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The IFC Interview | Allow indie film makers to upload a six minute film. Let people vote on which they like best. Show the winners on TV. Brilliant! Why didn't I think of it? I chatted with the brains behind IFC's Media Lab to get the skinny on this cool project.
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Scraps: We must say, it’s quite an interesting concept you’ve created. How did the project come about?
IFC: There are more “amateurs” making films now than at any point in the history of humankind. As low-cost, high-quality video cameras become more and more available and desktop computers with video-editing software become more and more powerful and affordable, video (the moving image) is increasingly how average people are choosing to express themselves.
Media Lab was developed in direct response to the ever-increasing amount of video content being produced by “amateur” filmmakers. IFC’s Media Lab is a web/TV integrated program that provides filmmakers a destination for posting their independent films online, offers viewers the chance to watch and vote on those films, and places the top, viewer-ranked films on IFC’s air in a national broadcast and beyond.
Scraps: With the current financial state of the multiplex, and larger distribution companies doing direct to DVD now, do you think the marketplace for indie films has improved over the past 10 years?
IFC: Absolutely. Consumers are increasingly looking for alternative sources of films
Scraps: Are there any definitive subjects that won’t be allowed to be submitted? Where is the line between artistic and tasteless?
IFC: Right now, we’d say: No. There are no definitive subjects what won’t be permitted. This is independent media, after all. As for the line between artistic and tasteless . . . we’ll know it when we see it. And, really, who’s to say that tasteless is necessarily bad?
Scraps: How long will the movies be available? If submissions aren’t selected to be televised in January, will they still be available for viewing and voting?
IFC: Movies will be available for viewing and voting indefinitely. There are no plans at this time to pull films down ever.
Scraps: Are there plans for packaging DVDs after the competition?
IFC: There is no end to the competition. Media Lab is an ongoing hub for film submissions and viewer critique. We have discussed compiling some of the best of the films for DVD distribution, but no definitive plans exist yet.
Scraps: We’ve got lots of ideas for short films, but no hardware. Can you recommend a low-end and high-end equipment list for budding directors?
IFC: The new Cannon pro-sumer and consumer HD cameras are the ultimate for high-end beginners or pros. As for low-end – use anything!!! If you’ve got an idea, but no assets, use what you have available. We work with filmmakers who use video games like Halo and Sims to create shorts, as well as those who use cell phone video cameras. Jib Jab made the most watched short of 2004 with desktop computers and unlimited creativity. The Star Wars Kid was watched by millions – who knows what they shot that on! “Tarnation” was an indie sensation, and John made that with handheld video camera and an Apple computer.
Scraps: Will potential producers be able to contact entrants directly, or will you act as a filter?
IFC: Because of the agreement that filmmakers make with IFC when they submit a film, IFC will act as a filter.
Scraps: Peer-to-peer always get negative press, but is the internet a positive tool overall for the independent director?
IFC: Any conduit that helps indie directors to get their work seen by other people is a positive thing.
Scraps: Are there 1 or 2 genres that amateur film-makers seem to focus on more than others?
IFC: So far, it seems as though most people are making comedies. A close second place would go to the horror genre.
Scraps: Will submissions be ‘watermarked’ in any way, or will we see them just as they were created?
IFC: IFC will exhibit the films just as the filmmakers intended them to be exhibited: unrestrained, unfiltered, and absolutely uncut. |
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Updated Saturday, December 03, 2005 Written by Scraps |
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