamerick, which went national, and we made the 10 p.m. news on Saturday, Nov. 15 on local ABC affiliate KOAT-TV. Thanks to reporter Royale Da for that.Gene Grant wrote us up in his latest Albuquerque the Magazine film column.

The Filmmakers Channel will also be featured in Accent Magazine in December and a piece is forthcoming from film industryreporter Dan Mayfield at the Albuquerque Journal.
Meanwhile,our publicity efforts for The Filmmakers Channel have been reaching around the world. Inquiries have come in from filmmakers and distributors all over the United States, Spain,England, France, Germany and Cyprus,among others.

Films and Partners
We are expanding at a rapid pace. The Filmmakers Channel is partnering with Florida-based martial artist Lee Barden to create the Martial Arts Channel (thanks to Michael Palombo at Filmmakers Help.

Others partners include

1. Jay Weidner of Sacred Mysteries to offer their entire collection, featuring movies about Mayan prophecies and other esoteric subjects.
2. International Social Action Film Festival,which will launch early next year,
3. The Bleep Store, offering David Sereda's, "The Voice," and soon "Change Your Brain"
4. Douglas Gilles of East Beach Press who are broadcasting their critically acclaimed film "On The Edge."
5. Illuminated Media - A full length film about enduring change through faith called "Broken"
6. Fade to Grey Films - A 20 minute short about about recognizing and confronting evil.
7. Diamond Film Company - A powerful and somewhat controversial, though hopeful film about abuse in the Black Church.

In addition The Filmmakers Channel has also helped raise funds for the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary by selling a video by Managing Director Leyton Cougar online and we are in discussion with the the KingDomWood Christian Film Festival to launch the Christian Film Channel early next year.
Distribution News
One of the challenges we face conveying the idea to filmmakers that the status quo system of distribution is disintegrating and re-ordering on an almost daily basis: what you thought you knew about distribution does not apply any longer.

In the midst of this chaos is the opportunity for independents to take the reins of their own distribution. This interview with noted indie producer Ted Hope says it about as succinctly and forcefully as we've seen. I particularly love the line about "parasitic gatekeepers." maker profile to help promote your Film.

Editorial: The Filmmakers Channel Position in the Distribution Vortex
by Dan Latrimurti
You are receiving this newsletter for any number of reasons, but on some level you too recoginize that the system of films distribuiton is going through a rapid and intense evolution. We believe that it is more of along the lines of a gestation moving towards revolution then evolution because the tools that are becoming available and are offered here shifts power from the big "mega flix" distrbuitors to the filmmakers and on line distributors that can get your film in front of targeted eyeballs.

Our philosophy is simple. We believe that when it comes to getting your film(s) distributed and sold that there isn't anyone in the world that has your best interest in mind more then you.

As much as we would love to guarantee all filmmakers on line distribution success through our initiatives, the reality is that we cannot. Even with a "mega portal" website some films will languish and receive little attention. Why? Not because their film isn't worthy, it is because a 'mega portal' distribution strategy obsolete and not capable of getting your film in front of the most interested audience. A mega portal can't do it, but with the right technology and information you can.

Our job is to provide any filmmaker that wants to take responsiblity for their distribution success with the technology that will allow them to apply their media across the internet so that the people who care about it get a chance to see it. This is what we mean by Audience Direct Distribution of Independent Films and Alternative Media that Pays Filmmakers First.

Google has launched a new feature for YouTube Insight

2008-11-22T09:53:00.000-08:00

Brought to by Fans Of Film
Sponsored by FilmmakersHelp.com
This is great you tube is on to something here, this could give filmmakers the ability to make better trailer

YouTube's 'Hot Spot' Reveals Where Videos Lose Viewers

Google has launched a new feature for YouTube Insight: Hot Spot, which enables clients to play their videos alongside a graph that reflects the "ups-and-downs of viewership at different moments within the video."

