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HELP SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE FILMMAKING – 3 DVD Set of DIY DAYS LA & SF available NOW
We’re happy to announce that we now have a 3 DVD set, over 10 hours of keynotes, panels and case studies that were shot this summer in LA and SF. Since DIY DAYS is part of a larger open source project focused on creating quality resources for the filmmaking community, the DVDs are available for a donation to the project. There are three donation options $10, $20 and $40 – all three will get you the same thing. Special thanks to all the volunteers who helped to make the DVD set possible. And a special thanks to Sabi Creative Agency and Breakthrough Distribution for creating and distributing the DVDs.
3 DVD set with over 10 hours of keynotes, panels and case studies. To see a list of speakers and topics visit www.diydays.com
Make a donation to the project and receive your copy of DIY DAYS LA & SF. Pick the donation you’d like to make and receive the 3 DVD set today.
FREE DAY OF WORKSHOPS AND CASE STUDIES
How do we sustain ourselves as filmmakers and storytellers in this day of shifting film distribution systems? How do we monetize our film and get the word out without studio support? Presented by Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Professional and Continuing Education, From Here to Awesome and The Workbook Project – DIY DAYS aims to answer these questions with a day of roundtable discussions, workshops, case studies: A look at how to fund, create, and distribute and sustain. For more info – www.diydays.com
SPECIAL FREE OPENING NIGHT SCREENINGS
SPECIAL SCREENING of FROM HERE TO AWESOME FILMS
Friday, October 3, 2008
Tower Auditorium
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Directions Link: http://massart.edu/x474.xml
7pm to 9:30pm
DIY DAYS CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Trustees Room, 11th Floor Tower Building
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Directions Link:: http://massart.edu/x474.xml
10am to 6:30pm
DIY DAYS was founded by Lance Weiler (The Last Broadcast, Head Trauma), Arin Crumley (Four Eyed Monsters), and M dot Strange (We Are the Strange). It is an extension of the Workbook Project http://workbookproject.com an open source project for filmmakers. DIY DAYS events are being held in LA, San Francisco, Boston, NYC, and London. All the events are FREE. http://www.diydays.com
Full schedule and speaker list coming soon
LIVE IN THE BOSTON AREA OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES?
We’re looking for volunteers to help with the events. If you’re interested please contact us at info [@] workbookproject dot com
We need the following:
1. people to help with setup, collecting tickets, registration, breakdown and cleanup
2. folks with cameras and audio gear to help document the events
3. editors to help edit, encode and upload the footage
4. live blogger to document the conference
lance weiler is the founder of the WorkBook Project and also a story architect of film, tv and games. He's written and directed two feature films THE LAST BROADCAST and HEAD TRAUMA. He's currently developing a number of transmedia projects
PULSE – Shelley Jackson’s “Skin” In August of 2003, Shelley Jackson began a new project, simply dubbed “Skin”. This project in particular took what we consider to be “literature” to… read more
RADAR NYC 9.16.10 WATCH
Eliza Skinner – The 5 White Characters in Every Tyler Perry Movie
Eliza Skinner loves Tyler Perry – watch more funny videos
Eliza Skinner… read more
M dot Strange, Hunter Weeks and Ondi Timoner – photo by Mike Hedge
The Realities of DIY
There’s been much discussion about the democratization of the tools but what’s really involved in taking your film from a concept to something an audience will pay to see? How can you fight your way through the clutter and what are the pitfalls to avoid when you decide to go it on your own?
Discussion Leader: Mark Stolaroff – panelists Arin Crumley, Ondi Timoner, Hunter Weeks and M dot Strange.
lance weiler is the founder of the WorkBook Project and also a story architect of film, tv and games. He's written and directed two feature films THE LAST BROADCAST and HEAD TRAUMA. He's currently developing a number of transmedia projects
this conference is being recorded – Tom Wilson Today we are joined by writer / director Tom Wilson. Tom has made two feature films They Shoot Movies Don’t They and Sleep Across America. In our discussion we cover a wide range of topics such as mock docs, self distribution and working with sponsors.
For more on Tom Wilson and his work click here.
To listen NOW click… read more
DIY DAYS NYC video: A dinner gathering For DIY DAYS NYC we ended up doing a different format then the other events in LA, SF and Boston. The NYC event was a casual dinner gathering and an open discussion. The evening was made possible thanks to Storybids and indieGoGo. It was an evening of good food and conversation. Dinner guests included Ted Hope, Faye Dunaway, Lance Hammer,… read more
Design in Film – 5 tips on working with a designer By Rene Antunes
- You’re a filmmaker. You’ve finished an amazing film which has both a russian roulette scene and a beautiful Tunisian woman saying “Because he doesn’t know how to love.”. It’s brilliant; you want everyone to see it, and it’s time to put it out into the world. Before you do that though, you’ll need to make… read more
In addition to discovery and distribution, From Here to Awesome has a special FREE educational section entitled DIY DAYS that is an extension of the Workbook Project. The DIY DAYS events are a joint effort between FHTA and Current TV and will consist of workshops, case studies, panel discussions, and screenings. LA and SF are locked and we’re working on events for Boston and NYC. All the activities will be recorded and “embedding and spreading” of the materials will be encouraged. There will also be some live streaming as well.
