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Tips for a Better Demo Reel

12.20.10 @ 10:07AM Tags : demo, guest, reel

This is a guest post by Danny F. Santos.

Looking to make a demo reel? There are a bunch of different ways to create a reel that showcases your talents; here are several things you can do to improve it right now (and several reels to watch along the way). More »

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How to Cheat at the YouTube Game and Get Millions of Views

12.16.10 @ 11:04AM Tags : choosing-online-video, distribution, guest, guestpost, robin-schmidt, youtube

This is a guest post by filmmaker Robin Schmidt, who today courts controversy with his ongoing series Choosing an Online Video Platform. Next time you see a view count in the millions, you might wonder where some of those views came from! This is not to say that I’m suggesting filmmakers cheat, but NoFilmSchool is devoted to sharing the tools that might help a filmmaker succeed, and the ability to hack YouTube is certainly worth filing under “good to know” — even if you never employ such tactics. Without further ado, here’s Robin: More »

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Choosing an Online Video Platform: Playing the YouTube Game

12.3.10 @ 5:39PM Tags : choosing-online-video, distribution, guest, guest-post, robin-schmidt, youtube

This is a guest post by filmmaker Robin Schmidt a.k.a. El Skid.

In Part 1 I talked about picking YouTube as the correct platform for our project Super Massive Raver, for the plain and simple reason that it had the greatest access to an audience of any of the current options. When looking to monetize video online I think you have to be pretty circumspect and accept that the general public are highly unlikely to pay for video content unless you give them a compelling reason to do so. More »

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Choosing an Online Video Platform: YouTube Pt. 1

11.24.10 @ 11:28AM Tags : choosing-online-video, distribution, guest, monetization, robin-schmidt, web-series, youtube

This is a guest post by filmmaker Robin Schmidt a.k.a. El Skid.

If you receive Koo’s regular newsletter (and you should by the way) you’ll have recently read a short appraisal of the various video sharing sites currently around. I’ve been developing a weekly comedy show called Super Massive Raver which we’re looking to monetize online and, believe me, once you start digging into this area the reading gets pretty grim pretty quickly. More »

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NoFilmSchool is Looking for Guest Posts!

11.14.10 @ 2:26PM Tags : growth, guest, guestpost, jobs, meta

Have a filmmaking experience you’d like to share? Got your hands on some good (or bad) equipment? Record a helpful tutorial? Interview another filmmaker? All of this content is of interest to us, but I simply don’t have the time or resources to cover every story out there. I have managed to build a site that’s read by thousands of filmmakers and other creatives every day, however, and as a result writing a guest post here can be a great source of exposure for you and/or your project. More »

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Guest post at FreshDV: 7 ways the iPad will affect filmmakers and creatives

01.28.10 @ 2:45PM Tags : apple, freshdv, guest, ipad

Here’s the lead from a post I wrote immediately after the Apple iPad announcement yesterday; it’s now live over at FreshDV:

The Apple iPad offers a number of exciting new possibilities for filmmakers and story architects thanks to its screen size, connectivity, and interactivity. At first glance it may seem like just a big iPhone, but it’s priced to move and — whether you plan on buying one or not — in 60 days it will be in the hands of millions. For filmmakers and independent creatives, there’s a lot of brain candy contained in that thin body; here are seven ways I think the iPad will change filmmaking and interactive storytelling.

To read the article, head on over to FreshDV.