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Moderators will contribute a certain number of posts per week; they will also be responsible for recruiting a minimum of 5 new members per post. This is a chance to be one of the founding members in a rapidly-growing community.

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One of the biggest hassles in producing online videos where you are dealing with talent, filmmakers, editors and producers is trying to figure out a good way to show everybody rough cuts of your work and get everybody's comments. I recently discovered Pando, which is a super-simple way to transfer large video files to a whole bunch of people via email. All you have to do is download the free Pando software, upload your video, and email away to anybody you want. Then they just have to download the software, log on, and check out the video. Highly recommended for video makers of any kind.

This is a new "Crew" for folks interested in earning money through online video... via advertisers. I'm a career marketer who moonlights as a video creator. I know how much it cost me to make a video (not much except equipment and time) and how much marketers and advertisers are spending (a fortune). So I think there's a strong opportunity in connecting hungry creators (with good content and a regular following) with brands looking to experiment in viral video. Example: Mentos (see video).

Call us sellouts if you will. But I love marketing and entertainment and believe they can co-exist in peace and harmony.

On REELEDin user Keven Nalty's blog WillVideoforFood.com, Nalts announced that he will now be doing seminars on the capabilities of online video as a tool for marketing products. Nalts is truly the man when it comes to all things web video, and is ahead of the pack in stretching the medium. Check out his sheet here and add him as a contact, and read more about his seminars here.

Check out this site that lists a variety of different documents and files that your production could find VERY valuable.

http://www.dependentfilms.net/files.html

Some include:

-Location Contract

-Talent Release Form

-Call Sheet Template

-Location Release Form

-Personal Release Form

-Location Scouting Sheet

-Production Budgeting Proposal

-Cast/Crew Contact Sheet

-Continuity Log

-Daily Progress/Production Reports

-Story Board Tools/Templates

-Film Budget

-Palm Pilot Databases

-I could go on....but I think you can already see that this one website offer a lot!

Enjoy and thanks to Dependent Films for this wonderful Resource!

Revver is sponsoring the Student Films Across America Los Angeles screening/awards event, taking place this Thursday, August 2nd at 7 p.m. at Cinespace in Hollywood. The event is free and will feature live music and high-quality student shorts. Come out and meet other LA-based independent creators and support student film!

In case you're not familiar, SFAA is a student-organized traveling film festival that showcases really impressive student short films on big screens across the country. The project is super ambitious and is the meaning of DIY awesomeness - they've managed to hit just about everywhere on nothing but a shoestring budget and a lot of hard work. The embedded vid is from their road blog, and you can check out some of the shorts here.

More info on the venue and the selected shorts for that night can be found here. Hope to see everyone there!

Anybody working with low end technology, such as shooting with cell phones or mini-camcorders, for the Pocket Film Festival in Paris and other new venues? Here at Small Screen Video we're seeing how much we can do with "The Flip" mini.