Amazon Launches New Collaborative Studio of The Future Kris, November 18, 2010 Amazon.com has always been the most efficient, secure, and cheapest shopping website you could find. Trust me, I know, I’ve been with them for years and have never been disappointed. Now it seems I never will; Amazon has made a new system for filmmakers and writers who want to get into the business easily and effectively. How is this done? Find out after the jump. Amazon.com’s new studio, simply called “Amazon Studios,” is a new way of getting movies made from people who want to break into the harsh business of filmmaking. Instead of going the traditional and often well-known difficult route of making a movie, Amazon Studios (partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures) is using a more open and collaborative method. Seeing as how modern day computers transfer large documents all the time and we are in constant communication, why not just upload a script or test film to a studio, adding a possible project? Simple and easy, and that’s what Amazon Studios’s goal is. The informative video is a good introduction with quick puns and a brief overview of how they work. You’re basically part of a community working together by submitting either a script or test film. You can get feedback from fellow moviemakers and win monthly and/or yearly contests that result in thousands to millions of cash. Writers can submit a script, filmmakers can use those scripts to make a test film or a complete feature film, and critics can….well, criticize on it all. Personally, I’m very happy about this. Networks like Hukilau and Amazon Studios are making it easier get a movie made. It doesn’t cost anything to submit, and you can only go up from there. this is Filmmaking of the 21st century, and I’m loving it. I’m going to join in and participate, so I hope you guys will to! Oh, and Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity have proven that a viral campaign helps. Social Networks Viral Marketing AmazonAmazon StudiosCrowdsourcingHukilauWarner Bros
“Man of Steel” 3rd Trailer Revealed April 16, 2013April 16, 2013On Sunday night, General Zod issued a warning to Earth, that if Kal-El did not turn himself in, Zod would make our planet “suffer the consequences.” A countdown went live at www.iwillfindhim.com for 48 hours later. That countdown ended tonight, leading to the new trailer for the film. Check it… Read More
District 9 – The Back Story August 10, 2009August 10, 2009io9.com has a great article up in regards to how the aliens came to be. The video is great, but this is the interesting part: Who are the humanly named “prawn” aliens of District 9, and where did they come from? Director Neill Blomkamp reveals all to us about these beings, their… Read More
The Walking Dead: Web Series “Cold Storage” Now Live October 1, 2012As promised, The Walking Dead‘s new web series titled “Cold Storage” debuted online today. Watch all four episodes after the break, and let us know what you thought of it. Be sure to check out the Season 3 premiere of The Walking Dead on October 14th on AMC. If you… Read More