"Hot" and "cold" spots in the content are determined by comparing a videos abandonment rate to other videos on YouTube of similar length.

"Users can figure out which scenes in their videos are the 'hottest'" and edit them accordingly, Google wrote. "Partners might similarly create better content — like more exciting promotional trailers — for use on and off YouTube, and advertisers and agencies can study the effectiveness of their creative."

Fans Of Film Blogging And Community IS ‘Real’

2008-11-22T07:03:00.000-08:00

By Michael Palombo
Here is a post I can relate to, I've been working hard for almost a year. It's been the hardest work I've ever loved, as I continue commit, to what I believe is a new model of distribution for filmmakers, that puts the filmmakers first. Fred said it best, "blogging is the realest work hes does" I also like to think of it more than just work "It's an investment" investment in a better future for filmmakers. One that says you make all the profits and get paid first, you set the price, you control the ads on your films, and best of all no contract. The opportunity for filmmakers to take control of their destiny, and spread the art in a way thats more profitable for the filmmakers and the fans.
Learn More.
FilmMakers Help.com Empowering filmmakers with self distribution

Blogging And Community IS ‘Real’ Work
Posted November 21st, 2008 by Max
blogging is the "realest" work he does.

He says: "Do You Ever Do Any Real Work? That's a question I used to get all of the time in the early days of this blog. I don't get it so much anymore. Because slowly but surely people are wising up to the fact that blogging is work and it's a very valuable use of my time… the time and energy I've put into this blog for the past five years has built a unique and very sophisticated audience. You are connectors and hubs of influence."

Then he adds: "But in the world of social media, word of mouth and word of link marketing, it is connectors and influencers like all of you that make the difference. And that's one of the main reasons I keep writing, commenting, discussing, and participating in blogs, tumblr, twitter, disqus, and the social media world at large."

I share Fred's sentiments. And as a marketer, I thank him and others for leading with progressive thinking on how businesses and individuals must interact and manage relationships in this age of open connections and online reputation. This is new territory, and he is pioneering by example.

And what about you? Similarly, you, too, are connectors and hubs of influence. Many of you also are my virtual and physical neighbors, friends, colleagues and, often, harsh critics. You share your ideas, build on mine and help shape context in our industry and beyond. You're an important presence in my professional and personal life, which, for better or worse, blurs more everyday. You are why I keep writing, commenting, discussing and participating.

A quick note about Twitter

2008-11-19T10:42:00.000-08:00

A quick note about Twitter I seem to be spending all my time there these days. For those of you not aware, Twitter is not just another tool in the internet of social networking, it's really is a small business. You have to run things as such, I've recently realized how much of a benefit Twitter can be.

On the surface, Twitter is an "update" tool used to keep you, your family, friends and colleagues in the loop of each others lives. You can post picture links, articles or gossip you just read, are how much you like this and not that. You can update via the web, a third-party application like TweetDeck, or from your phone (sms or an application like TinyTwitter).

But from a networking standpoint Twitter is a gold mine. If you follow the right people, you not only have the opportunity to talk with people in the same field, you'll find blogs on marketing and the web that you may not otherwise come across. I've bookmarked a dozen articles in the last week alone, that have valuable insight and information on how to market your business in today's market. I've met other filmmakers, and media networks.

I'm excited about the opportunity that Twitter has opened up for me, although I wish the site came with hourly pay

Find me fansoffilm.com or fansoffilm Twitter

New "Adopt a Film" program

2008-11-16T06:46:00.000-08:00

provides website owners, bloggers, other filmmakers,
or anyone with a targeted email list the opportunity
to enhance their content, gain a competitive advantage
and develop a revenue stream by distributing
Pay-Per-View independent films and video.

