This is a pretty easy fix. There is a function available on this board called "Ignore poster", if you have no interest in these particular threads, it's easy enough to just have them dissapear forever. Then you can can find your way to important threads like "Question: how important is it to take off your lens cap" without obstruction.
On the flipside, people joining the forum later in the timeline can easily type "Deathworld:" into the search box, and get a neatly organized stack of threads that show how each detail was handled en route to a startup production company, and eventually a feature production. In the event that we are successful in making it to the theaters, these threads will retroactively form a "walkthrough" showing A to Z how a person can realistically build up to such an effort.
To be honest, that's what I originally came to this forum looking for. A layman's terms explanation of how the people that were getting all the way to the big screen were doing it. Not to complain but I've found surprisingly little along those lines. So I'm trying to provide that resource for others in an unfiltered format.
Is the Deathworld project getting a lot of attention? Probably so, I mean nearing the 100k expenditure mark during just the pre phase, it's one of the single largest projects I've ever encountered on these forums. When people posted 500 threads saying that sundance was just a Ti and a battery pack away, there were no objections. Surely we're allowed to counter that with an alternative theory, one that says making a film takes a lot of help, a lot of planning, a lot of time, and a lot of money. I get the impression some of you really don't want to hear that. That it would be easier if we just sat here answering easy questions like "did you like movie X"
Scoopicman (a good filmmaker that I have nothing but respect for) posted on another of these threads that what we were saying was against everything these forums were about. I strongly disagree with that. I think that the indie film community has lost sight of it's original goal. The goal was always to work your way up to making a great film that people could enjoy, through education, networking, and fundraising. What I see most of the time is what I call "white belt academy", amateurs who are so proud of being amateurs that they have begun to see it as an end rather than a means. You become an amateur as a stepping stone to becoming a pro, but I hear little talk about how to graduate and move on. These posts are here to represent a different viewpoint, one that says decisive and risky action is needed to hit that next level. If you'd rather discuss micro-budget all day, I think you have your pick of reading material here. If you want to hear about the sacrifice, planning and work it takes to really break into a heavily fortified industry and eventually become the Bruce Lee of independent filmmakers, then these threads are here as an option.
You rarely if ever see me drop into another persons thread and tell them I don't think their opinions or information should be heard publicly. There's a reason for that.
To Nick, Kholi, and Brian. Honestly, I think you just don't like me. It seems disingenuous to posture as defenders of the people and overseers of the forum when you're just angry at one person because you don't agree with their methods or verbiage. I've spent a lot of time and money creating something that can really help some people achieve their goal, and I've invited each of you to come and live at my house, and share my equipment. Really, I think your responses have been less than kind in that light. Notice that I didn't act like I was protecting others when I said that, I'm talking directly to you.
For others, I hope that you can learn from these posts, or contribute, or maybe even join us. That's why these posts are here on the world's largest indie film forum. It wouldn't be a very transparent project if I was only dispersing information in my room.
