Recent content by Phil D

Hi all, I've been keeping a production blog this past year charting the birth pangs of my new short film: TREE We finally shot the film just recently, but as you all know that is just the end of act one in the life of a film! If you have a moment feel free to check what we have been up to at...

If I may wade in. The whole internet/computer related storyline is great, as it ties in nicely with the way the film will be made. But an email is not a very interesting thing visually. One idea is that it could be a website that people stumble upon, that then somehow effects them in some...

Nice site guys. It looks like a cool idea too, sure to be plenty of passion on show during the world cup. All the best shooting it.

Very cool film, really nicely done. But who played the part of the headless man?

Hi You can add me to your list of viral disseminators.

As a filmmaker/producer you should not have to give a distributor any money up front. As has been said, any costs incurred in promoting the film is only taken back once a film has sold, this means that you and the distributor are sharing those costs. Whatever is left over is then divided up -...

I only have experiance with InkTip, but I posted a short on there free listing just a couple of days ago, and have had inquires already regarding it. So it does work.

Hi Phil - cool name by the way. I have found this software to be great. 5Star Mobile video. Great for encoding to a range of devices, and quick too. http://www.engelmann.com/index.php?file=5starmobilevideo They do a 30 day trial.

Thanks for the tip Knightly, I'll try that.

So as part of my continueing marketing campaign, I knocked up his animated Gif today in After Effects. Does it do the job? Comments welcome.

Ok, so the ball is rolling, had my first bit of sucsess. Got a review on iPod Guide.tv http://www.podguide.tv/archives/2006/01/the_census_take.html Steve who runs the site is a really great guy and super helpful.

Thanks Beeblebrox will do. edit* Don't think the PM thing is going to work. I have to send the link to an email address, its all tied in with the hosting server. Can you eamil me your address?

Hi, I'm looking for some video ipod owners to volunteer to help me test the download and playability of my film on their ipods. If your interested in helping me out, send an email to info@phildale.net I'll send you a download link to my film. Then I just need you to view it on your ipod and...

Thanks guys for your ideas. I'll try and implement some of them in the coming week.

Cool, thats easy. Thanks