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FlatplanetFilms

  1. The second screen - video content at the beginning of the future (perhaps closer to the middle of the beginning). nyti.ms/y4lDQu
  2. Why Stories Sell - How Nonprofit Organizations Can Create Transformational Media. bit.ly/erwJlZ
  3. Want to be creative? Interesting article in the New Yorker about the brainstorming "myth." nyr.kr/yM90oB
  4. Uninhibited expression on the web must be protected... so too the copyrights of people who create content. nyti.ms/yWtxMg
  5. Calling it Quits DiY distribution continues to do well - now sold DVDs in 25+ countries. See updated Youtube page at bit.ly/yKfo1P
  6. "FOD supports breast feeding in all forms, especially among consenting adults." Their PR folks funny or tone deaf? nyti.ms/xbG5Tv
  7. R.I.P. Bingham Ray. One can only imagine how much better this industry would be if it had more like you.
  8. Oscar noms are out and it's an insider's year. Best films overlooked in favor of the same old names. bit.ly/zjnegP
  9. SAG and AFTRA agree to merge. Implications for future negotiations - expect hard line stance and future fireworks. lat.ms/A5Pp31
  10. Interesting article on (over) confidence. Concerns Wall St., but anyone developing film and TV programming should read nyti.ms/q0Sz4q
  11. Piracy more than doubles after Fox delays first run show availability on Hulu - amount is more than expected. bit.ly/ovzol8
  12. Disney executive says story doesn't matter when making successful movies. It's all about the spectacle. avc.lu/rivluo
  13. Filmmakers often seek creative control. Yet few have earned it, fewer deserve it, fewer still recognize how foolish a request it is.
  14. Making a movie? Remember what's important. Story and performance get you an audience - not equipment and technology.
  15. Calling it Quits DiY distrib success continues. DVDs sold in 100s of cities in Europe, Australia, N & S America, Asia. bit.ly/9bWyZn
  16. "Keep the Medium in Mind" when creating online video content. Article misses some larger points, but worth a read nyti.ms/qQTVQe
  17. Interesting article about the (over)use of CGI to mask plot and story holes in many Hollywood summer films these days - bit.ly/iVuei9
  18. Tattoo artists sues Warner over tattoo used in Hangover Part II - interesting copyright issue http://nyti.ms/lAeUKM
  19. Case study details Calling it Quits successful DiY DVD outreach and distribution strategy http://bit.ly/iyzsp1