Independent Pay-Per-View Films on
The Filmmakers Channel Network

Filmmakershelp Press

2008-11-13T14:38:00.000-08:00

Dan Latrimurti from TheFilmmakersChannel.net asked Michael Palombo the founder of Filmmakershelp.com to make a statement about his affiliation, and partnership, with thefilmmakerschannel.net
Dan’s passion for what he's doing, as been a joy to work with Michael says, as he too has become tunnel vision in his work with Dan, building a possible viable market place’s for filmmakers.
read more
Press Release: PayPal PPV Distribution As Easy As YouTube

Fans Of Film Horrer Film

2008-11-04T15:33:00.000-08:00

This a unrated Horror Movie 97 minutes long.
It has a Blair Witch fill with a Malaysian style, and Jungle scenes.
The film was put together based on true event of A perverse, brutal serial killer that stalks the countryside; killing innocent young women. Members of the country's elite secret service search for the psychopath killer(s) as part of a special investigation team, with a special code name! But the case proves extremely difficult, with only one mysterious clue connecting them all.

Logline:
Japanese WWII hostages, ritual killings for 20 years, one man’s dreams and an innocent Malaysian reporter, are drawn together in a true life web of mystery that appears as a modern day conspiracy.

Story in film:
Jane is not the first reporter for a Malaysian Newspaper to investigate the mysterious murders of young girls over the last 20 years, but she is the first to know of Amachi’s dreams.
Her investigations lead her to supernatural and unexplainable connections to a group of hostages, taken by Japanese soldiers in WWII that never returned, lost on a Malaysian Island.
As she is drawn deeper and deeper into the unknown, the "Unknown" comes to know her, to haunt her and to stalk her. Is she the next victim? The police know the answer but don’t interfere. They dare not. Are they part of the conspiracy?

The film based on real events, which are just happen
und are continuously happen nearly every year in that idyllic part of world... Who stay behind of these all serial cases, who are "them" and what "they" hidings from us.. !

Pay-Per-view this Movie Now Click Here

Fans Of Film

2008-11-01T07:51:00.000-07:00

By Michael Palombo
Online theaters vs. walk-in theaters and the future of

Online theaters are popping up with sites like jaman.com, thefilmmakerschannel.net, outlawfilmchannel.com and future sites like your very own fansoffilm.com. The list is growing as if there was a movement toward Internet distribution for filmmaker’s. Well yeaa! and can walk-in theaters keep up.

Clue in filmmakers and fans. The content is growing every day on the Internet, I repeat growing” So if you’re a filmmaker you should be putting your content up before it’s too late. What that means for fans, is new content is being added to the Internet every day, and more fans, seeking new content on the Internet.

So yes there is a film movement online, and filmmakers are finding all kinds of venues to market themselves and their films. The big question, is what is the best way? One word independent! Yes independent and stay that way no matter what netflix offers or any other for that matter. You would be stupid to sale-out now, when the future is here for indie labels. Custom paypal video services like the one filmmakershelp.com provides. That’s embeddable anywhere, that means viral video. It also means the filmmaker gets paid first no matter where is video might be on the web. I mean think about it if your video goes viral you could have thousands of people pay-per-viewing you film all at the same time, and you get paid first, and you make all the money.

This is what I predict for the future of online theaters. The most popular ones of course will be the ones with the most content, and best design. But filmmakers beware of the cost to putting your film on any distribution site/theater site. I see a future trend toward independent labeling and distribution. So I believe sites that supports different I-frames/video players, and is free for a filmmaker to put up a profile and distribute his or her movie from that online theater, those will be the most popular for filmmakers. Theaters can make its revenue from sponsored ads, and even membership dews, for those more popular sites “But not of the filmmakers” Sites that pay you first. That’s an independent online theater that truly supports “art/indie films” putting the filmmaker first, paying the filmmaker first. That will be the future of online theaters.
In my opinion.
http://filmmakershelp.com
http://fansoffilm.com

Fans Of Film Wolves Need Your Help

2008-10-30T06:52:00.000-07:00

This is a fund-raising event on filmmakershelp for Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary.
by offering this film and bringing it to you Pay-Per-View you will be supporting wolves
and the survival of Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary.
are you can go to link just under the pay-per-view link
go to the site and sponsor the wolves Now!
"Last may" Angel and I drove to Davenport Iowa and picked up three wolves that needed a new home. Watch our adventure in capturing the trio and our exciting travels to and from Iowa. See the great habitat that we released them into and how well they get adjusted to their new home.

