Soak in this great advice from the Ira Glass’ “Storytelling Series”, illustrated with visuals from the up-and-coming filmmaker Daniel Sax. I often have trouble with work matching up with my ambitions, but this offers some inspiration to get through “the Gap”.
If you’re looking for some inspiration for generating innovative ideas for your films, perhaps Iversity’s new MOOC on “Idea Generation” might be a great resource for you. This free course started this week, and it’s not to late to join in. It’s hosted by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and KIC InnoEnergy and it “aims to explain techniques for the goal and process oriented generation of ideas.” For more information and to register for the course, visit iversity.org.
Today, Moviola is offering a free Throwback Thursday webinar on Documentary Filmmaking. Story is essential to a great doc, and host Andrew Zinnes will guide you through tips for finding a great story and seeing it through the research and production phases. This webinar is free today for 24 hours (starting at 12:00 am PDT). For more information and to register for the event, visit moviola.com.
Marketing has become extremely important for independent filmmakers, and digital marketing can be a great start to engaging an audience. If you’d like to learn more or brush up on your digital marketing skills, starting September 28th, Iversity is offering a free MOOC on Digital Marketing. The course is hosted by Dr. Alexsej Heinze of Salford Business School, and it uniquely offers the research and perspectives of five different European countries. The three basic principles of the course are understanding long-term planning, day-to-day digital operations, and continuously improving marketing activities. For a more detailed course syllabus, or to enroll in this course for free, visit iversity.org.
Hopefully we’ll soon hear a verdict on the “Happy Birthday” lawsuit, but in the meantime, let’s enjoy the creative alternatives Warner/Chappell has inspired us to create:
The right to use the “Happy Birthday” song for free in future projects is definitely something IndieLIBRE is rooting for and hopes to post about again soon. If you haven’t been following the case, here’s a great introduction created by director Jenn Nelson, who is currently in the legal battle.
You can also click here to read The Hollywood Reporter and The New York Times coverage of the lawsuit.
(Birthday photo credits: Will Clayton – www.flickr.com)
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