http://jonreiss.com/blog The latest news about director Jon Reiss Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:32:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let me clarify some of my feelings about the PMD. I will add my universal caveat that every film and situation is different. But here are some important guidelines: 1. The best case scenario is that a PMD is on board as a full collaborator and ... http://jonreiss.com/blog/2010/08/27/further-clarification-of-the-pmd-and-economics/ This was published yesterday on jeremyjuuso.blogspot.com. UPDATE TO BASELINE JULY 2010 DIY POSTING During the course of research, I found a film from 2009 that initially appeared to be a DIY release, but upon further inspection had to be relabeled as a non-DIY release. As a result, this has slightly shifted ... http://jonreiss.com/blog/2010/08/23/update-to-jeremy-juusos-diy-film-releasing-article/ Babelgum Actually -- gasps -- Pays for Users to Create Videos By PATRICK J. SAUER So far as I know, Babelgum is the only company paying Web-video creators money up front," says chief revenue officer Douglas Dicconson. And not for low-brow stuff, but ambitious professional works such as British documentarian Daniel Edelstyn's ... http://jonreiss.com/blog/2010/08/19/bomb-it-2-on-babelgum-to-watch-list-for-fast-company-magazine/ This month I will be appearing at the University Film and Video Conference which is being held at Champlain College in Burlington VT. Both presentations will center around the core Think Outside the Box Office (TOTBO) principles with an emphasis on how and why to teach this material ... http://jonreiss.com/blog/2010/08/06/jon-reiss-to-speak-at-ufva-conference-august-11th-12th/ As some of you may know, I coined a new crew category titled the Producer of Marketing and Distribution (or PMD) in my book Think Outside the Box Office. I came up with the idea when trying to think of a solution to the enormous amount of work ... http://jonreiss.com/blog/2010/07/22/pmd-rising/