Disclaimer: I am not a videographer nor am I an editor or a filmmaker... I am just your friendly woodland wolf man having fun with a camera. End of disclaimer.

You can help the wolves of Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary by clicking the Pay-Per-View link below and watching our movie

Watch this amazing film on wolves and help
keep them alive safe, and secure.

Click Here To Pay-Per-View Using PayPal
Please consider sponsoring them and helping us provide them with the best life possible.

Fans Of Film Injoys Independent film quantum physics

2008-10-29T19:21:00.000-07:00

Testimonial

Anthony DellaFlora
Using the same Streaming Video Technology, a website
and a couple of press releases
I got an offer of national distribution for my 10 year old film,
"High Strange New Mexico" in two weeks.
My 10 Year Old Documentary Gets New Life.

Documentary, High Strange New Mexico, $ 5.95
Produced by Anthony DellaFlora and directed by James Lujan. High Strange New Mexico is an exploration of the subculture of UFO believers, contactees, skeptics, cattle mutilation experts, abductees and conspiracy theorists. Winner of the 2008 UFO Congress EBE Award for Best Feature Film - UFO Related Theme. 112 Min, Released 1997

Fans of film supporting indie filmmakers

2008-10-27T19:41:00.000-07:00

By DVD at
http://www.demonharvest.com
Trailer

Martial Arts Videos

2008-10-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

The Martial Arts Channel by Precision Strikes makes available the highest quality martial arts instruction, using state of the art DVD quality streaming video that uses the same technology as Disney, ABC News, ESPN and Oprah. Our streaming video technology delivers to your PC the instruction you need and want when you want it....and at a fraction of the price of a DVD.

Students will be able to choose from hundreds of different individual techniques, or purchase entire DVD's via our secure PayPal Pay-Per-View system and have the opportunity to create their own online video storage locker.

The Martial Arts Channel by Precision Strikes is planned to open by the end of October 2008.

Lee Barden will introduce you to ratio motion. Physics, and logic. That is what this whole system is based upon. You can't go wrong with science on your side. You will learn how to turn your standard nunchaku boring old news moves into alive & flowing ratios of motion. This is the most advanced chucks techniques available to the world today. Produced by Lee Barden and directed by Walter Faulkner Advanced Chux for the Intermediate with Lee Barden features Lee Barden
PAY-PER-VIEW THIS VIDEO HERE
Order: Advanced Chux for the Intermediate

Fans of Film Excited About Youtube

2008-10-22T23:16:00.000-07:00

By Michael palombo

This is good news for filmmakers everywhere, the day is coming for filmmaker
to reach the world like never before "a world wide audience Wow!
Now maybe filmmakers will start getting the idea, that they can bypass the old distribution
model, and start looking at independent labeling and distribution.
Thank You for posting this press release http://www.marketingpilgrim.com

YouTube to Show Full-Length Films by Year End?

Thursday, November 6th, 2008;
-- Jordan McCollum |

The most popular video site on the web, YouTube has long been in negotiations with movie studios to stream full-length feature films. And while there are still a lot of details to be hammered out, sources say that the deal could be complete in thirty to ninety days, according to CNET reports today.

Among the major sticking points, as with everything else on YouTube, is finding the right way to monetize full-length films. According to two studio sources, YouTube parent Google is insistent upon one particular form, though they didn’t say whether that was preroll, postroll or overlays. And of course, there’s still the issue of balancing enough advertising to make it worthwhile to the site and the studio without driving away the viewers.

