Comments on: Making Money With Short Films http://www.kylegilman.net/2009/02/17/making-money-with-short-films/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kyle http://www.kylegilman.net/2009/02/17/making-money-with-short-films/comment-page-1/#comment-98288 Kyle Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:09:15 +0000 http://www.kylegilman.net/?p=458#comment-98288 Leo, I don't know anything about that camera, but it's the wrong way to think about making movies. Make a good movie. The camera is irrelevant. Leo, I don’t know anything about that camera, but it’s the wrong way to think about making movies. Make a good movie. The camera is irrelevant.

]]> By: Leo Birch http://www.kylegilman.net/2009/02/17/making-money-with-short-films/comment-page-1/#comment-98287 Leo Birch Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:02:50 +0000 http://www.kylegilman.net/?p=458#comment-98287 Hi, thank you so much for your site which I stumbled on, but I have a Handycam DCR-SX30E....... . Would this be suffient for making a small, say, five minute film, please??? It has worked for me in the past regarding Youtube, but is there a way one can make a movie and make money with it, with the equipment I have?? Thank you Leo Hi,
thank you so much for your site which I stumbled on, but I have a Handycam DCR-SX30E……. . Would this be suffient for making a small, say, five minute film, please??? It has worked for me in the past regarding Youtube, but is there a way one can make a movie and make money with it, with the equipment I have??
Thank you
Leo

]]> By: Renderyard http://www.kylegilman.net/2009/02/17/making-money-with-short-films/comment-page-1/#comment-96942 Renderyard Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:47:19 +0000 http://www.kylegilman.net/?p=458#comment-96942 Make Money With Your Short Films, Animations and Feature Films Renderyard will soon be launching a new money making platform for all filmmakers joining our Film Social Network. In the Fall any one that joins Renderyard will be able to choose if they want to earn and make money for placing their films onto our film network. Join our film network at http://www.renderyard.com Make Money With Your Short Films, Animations and Feature Films
Renderyard will soon be launching a new money making platform for all filmmakers joining our Film Social Network.
In the Fall any one that joins Renderyard will be able to choose if they want to earn and make money for placing their films
onto our film network.

Join our film network at http://www.renderyard.com

]]> By: Fahad http://www.kylegilman.net/2009/02/17/making-money-with-short-films/comment-page-1/#comment-96559 Fahad Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:39:41 +0000 http://www.kylegilman.net/?p=458#comment-96559 Good read. i'm a big fan of the internet and online distribution. i've been researching a lot about money, art, and filmmaking (how i found this page). i think online "video consumption" hasn't yet been fully taken advantage of by filmmakers. there seems to be thousands of filmmakers, the world over, who channel all their efforts very inefficiently. the approach seems to be a romantic one, rather than practical. it seems that a lot of these people are great artists, but not so great businesspeople. except the ones who "make it", of course. personally, i started my research because i love the artistry that is filmmaking. however, as others, i quickly realized how expensive this "hobby" can be. not to mention the competition out there. it seems to me that the general business of making a short, hoping it gets "noticed", is a drenched market (so to speak). i'm sure you know this more than i do. but then, i notice that there are people doing creative things AND their time and effort is payed for. particularly, i looked at popular entertainment channels on youtube, and i think these guys are doing it right. if we assume that film is a combination of moving images and sounds to provoke emotion and thought, then these top youtube guys are making very successful films. thus, they are being successful filmmakers. not only are they successful because they get ad revenue, but also because they started out ultra low-budget. they didn't go out and get the latest HD camera, a lot of them started out with a simple webcam. WOW. now that's filmmaking. they took footage and sound, mixed them together, and provoked the emotion and thought of their current fan-base. notice that the most successful videos are usually under five-minutes. sometimes no more than a couple. i think this approach hasn't been fully exploited by filmmakers, as artists and businesspeople. currently this market is dominated by comedy-themed entertainment. i would like to see more people making true creative art, in a broad range of genres, for very little money (and actually make money). why not have a horror-themed channel? a drama-themed one? or a particular director-themed channel? etc. etc. i'll leave you a couple of examples to illustrate. the first is definitely comedy-themed, and the second is music-themed. http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson http://www.youtube.com/user/MysteryGuitarMan Good read.

i’m a big fan of the internet and online distribution. i’ve been researching a lot about money, art, and filmmaking (how i found this page).

i think online “video consumption” hasn’t yet been fully taken advantage of by filmmakers. there seems to be thousands of filmmakers, the world over, who channel all their efforts very inefficiently. the approach seems to be a romantic one, rather than practical. it seems that a lot of these people are great artists, but not so great businesspeople. except the ones who “make it”, of course.

personally, i started my research because i love the artistry that is filmmaking. however, as others, i quickly realized how expensive this “hobby” can be. not to mention the competition out there. it seems to me that the general business of making a short, hoping it gets “noticed”, is a drenched market (so to speak). i’m sure you know this more than i do.

but then, i notice that there are people doing creative things AND their time and effort is payed for. particularly, i looked at popular entertainment channels on youtube, and i think these guys are doing it right. if we assume that film is a combination of moving images and sounds to provoke emotion and thought, then these top youtube guys are making very successful films. thus, they are being successful filmmakers. not only are they successful because they get ad revenue, but also because they started out ultra low-budget. they didn’t go out and get the latest HD camera, a lot of them started out with a simple webcam. WOW. now that’s filmmaking. they took footage and sound, mixed them together, and provoked the emotion and thought of their current fan-base.

notice that the most successful videos are usually under five-minutes. sometimes no more than a couple.

i think this approach hasn’t been fully exploited by filmmakers, as artists and businesspeople. currently this market is dominated by comedy-themed entertainment. i would like to see more people making true creative art, in a broad range of genres, for very little money (and actually make money). why not have a horror-themed channel? a drama-themed one? or a particular director-themed channel? etc. etc.

i’ll leave you a couple of examples to illustrate. the first is definitely comedy-themed, and the second is music-themed.

http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson
http://www.youtube.com/user/MysteryGuitarMan

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