It had to happen. Reinvention of the movie industry.
The whole thing that kept movie studios going was Access to the Money, Contracts with the Actors, and Distribution. Did you see Steve Job's keynote address at Macworld? The new Air doesn't even have an optical drive. Stuff's going to stream on WiFi broadband in a rental model. Something that's been the logical next step for awhile.
Actors have been stepping out and looking at their own production companies for a while now. Some are doing it profitably, running real businesses and getting good scripts for themselves. For others it's just a vanity thing. But they're no longer behind an iron wall. With a little diligence, you can get to people.
The Money remained the hurdle. Unless you could find a group of dentists who wanted to be part of a glamourous Hollywood deal (and they're out there, those dentists) you were kinda screwed.
Enter IndieGoGo, which I've just read about. If this link times out, it went to a Reuters site. I don't know if they have Permalink.
Killer conceptual execution, a very graceful and well-written website. I prowled this little beauty today and threw up a couple things to hold my place while I try to think of how I wanted to use it. There was a group called "Inktip" a few years ago- I put my rom-com up there, some guy asked to see it, and "passed." Very strange to find a novel was "written" by someone in his state a year after that script had gone out, with one word changed in the title and a plot and subplot exactly like mine, except clunky where they changed some details.
The point is, keep your material and find your own money and actors. That's what most real creative types have always wanted anyway. Now with HD cameras, you can. But check out this site and see if it, or others that will likely spring up to copy it, work for you.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Hey. Writers. Don't Sell Your Baby. IndieGoGo it.
Job Interview
You looked me in the eye
And said Why
Do you want this job so I
Had to tell you I thought I’d be the best
Because of my experience
And we did a little dance
With words and phrases hence
When the other guy tried to get a word in edgewise we’d let him sometimes
I tried to tell my story and not to showboat or brag
It wasn’t too often that there would be a lag
I’d like to think I had it in the bag
But you’re seeing more people all this weekend
You said you’d let me know next week
Would it be pushy if we speak
In the meantime about something completely geek
You liked too, that was part of MacWorld’s webcast
You gave me the nicest smile
Even for Portland, nicer than I’ve seen in a while
Like you actually liked me
And thought I’d be a good employee and I think I would be
It’s hard to know just what to say
And sucks that there’s this damn delay
Be better to know what’s up today
So I can get on with things
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Still Sayin' Sprint is #1
Update: I heard the news today oh boy...
Yet another wonderful customer service experience with Sprint the other night. I like being their customer...
Ace Sprint Girl Detective Novagirl has sleuthed out the answers, and quite kindly and charmingly, too. Wish I had an email address to write back to her... You've saved me. Thank you very much.
Sprint's the best, you guys. Try talking to these people instead of going in mad at your boss and loaded for bear.
These people take this sort of job because they like people and like talking to them. Let em be nice to you.
It'll change your day, I promise you.