And here’s something I never thought I’d say: YouTube’s major competition in this area will come from none other than Hulu. Hulu has ~~totally pwned~~ come to dominate the long-form video market online, with high quality streaming. As CNET points out:

A showdown between Hulu and the 3-year-old YouTube was inevitable. Consider that Hulu, the joint video venture formed by NBC Universal and News Corp., attracts only a fraction of the 80 million people who visit YouTube each month, but Hulu still managed to generate nearly the same revenue in its first year in business, according to reports.

Naturally, that strength for YouTube—audience size—is a big reason why the studios have turned to YouTube instead of Hulu.

There is a little bit of precedent for the YouTube deals as well. In July, YouTube announced a partnership with Canadian film company Lionsgate. This partnership yielded film previews from Lionsgate with links to purchase the full-length film for download.

What do you think—will YouTube become the long-form streaming video destination, will they split the market with Hulu, or will the deal never materialize?

Fans of Film, moving to web

2008-10-22T21:24:00.000-07:00

Written by Janko Roettgers

Posted Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT

5 Reasons to Finally Ditch Cable

How many times have you opened up your monthly bill from Comcast or Time Warner and thought, that’s it, I’m ditching my cable — only to keep on paying? Well the time has come. With countless ways to watch your favorite shows online, ditching cable has never been easier. And with the economic crisis tightening its grip, there’s never been a better time to save some money.

Chances are there’s already a line-up of customers at your cable company’s local office looking to returning their Motorola boxes. The Wall Street Journal this week did, after all, declare that being off the cable grid is now socially acceptable. As much as 20 percent of all TV viewers watch shows online, the paper reported, and half of those people don’t watch TV at all anymore. Still not convinced? No worries, we have five good reasons to finally cancel your cable subscription.

The fundamentals of our economy are screwed. Seriously, do you want to keep sending hundreds of dollars per year to your cable company while your retirement fund tanks? Four out of five American households pay an average of $70 a month for cable or satellite TV, according to the WSJ. Do you really want to be one of them?
There are a ton of ads. Sure, we’re willing to sit through a few of them, preferably entertaining ones, to get content for free. But network and cable TV are increasingly oversaturated with them. Hulu & Co., on the other hand, have far fewer ads. A typical half-hour show features eight minutes of ads on TV, but only two minutes online. That’s six minutes you can spend looking at web sites like ours, making our advertisers happy.
Cable boxes suck. The simple truth is that cable companies are used to competing with pretty much no one, which is why their technology is horribly outdated. The web is full of complaints about Comcast’s DVR, and even newer boxes like Verizon’s FIOS HD DVR don’t stand a chance against TiVo’s interface. On the other hand, there are tons of new and cheap devices that bring online TV into the living room. The soon-to-be-opened-up Roku box is only $99, and it’s easier than ever to download movies through your TiVo, XBox or Apple TV.
There are so many other options. Hulu, NBC Direct, Amazon, the iTunes Store, Joost and Netflix Streams will all let you watch TV shows and movies free or very cheap. As the WSJ noted, 90 percent of all network shows and 20 percent of all cable shows are available online. Sure, there are some hold-outs, and networks like Showtime generally don’t make shows like Weeds available until after the end of the season. Some of our shadier friends tell us that you can always find everything right away on those torrent sites, but we of course wouldn’t know anything about that.
Hulu can save your marriage. People tend to argue that online TV is inferior because you can’t watch it on your living room tube. That tends to be true for most people, but it can also be a good thing. Chances are you and your spouse are busy web workers, which means you’ll both be hammering away on your notebooks while The Daily Show is running in the background. You might as well be sitting in different rooms. Remember the times when watching TV used to be a shared experience? You can go back to that. Just cancel cable, turn off the TV and cuddle up in bed watching Hulu. You’ll thank us later.

Fan Of Film

2008-10-21T15:09:00.000-07:00

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