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FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 10)

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 10) has some more intersting stories, great projects and awesome links for you!

The importance of having a blog (part 1)

Some people think that blogs are dead since the rise of community websites like facebook and twitter. Indeed, many filmmakers turn to use Social Networking platforms and Microblogging services to promote their projects, often used complementary. Nevertheless, running a blog (and/or a website) should always be the main anchor for all your online activities.

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 9)

The EUMAGINE #TWITTER-OSCARS for 2010
Indiefilm platform EUMAGINE celebrated the Twitter Oscars and awarded tweeple in categories like ‘the best and sympatic filmmaking duo’. By the way, congrats to Christoph Waltz!
March is DiY Filmmaking Month!
First I read about it on DIY Filmmaking and then switched over to PoetZero. Together with MAKE Magazine they declared: March is [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 8)

THE MENTAL ECLECTIC INDIE FILMMAKING PANEL
The Mental Eclectic aka Craig Wilson, initiator of Twitter’s #IndieMM, is hosting The Mental Eclectic Indie Filmmaking Panel during this years San Diego Indie Fest. The brilliant selection of panellists include Saskia Wilson-Brown from Indiegogo.com, Kurt Braun from ArtAtaxUnit.com, William Ostroff founder of FirstGlanceFilms.com, Jenna Edwards, Producer of In The [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 7)

Study: Ages of social network users
I found this really useful study about the ages of social network users on Pingdom. Especially the chart with the Social Networks is really interesting!
Workshop in Vienna: Social Media for Filmmakers
We’re hosting a workshop on Social Media for Filmmakers on 9 April 2010 in Vienna. We’d love to see you [...]

Event review: New Media – New User Behaviour

Our friends at Hercules Filmnetwork interviewed Iris Lamprecht after our panel discussion ‘New Media – New User Behaviour’ (in collaboration with the Vienna Film Fund). Here’s what she told them (sorry guys, only German):

To read the full article and watch all the clips, please visit Hercules Filmnetwork (currently in beta).
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Social Media at the movies

Online services such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are very popular these days and they are really huge even in traditional media because they influence many peoples everyday life. Normally we here at FilmTiki blog about how these services can help filmmakers to get their movies seen, but a more recent trend brings your favourite [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 6)

FilmTiki at the Berlinale
As Iris blogged the other day, we were in Berlin last weekend and we had a really great time. Especially because we had the chance to meet with some old friends and some new, who we  know from Twitter etc. So thank you guys (@cineast, @chappuzeau, @derAlekx, @CORKY242, @flimmit and @moviac) for [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 5)

Workshop in Berlin: Social Media for Filmmakers
This Friday, 12 February, we’re hosting a workshop: Social Media for Filmmakers in Berlin, as we’ll be around for the Berlinale Film Festival. We still have a few spots left, so we’d happy to see you there! To find out more, check out our last blog post.
Austrian Filmmakers on Facebook
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Berlin 2010: Social Media for Filmmakers

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Workshop: Social Media for Filmmakers (Berlin 2010) on Prezi

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FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 4)

Why Indie Directors Give Movies Away For Free Online
Time published an article about the future of movie distribution , referring to filmmakers like Timo Vuorensola and Nina Paley, who pur their movies online for free. According to Time,
cutting the middleman out of the process is sometimes the best way to guarantee large audiences see their [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 3)

How to Fight Back when Distribution goes Wrong
James Burbidge writes about the limitations of some distribution contracts. His advice:
Make sure you know what you are looking for in a contract.
Facebook: Austrian Filmmakers
We found a great Facebook group for all Austrian Filmmakers. If you are in Austrian film business or you wanna get in touch with [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 2)

Here’s our weekly online review for January 11 – January 17 2010
Filmmakers Thank Movie Piracy for Popularity
Film Piracy via Torrents is not always bad, according to an article on JustPressPlay about the dark fantasy movie Ink.
What do Indie filmmakers hope for in 2010?
US indie filmmaker Heidi Van Lier made her own personal indie film [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 1)

Here’s our weekly online review for January 4 – January 10 2010
Check out Moby.com, a great resource for filmmakers to search and find music for their movies. Here’s what it says on the website:
This portion of moby.com, ‘film music’, is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review – part 25

I know, I’m a bit late, but due to our well-deserved Christmas break it took some time to finish our last ‘online week in review’ post for 2009. But finally, here it is:
FilmTiki on Facebook
We reached the 300 fans mark on FACEBOOK a few days ago! Thank you all for your continued support!
If you are [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review – part 24

How to turn a $300 video into a $30 Million movie deal
Social Media Today commented on the latest great ‘YouTube’ success: producer Fede Alvarez landed a $30 million movie deal after uploading his movie Panic Attack on YouTube, which was watched over 4 million times.
iPhone apps for movie makers
I didn’t think about it right away [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review – part 23

FilmTiki at the UNERHÖRT Musicfilm Festival 2009
Read about the things I talked about at the Unerhört Music Film Festival in Hamburg a few days ago and  learn more about music film marketing.
Indie Filmmaking: 35 Tips From Experts
The Deadline Hollywood Team gathered 35 Tips on Indie Filmmaking given by producers during the “Produced By” Conference in LA. [...]

FilmTiki at the UNERHÖRT Musicfilm Festival 2009

Last Friday, December 4th 2009, I took part in a panel discussion focussing on the question ‘What happens to the film industry in the age of 2.0?’ at the Unerhört Music Film Festival in Hamburg, Germany. Moderated by Ina Krauß, me and the other panelists – Wolfgang Junghans, founder and CEO of Eumagine TV; Andreas Weitkämpfer, A&R Director Frontline at Warner Music Group Central Europe and Joachim Kurz, chief editor http://www.kino-zeit.de – discussed recent trends in online movie marketing, film distribution, the future of film, cinema in general and music film.

FilmTiki’s online week in review – part 22

Here’s a short weekly online review for November 30 – December 6 2009
New Positions – Director of Distribution & Marketing
YES, that’s the right approach (found on the future of movies):
Just like the director, the producer, the director of photography, all the department heads… filmmakers should be hiring a director of distribution and marketing from day [...]

FilmTiki’s online week in review – part 21

Here’s our weekly online review for November 23 – November 29 2009
How to prepare for OpenIndie
OpenIndie was started a few months ago by Kieran Masterton and Arin Crumley and it seems that their project is being realised bit by bit. Read their story.
Fujifilm short film competition
We found a good competition on the web, the Fujifilm [...]