WHAT: DIY DAYS LA WHEN: Saturday July 26th 9:30am to 7:30pm WHERE: Under Spring / Not A Cornfield
1745 North Spring #4
Los Angeles, CA 90012 www.notacornfield.com
DIY DAYS are shaping up here’s a partial list of speakers:
Tommy Pallotta – A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life Mark Pellington – Henry Poole is Here, Arlington Road, Mothman Prophecies Lance Weiler – The Last Broadcast and Head Trauma Arin Crumley – Four Eyed Monsters Ondi Timoner - DiG, Join Us and We Live in Public M dot Strange – We Are the Strange Saskia Wilson-Brown – Current TV Jon Reiss - Bomb It Alex Johnson – digital media strategist / filmmaker Christy Dena – cross-media strategist and designer Matt Hanson – filmmaker and founder of A Swarm of Angels Timo Vuorensola – director of Space Wreck and co-founder of wreckamovie.com
lance weiler is the founder of the WorkBook Project and also a story architect of film, tv and games. He's written and directed two feature films THE LAST BROADCAST and HEAD TRAUMA. He's currently developing a number of transmedia projects
Discovery and Distribution in 2008 We’ve been working on a new social experiment for the last six months and this coming Thursday it will take its first steps. From… read more
Short Filmmaker Profile: Tim Hyten As part of the upcoming ‘One Hundred Mornings’ run at the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles, Cinema Speakeasy, CineFist, Downtown Independent Theatre, and Slamdance Film Festival… read more
Legal resource The Center for the Study of the Public Domain has put together an excellent resource that sheds light on the confusing issue of “fair use”.… read more
Power to the Pixel is a conference that focuses on funding, producing and distributing films in the digital age. The next edition of PTTP will be held in Paris this coming June. Liz Rosenthal the founder of PTTP was kind of enough to share the following video. Please feel free to embed and spread.
The final Power to the Pixel session brings together five pioneering filmmakers who are reinventing the way that films reach audiences and audiences reach films. Lance Weiler, Arin Crumley, Susan Buice, Matt Hanson, Jeremy Nathan explain why they chose the DIY path. Moderated by Liz Rosenthal.
lance weiler is the founder of the WorkBook Project and also a story architect of film, tv and games. He's written and directed two feature films THE LAST BROADCAST and HEAD TRAUMA. He's currently developing a number of transmedia projects
this conference is being recorded – Esther Robinson & Doug Block In this editon of “TCIBR” we are joined by two established documentary producers / directors – Esther Robinson (A Walk Into the Sea, Home Page) and Doug Block (The Heck with Hollywood, Home Page, 51 Birch Street). Today’s discussion is devoted to the art and craft of the documentary. A range of topics are covered such as; fundraising, producing,… read more
POLLINATE: “One Small Step” Lisa Salem reports – When David Hastings’ play ONE SMALL STEP was taken up to the Assembly Rooms at the Edinburgh Festival this month – the festival’s most respected venue – the outlook was quite pragmatic: take the show up there, expect a financial loss but gather thy reviews and hope they harvest into eyeballs and cash in the form… read more
HOW TO: Stop Motion on a Budget Shooting The Pit and the Pendulum with a Mac Mini computer & a Nikon D70s DSLR camera
By Marc Lougee
We shot the short stop motion animated film, The Pit and the Pendulum using Nikon D70s DSLR’s Apple mac Mini computers, and a low cost frame capture software program called Frame Thief (available for Mac). The basic system consisted… read more
For those of you who don’t know FROM HERE TO AWESOME is an extension of the workbook project. In the spirit of bringing an open source philosophy to various parts of the filmmaking process, FHTA is focused on education, discovery and distribution. Over the next few months leading up to the festival’s kick off in Paris on June 3rd, FHTA is constructing a series of vids that detail the current state of filmmaking.
We’re looking for people who would like to contribute not only submissions, but also thoughts and suggestions on how to improve the festival. And if you’d like to lend a hand with the fest we’re looking for volunteers to come along for the ride.
Wonderful animation by Jordan Gray and Jeff Hockett that explains the festivals submission process.
lance weiler is the founder of the WorkBook Project and also a story architect of film, tv and games. He's written and directed two feature films THE LAST BROADCAST and HEAD TRAUMA. He's currently developing a number of transmedia projects
POV: The States of Open Content Content is going to become even more open in 2008… With the change in the media climate and distribution experiments such as Radiohead’s In Rainbows… read more
COWORKING SPACE AT 3RD WARD New York-based creative professionals take note! Odds are, you’re familiar with 3rd Ward, the massive workspace in Bushwick full of all sorts of resources, supplies… read more
M dot Strange, Hunter Weeks and Ondi Timoner – photo by 
