Comments on: iTunes vs. The Road: Indie Film on the Indie Music Model http://blog.spout.com/2009/03/28/itunes-vs-the-road-indie-film-on-the-indie-music-model/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:53:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: AFI Dallas: Stars, Panels, and Awards | Movie Listings Central http://blog.spout.com/2009/03/28/itunes-vs-the-road-indie-film-on-the-indie-music-model/#comment-130825 AFI Dallas: Stars, Panels, and Awards | Movie Listings Central Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:15:13 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=12727#comment-130825 [...] on “Scary Symbols: How do Horror Films Show Us What’s Really Scaring Us?,” while Karina Longworth of Spout.com talked wrote * about “What Lessons Can Indie Filmmakers Learn From Indie [...] [...] on “Scary Symbols: How do Horror Films Show Us What’s Really Scaring Us?,” while Karina Longworth of Spout.com talked wrote * about “What Lessons Can Indie Filmmakers Learn From Indie [...]

]]> By: Pierre http://blog.spout.com/2009/03/28/itunes-vs-the-road-indie-film-on-the-indie-music-model/#comment-123857 Pierre Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:15:24 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=12727#comment-123857 Interestingly High School Record, which I remember you guys talking about way back when and then again when it was shown on Pitchfork.tv, is being shown on Dailymotion.com right now until the 31st. Talk about leasing new life to films after festival buzz, this flick is still kicking after 4 years thanks to online distribution. Interestingly High School Record, which I remember you guys talking about way back when and then again when it was shown on Pitchfork.tv, is being shown on Dailymotion.com right now until the 31st.

Talk about leasing new life to films after festival buzz, this flick is still kicking after 4 years thanks to online distribution.

]]> By: zxcvb http://blog.spout.com/2009/03/28/itunes-vs-the-road-indie-film-on-the-indie-music-model/#comment-123825 zxcvb Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:58:30 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=12727#comment-123825 Karina, I'm so glad someone mentioned this parallel. The thing that indie music has that indie filmmakers don't is an active distributive (i.e. file sharing) Blogosphere. Vampire Weekend can send a CD-R to Stereogum, who will give it a quick listen (it's only 3 minute pop after all) and if they like it, they'll post it on their blog for 100s of thousands of readers...many of whom will then post it to their own blog. Factor in blog aggregators like HypeMachine and Elbo.ws and you got a stew goin'! Personally, I'd love to see this sort of thing happen with the indie film community. The obvious obstacle is, of course, that a feature length video is not a 4MB mp3. Still, with the proliferation YouTube, Google Video, and Bit Torrent, I don't see why this model hasn't been tried yet. Thoughts? Karina,

I’m so glad someone mentioned this parallel. The thing that indie music has that indie filmmakers don’t is an active distributive (i.e. file sharing) Blogosphere. Vampire Weekend can send a CD-R to Stereogum, who will give it a quick listen (it’s only 3 minute pop after all) and if they like it, they’ll post it on their blog for 100s of thousands of readers…many of whom will then post it to their own blog. Factor in blog aggregators like HypeMachine and Elbo.ws and you got a stew goin’!

Personally, I’d love to see this sort of thing happen with the indie film community. The obvious obstacle is, of course, that a feature length video is not a 4MB mp3. Still, with the proliferation YouTube, Google Video, and Bit Torrent, I don’t see why this model hasn’t been tried yet.

Thoughts?

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