Hmm, how long will Apple let producers sidestep the iTunes store?

On March 25, 2010 by Colin

clipped from blogs.wsj.com

Indie Film iPhone Apps — The New Distribution Frontier?

By Michelle Kung

Kimmo Kuusniemi, left.

When Apple first announced the launch of its iPad digital tablet on January 27, many media and technology experts immediately focused on the device’s applications for video games, e-books and other digital media. Finnish filmmaker Kimmo Kuusniemi, however, saw the iPad as the perfect distributor of his independent documentary, “Promised Land of Heavy Metal.”

A film about the history and philosophy of the heavy metal movement in Finland, “Promised Land” was the culmination of several years work for Kuusniemi, who played guitar for the band Sarcofagus in the late 1970s and ’80s before switching careers to filmmaking. But after struggling to find full theatrical distribution for his film (it has been shown on Finnish TV and a Scandinavian TV deal is being negotiated), he decided to try a different tactic. Continued…

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PBS getting pretty post-modern!

On March 24, 2010 by Colin
clipped from mashable.com

“Earth Days” PBS Documentary to Premiere on Facebook

Feature-length documentary film Earth Days will premiere on Facebook with a live video stream and a chat at 8 p.m. EST on April 11, more than a week before the over-the-air PBS television premiere at 9 p.m. EST on April 19.

The film chronicles the history of Earth Day in the United States and investigates issues related to the today’s American environmentalism movement. It has been playing the festival circuit and in select theaters for months, leading up to its PBS American Experience premiere. Earth Days has pulled a 70 rating on Metacritic — “generally favorable reviews.” Continues…

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Friends, Fans & Followers available for free for a few days!

On March 10, 2010 by Colin

Scott Kirstner’s book on creating a fanbase in the web 2.0 world is available here till the end of SxSW festival.

Some great resources for documentary lovers and makers

On March 2, 2010 by Colin

A couple great sites that have come into their own in the last two years:

The Workbook Project is an online collaboration that studies, discusses and creates the next generation of multi-platform independent media.

Massify is a filmmaker, actor, producer online community with some pretty big partners (Lionsgate, Killer Films, etc.)

D-word is a documentary specific forum for fans and creators.

Here’s an unsophisticated, but thorough list of documentary resources.

Finally, this is afilm and video finder that links to eight of the most significant educational doc distributors.

Santa Barbara Photo Gallery – Skatopia gets cowpunky

On February 21, 2010 by Colin

Click the pic to see the whole gallery.

Raging at Red's in SB... Brewce & Dave Reul of the Skatanic Rednecks

Raging at Red's in SB... Brewce & Dave Reul of the Skatanic Rednecks

Read All About It! – COVERAGE!

On February 19, 2010 by Colin

The Santa Barbara Independent wrote us up and interviewed Brewce last week. Check out what the “indy press” thinks about hillbilly anarchists.

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Remy Stratton came up from the wilds of Orange County to experience the good life in SB… check it out here.remy rocksEnjoy!

Watch Daily Habit Today and Friday!!

On February 18, 2010 by Colin

Fuel TV’s Daily Habit is featuring Brewce and Laurie talking about the documentary, Skatopia and the Santa Barbara International Film Fest that we just played at. Showtimes: Thursday, Feb 18 at 9PM and Midnight EST, Friday Feb 19 at 2:30PM and 5:30PM EST. Converting these times to your time zone is your responsibility… don’t take it lightly!Fuellogo

Santa Barbara Intl. Film Fest February 9 & 12

On January 19, 2010 by Colin

Skatopia the Movie is coming to Southern Cal! Finally. Yes, fans, you too can vicariously burn a car, throw beer, mosh and check out the famous Skatopia stripper pole.
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We have two screenings – be there!
Tue, Feb 9 10:15 PM at the Metro 4 Theatre IV
Fri, Feb 12 9:30 PM at Victoria Hall

Details on other mayhem to follow soon!

Mad as hell!

On November 7, 2009 by Colin

How can something created in 1976 still seem as if it were created last night?

Great stuff – Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network:

Mad As Hell! Kinetic Typography from Aaron Leming on Vimeo.

Skaters Reclaim Hotsprings!

On November 2, 2009 by Colin

Despite being known as most skater-hating place in the US…

Arkansas Cop Joey Williams Choking Skateboarder photo: Skylar Nalls

Arkansas Cop Joey Williams Choking Skateboarder photo: Skylar Nalls

Hot Springs rolled out the red carpet for Skatopia, Brewce, the filmmakers and dozens of skaters from all over Arkansas who came out for the screening of our film. Check out the gallery here or the slide show below for the full picture.

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