Let me paint a picture. A potentially curmudgeonly picture, but I promise it has a point – bear with me. Each week I get bombarded by film folks who take to heart the part of the idea of transmedia that microfunding can help them reach their filmmaking dream, but who don’t take to heart the [...]
Media Info: Contact: Leslie Poston and Amy Greenlaw from Film POP! Website: http://filmpop.tv or http://nhfilmfestival.com/ FILM POP AND NH FILM FESTIVAL, PORTSMOUTH, NH – Film POP! is pleased to announce that it will be working with the Festival this year as a Media Partner, and will lead and execute the online promotional efforts and strategy [...]
What is Disposable Film you ask? According to The Disposable Film Festival site: “It has been made possible by new media and the rise of online distribution. These films are often made quickly, casually, and sometimes even unintentionally. Everyone has become a Disposable Filmmaker: directors of Saturday night cell phone videos, actors under the eyes [...]
One thing I’ve noticed speaking at things like Filmmakers Get Social: the film industry has a lot in common with the music industry and with business when it comes to social media. What I mean by that is that every event seems evenly divided at this point in the game between those who’ve been aware [...]
This is part of a series of reviews on films screened while attending SXSW. This review represents the opinion of the author only. Note: This review contains spoilers. ••• Bryan Poyser’s funny and complicated “Lovers of Hate” could be a study of how a very dysfunctional sibling relationship can make all other relationships seem “normal”. [...]
This is a reprint of a letter from NH Department of Cultural Resources Commissioner, Van McLeod. Because Film POP! is invested in filmmakers everywhere, we wanted to give Van a platform for rallying people to call their representatives in the House (and Senate, if it gets that far) to save the NH Film Office. House [...]
We took a few minutes to talk about Adventureland. Amy was a bit more enthusiastic than I was about it, but both of us enjoyed it. We both discovered the film via social media (specifically from Ted Hope mentioning it and promoting it).
Found a quick review of Food, Inc. in our film review vault. We love doing these quick mini reviews of our opinion on a film and, when appropriate, its marketing for you. We squeeze them into our schedules as we can, and it looks like this one was on a busy day when we were [...]
Chase Bailey, Leslie Poston, Amy Greenlaw at NHFF 2009 on film marketing for the indie filmmaker: note: video compressed to iPhone size – full size, HD video available on request
In this portion of our interview, local producer Mark Constance talks about the difference between NH up front benefits to filmmakers versus the MA Film Tax Credit:
