EXPERIMENT
I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. Actually, one of the things I've been doing is experimenting with some of the tools available for converting video for the Sony PSPĀ?. As you may already know, my next show will be, at first at least, released exclusively for this mobile device. I have some great ideas brewing.
Speaking of ideas, there's been a lot of discussion on some forums and lists I read about indie content creators needing to come up with just that. Not great ideas for shows, but great ideas for getting them in front of the eyes of the audience that wants to see them. So far, many of us have been thinking along the lines of the old system. We've considered how great it would be to get that movie in the theatres. Is that what we should be considering?
I think indies need to consider paving their own path. The studios have their system. They own the content and the venues and it's like a closed club. Why try to break in when there are other ways? Before us lies a vast internet full of viewers on virtual journeys seeking something those studios aren't giving them. People want something different. This could just as well mean different in format rather than just content.
I think what I did with Understanding Chaos, originally an exclusive internet release, fit that bill to some degree. I had troubles with bandwidth and servers in those days, but today we have bit torrent and file planet and who knows how many ways of getting the content out there. The playing field is large and open.
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