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Understanding Health Insurance
Useful Links For Artists And Film Industry Members Alike
October 2nd, 2008As a member of the arts community, whether the medium be film, television, the performing or visual arts, there are some various elements that all of these industries have in common. One of them is health insurance. As an emerging or even veteran artist of the industry, health insurance can be a complicated and sometimes confusing topic. However, there are some websites out there that aim to help artists. The websites below are broken down by state. One of the leading websites is the Access to Health Insurance database. The database was created in 1998 and created by the Actors’ Fund of America. The website is a good jumping off point and provides useful information for each state. Many of the other websites accessed and provided below were found with the help of this database.
Documentary 2.0: Making Media That Matters
Katy Chevigny, Executive Director of Arts Engine, Inc., the nonprofit arm behind the festival, and Gina Teleroli of Meerkat Media Collective, one of the seven collaborators behind Every Third Bite, another of this year’s official selections, discuss artistic collaboration, trends from this year’s festival, and how the Internet is changing the way we make and view film.
June 13th, 2008 | Jen SwansonThe Independent catches up with Katy Chevigny, Executive Director of Arts Engine, Inc., the nonprofit arm behind the festival, and Gina Telaroli of Meerkat Media Collective, one of the seven collaborators behind Every Third Bite (watch the film), another of this year’s official selections, to discuss artistic collaboration, trends from this year’s festival, and how the Internet is changing the way we make and view film.
Each June, The Media That Matters Film Festival selects a group of 12 shorts by independent filmmakers designed to spark action and debate in twelve minutes or less. Unlike other festivals, MTM works to promote its selections year-round through online streaming, broadcasts and community screenings.
Download This: The Future of Distribution is Just a Click Away
A selection of internet distribution venues -- Movieflix.com, EZTakes.com, Jaman.com, and FilmOn.com
March 27th, 2008 | Michele MeekIf Hollywood is slow to make the leap online, independents are even more hesitant, fearing the gradual (or dramatic) shaving of their profit margins, which are low to begin with. What is the future of Internet film distribution? The Independent's Michele Meek takes a look the upstarts who are changing the way the distribution game is played, including Movieflix, EZTakes, Jaman, FilmOn, and, yes, Google Video.
Video blogs, vodcasts, YouTube -- in many ways it seems that independent filmmakers have taken the internet by force. But what about independent films picked up for distribution? In many cases, they are notably missing from the online arena. Companies like Zipporah Films, Women Make Movies and Davidson Films still stick with their tried-and-true model of
AIVF: And What it Meant to Me
July 1st, 2006I first became aware of AIVF when Martha Gever was editor of The Independent. I marveled at this national organization that put out each month a magazine chock full of weighty, intellectual and critical articles on film and video.
Toward a Post-Theatre Age
The future of distribution
July 1st, 2006 | Danielle DiGiacomoShow Us Your Shorts
The internet gives short films a whole new audience
May 1st, 2006 | Erica BerensteinI dont know how big of a historian you are, begins David Dundas, one of the founders of YouAreTV, a video hosting site launched at the beginning of this year. But this whole technology thing is kind of equivalent to when the printing press came out.
Promoting your film
The Documentary Doc tackles e-mail marketing and being the public face of your project
November 1st, 2004 | Fernanda RossiDear Doc Doctor:
All I can afford in terms of marketing my documentary is my Internet connection and email account. Whats the best way to use them?
What’s (still) experimental?
Three projects that are pushing the boundaries
June 1st, 2004 | Paul BoutinFor filmmakers, being experimental isnt as easy as it used to be. Fifty years ago, tossing aside Hollywoods conventions of narrative, acting, cinematography, and format exposed plenty of directions in which to push the envelope. Maya Deren challenged viewers by confusing them. Stan Brakhage manipulated his film by hand to create images never seen in the real world.
Sam Chen
Computer-Animated Biopic Strikes a Chord
January 1st, 2004 | Neil KendricksOftentimes an independent filmmaker requires the support of an army of manyactors and crewto nurture his or her film into fruition. In the case of director-producer Sam Chens computer-animated short film Eternal Gaze, a biopic on the life and art of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, the required support came down to an army of one.
The Independent's