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DIY Days Boston, October 4, 2008 (conference notes, part 3)
Written by David Tames on October 13, 2008
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This post concludes my coverage of DIY Days, a conference held in Boston at MassArt on October 4, 2008. Please visit part one and part two if you’ve not already read them. Do keep in mind these notes do not necessarily represent the views of the various speakers at the conference, sometimes...  Continue Reading...

DIY Days Boston, October 4, 2008 (conference notes, part 2)
Written by David Tames on October 9, 2008
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This post continues my coverage of the DIY Days conference in Boston which I began in a previous post. Please keep in mind these are my notes and do not necessarily represent the views of the various speakers at the conference, sometimes it includes my own parenthetical thoughts, which are...  Continue Reading...

DIY Days Boston, October 4, 2008 (conference notes)
Written by David Tames on October 4, 2008
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The DIY Days Boston conference was held at MassArt on October 4, 2008. The conference drew a full-house of both seasoned and emerging filmmakers and media artists who came to learn about online tools, techniques, and strategies for building and sustating their audience. DIY Days follows an...  Continue Reading...

DIY DAYS Boston agenda for Sat 4-Oct-08 is now online
Written by David Tames on September 29, 2008
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I’m impressed with how many people registered for DIY DAYS before the agenda was published, but now the agenda is online, check it out. I think you’ll agree with me, this is an excellent lineup, I expect this will be among the best filmmaking events this year in Boston, hope to...  Continue Reading...

Maria’s Story and its role in the technological history of documentary filmmaking
Written by David Tames on September 20, 2008
Filed Under Documentary, Featured, Filmmaking, MassArtDMI, Media Technology, Reviews
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Maria’s Story (1990, Monona Wali & Pamela Cohen, 53 min.) is a documentary portrait of Maria Serrano, a 39-year-old woman who is a peasant, mother, and guerrilla leader who at the time the film was made, had spent over a decade of her life fighting in the hills of El Salvador. Some...  Continue Reading...

DIY DAYS coming to Boston October 4, 2008
Written by David Tames on September 13, 2008
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The DIY DAYS conference will be held in Boston on Saturday, October 4th at MassArt, along with screening of From Here to Awesome films the night before, also at MassArt. This traveling conference, recently held in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, explores how independent filmmakers...  Continue Reading...

Slava Rubin of IndieGoGo at New Media Expo
Written by David Tames on August 17, 2008
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I met Slava Rubin, co-founder, chief of strategy and marketing of IndieGoGo back at Making Media Now 2008 and was pleased to catch up with him again at New Media Expo in Las Vegas. IndieGoGo is an online social marketplace connecting filmmakers and fans to make independent film happen. Here’s...  Continue Reading...

The future of independent film: audience aggregation
Written by David Tames on August 13, 2008
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In a recent article, “When the Audience Takes Control,” Lance Weiler suggests independent filmmakers should work on creating their own fan base. He writes, “the future of independent film is not in content aggregation, which is quickly becoming commoditized, but in audience...  Continue Reading...

Distribution in the Digital Age
Written by David Tames on August 2, 2008
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With technology changing at a rapid pace and media content more plentiful than ever before, the question becomes, how do filmmakers find an audience for their media and make the best use of online distribution avenues to sell their films? We discussed new and inventive ways to get your film...  Continue Reading...