Phil Peel

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Archive for February, 2011

How to sell your work online: Dynamo Player

Posted by Phil On February - 21 - 2011

I’ve been trying to figure out for a number of years how to sell my films online, not sending out DVDs. Here’s a new service called Dynamo Player.

http://site.dynamoplayer.com/about

If this works as described then this could be really useful. It’s  like Vimeo and YouTube but your viewers pay for the download.  Here’s a detailed explanation from  Chris Jones’ blog today. You can read it here…

http://tinyurl.com/chrisjonesdynamo

“As a film maker, I know how vital it is to connect with a paying audience, and for me, this is the missing link we have been waiting for. I suggest you get signed up and start selling your movies!”  Chris Jones

Man has video camera attached to his skull.

Posted by Phil On February - 11 - 2011

Perhaps this taking cinema verite just a little too far.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12429353

“Zombie Radio” selected for Boston Sci-Fi Festival

Posted by Phil On February - 10 - 2011

Lawrence Gray’s Zombie Radio, which I lit and shot for him last summer has got into the Boston Sci-Fi Festival. The biggest and longest running genre festival in the US.

Here’s the link to the trailer.     Zombie Radio Trailer

Zombie Radio - Frank and Luscious

Southern Script Festival

Posted by Phil On February - 10 - 2011

The Bournemouth University Media School invites YOU to attend the first annual Southern Scriptwriters’ Festival: Son of a Pitch. A grand menagerie of informative learning and debate concerning all things scriptwriterly!

This new two-day conference on 26th & 27th March 2011 is organised and led by students at Bournemouth University studying MA Screenwriting, MA Writing for the Media and BA Scriptwriting. Southern Script festival /Son of a Pitch will provide southern scriptwriters with a large, committed yearly event intended to enhance their abilities, inform them of current trends in screenwriting education, and to encourage a strong relationship between scriptwriting courses and the media industry in the South.

The conference consists of a variety show of intriguing lectures from real industry professionals and lecturers, ranging from straightforward talks to open debates, as well as small productive workshops and entertaining events like speed pitching!

Further details on tickets and programme will be available soon via the website.

http://www.southernscriptfest.co.uk/