How the FCC is Screwing Filmmakers & Your Best Black Friday Deals [PODCAST]
This episode of Indie Film Weekly laments the doomed fate of Net Neutrality and the 600mhz band.
Jon Fusco, Charles Haine and yours truly, Liz Nord discuss what the FCC's recent actions on Net Neutrality and the 600mhz band mean for filmmakers, along with the most bizarre and heartbreaking turns in the avalanche of sexual misconduct stories and how they're affecting productions everywhere. In gear news, we reveal some of the best Black Friday discounts for filmmakers. Charles also answers an Ask No Film School question about color grading for different outputs.
As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week’s indie film releases, industry wisdom, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films.
Listen to the episode by streaming or downloading from the embedded player above, or find on iTunes here.
Show Links & Mentions
No Film School articles
- 11 Brilliant Native American Films to Watch This Thanksgiving
- 'Call Me by Your Name': Luca Guadagnino on Finding a New Take on the World's Oldest Story
- A No-Bullshit Guide to Getting Your Film Seen in 2018
- Will Steven Soderbergh Be the One Who Finally Gets Interactive Storytelling Right?
- Why 'The Breadwinner' Director Nora Twomey Cried Over Her Own Production
- A Civil War in 'Bushwick': Getting Your Film Made, from Pitch to Production
- 'Landline': How to Avoid the Sophomore Slump and Make Your Second Feature
- What Filmmakers Should Do About Net Neutrality
- Indies, Rejoice! This New Grant Awards $25,000 to Narratives in Development
- The Florida Project', 'Lady Bird' Top 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award Noms
Filmmaking Tools
- Black Friday Deals Filmmakers Will Love
- Everything You Need to Know About How the 600 MHz Wireless Auction Will Impact Filmmaking
- SmallHD OS3 Update Adds Custom False Color, Auto-Calibration & More
Upcoming Deadlines: Grants & Opportunities
- The SFFILM / Westridge Grants - Open now-February 2018
Upcoming Deadlines: Festivals
- Phoenix Film Festival - November 24
- The Omaha Film Festival - November 27
- Brooklyn Film Festival - November 30
Film Releases
- Landline - November 17
- The Big Sick - November 24
Netflix
- Bushwick - November 24
HBO
Theatrical
- Call Me by Your Name - November 24
- Darkest Hour - November 24
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If you want to see what it looks like living in a country without net neutrality laws in place, just take a look at Portugal. Get ready for an astronomical internet bill. Get ready to pay extra for Youtube or access to email services. Get ready to be locked out of regular apps and services you use a lot because they’re not part of your paid internet package.
I suggest everyone read this article in Business Insider. The FCC is setting the table to allow service providers to turn the entire internet experience into a cable TV like subscription service. I’ve always wondered when the communications industry would figure out how to lock down the internet and control it. Frankly, I’m surprised it's lasted as long as it did...
http://read.bi/2zX8P7j
November 23, 2017 at 4:34PM
And let's not pussyfoot around: TRUMP is screwing everyone in the U.S. on this. It is HIS scumbag Verizon lawyer, Ajit Pai, who is behind this rip-off.
November 24, 2017 at 8:47PM
One thing that pisses me off about Pai, is that he twists around the repeal of Net Neutrality as if it somehow benefits the consumers, when in fact these "regulations" are not on consumers, but on cable companies monopolizing and privatizing internet access.
November 25, 2017 at 1:03PM
Also, fuck Trump.
November 25, 2017 at 1:04PM
"Net Neutrality" is a clever marketing term. Whenever companies like Facebook and Google, that are the world's biggest internet censors, champion something as noble as net neutrality my BS radar goes off. I'd rather have the FCC guard a fair internet than that companies like Google and Facebook be the gatekeepers. To have a clearer understanding this YouTuber nailed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3bfrmfT-I
December 8, 2017 at 8:55PM