Friday 19 October 2012

Notes from Wednesday 17/10/2012


In revising the notes I took of the session we had with Markus Markou (@PapaSonsFilm), I thought it might be useful if I shared them with you on a blog. I thought Markus gave great value and certainly kept my attention well. It was clear he had his heart in what he was doing, having followed some fruitless trails earlier in his career (who hasn’t?!).

Clearly his message was a recommendation that we should control the means of our own production and collaborate. After all, as Phil said, we don’t want to be trees unheard as they fall in the forest...
 
These are the web sites he referred to:
 
  1. Withoutabox.com allows independent filmmakers to self-distribute their films.
  2. Theatre503 is the home of fearless, irreverent, brave and provocative new plays.
  3. Mandy.com publish jobs in film and tv production; casting-calls; and yellow pages of producers and technicians.
  4. Talentcircles.com A cloud-based platform, TalentCircles allows you to build, brand, own and manage your live talent communities
  5. Lulu.com for self-publishing
  6. Papdopoulosandsons.com for Marcus Markou’s  blog
  7. Wirelesstheatrecompany.com audio theatre company producing original FREE radio drama, comedy, short stories and more from our site straight to your iPod, MP3 etc
  8. Distrify.com turns film sharing into sales and your fans into a community.  Gives access to Distrify's accumulated data detailing how your film is being engaged with.
  9. Createspace.com provides free tools to help you self-publish and distribute your books, DVDs, CDs, video downloads and MP3s on-demand