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lmcnelly I know everyone thinks giving your film away for free online is the future, but I'm not convinced. Does it help the filmmaker? 1 year, 1 month ago from web
lmcnelly It seems like it essentially turns the film into a commercial 1 year, 1 month ago from web
britmic @lmcnelly a commercial for what? How to not pay your mortgage? :) 1 year, 1 month ago from Twittelator in reply to lmcnelly
lmcnelly @britmic i'm not looking to pay the mortgage. i'm looking to break even so i can afford the next one. 1 year, 1 month ago from web in reply to britmic
thraveboy @lmcnelly @britmic That's why my films cost $100 - $500 dollars instead of $1M. Much easier to break even. :) 1 year, 1 month ago from TweetDeck in reply to lmcnelly
lmcnelly @thraveboy @britmic but if you give it away, aren't $1k and $1M equally far away? 1 year, 1 month ago from web in reply to thraveboy
lmcnelly @thraveboy @britmic i love it too, but i like not living in my car more. :) i can't make the films I want to make for $100 1 year, 1 month ago from web in reply to thraveboy
lmcnelly I'm not against using a film to build and audience and brand yourself, but I'm wary of an approach that relies completely on that. 1 year, 1 month ago from web
thraveboy @lmcnelly @britmic If you create then something can happen but it might not be in your lifetime and might not make money from your passion. 1 year, 1 month ago from TweetDeck in reply to lmcnelly
thraveboy @lmcnelly @britmic Starting off by making something great and sharing it for free is the way that 90% of silicon valley startups work. 1 year, 1 month ago from TweetDeck

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<!-- QuoteURL styled embed start --> <blockquote class="quoteurl-block" style="margin:0;padding:0;"> <ol class="quoteurl-quote" style="background-color:#fff;color:#000;padding:.4em;border:1px solid #888;-moz-border-radius: .5em;border-radius: .5em;width:90%;max-width:700px;margin:auto;"> <li class="hentry status u-lmcnelly" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/266233393/richie_green_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="Lucas McNelly"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="Lucas McNelly" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly">lmcnelly</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal">I know everyone thinks giving your film away for free online is the future, but I'm not convinced. Does it help the filmmaker?</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223395260" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:13:14" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from web</span> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-lmcnelly" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/266233393/richie_green_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="Lucas McNelly"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="Lucas McNelly" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly">lmcnelly</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal">It seems like it essentially turns the film into a commercial</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223415336" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:14:46" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from web</span> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-britmic" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/britmic"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/150478976/IMG_0287_normal.JPG" class="photo fn" alt="Mike Peter Reed"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="Mike Peter Reed" href="http://twitter.com/britmic">britmic</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly" >@lmcnelly</a> a commercial for what? How to not pay your mortgage? :)</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/britmic/status/2223467240" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:18:38" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from <a href="http://www.stone.com/Twittelator">Twittelator</a></span> <a href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223415336">in reply to lmcnelly</a> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-lmcnelly" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/266233393/richie_green_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="Lucas McNelly"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="Lucas McNelly" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly">lmcnelly</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://twitter.com/britmic" >@britmic</a> i'm not looking to pay the mortgage. i'm looking to break even so i can afford the next one.</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223471623" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:18:58" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from web</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/britmic/status/2223452549">in reply to britmic</a> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-thraveboy" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/275203447/FathersDayProfilePhotoBetter_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="reid gershbein"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="reid gershbein" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy">thraveboy</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly" >@lmcnelly</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/britmic" >@britmic</a> That's why my films cost $100 - $500 dollars instead of $1M. Much easier to break even. :)</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy/status/2223493460" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:20:35" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">TweetDeck</a></span> <a href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223471623">in reply to lmcnelly</a> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-lmcnelly" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/266233393/richie_green_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="Lucas McNelly"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="Lucas McNelly" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly">lmcnelly</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy" >@thraveboy</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/britmic" >@britmic</a> but if you give it away, aren't $1k and $1M equally far away?</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223514639" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:22:12" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from web</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy/status/2223493460">in reply to thraveboy</a> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-lmcnelly" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/266233393/richie_green_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="Lucas McNelly"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="Lucas McNelly" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly">lmcnelly</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy" >@thraveboy</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/britmic" >@britmic</a> i love it too, but i like not living in my car more. :) i can't make the films I want to make for $100</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223657950" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:33:06" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from web</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy/status/2223601449">in reply to thraveboy</a> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-lmcnelly" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/266233393/richie_green_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="Lucas McNelly"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="Lucas McNelly" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly">lmcnelly</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal">I'm not against using a film to build and audience and brand yourself, but I'm wary of an approach that relies completely on that.</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223744840" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:39:32" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from web</span> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-thraveboy" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/275203447/FathersDayProfilePhotoBetter_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="reid gershbein"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="reid gershbein" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy">thraveboy</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly" >@lmcnelly</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/britmic" >@britmic</a>  If you create then something can happen but it might not be in your lifetime and might not make money from your passion.</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy/status/2223968176" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 15:55:51" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">TweetDeck</a></span> <a href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly/status/2223887475">in reply to lmcnelly</a> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> <li class="hentry status u-thraveboy" style="clear:both;list-style:none;padding-top:.7em;padding-bottom:.7em;border-top:1px dashed #ccc;position:relative;background-color:#fff;"> <div class="thumb vcard author" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;margin-left:.5em;"> <a class="url" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy"><img width="48" height="48" style="border:none;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/254176433/DabblerFirstFrame_normal.jpg" class="photo fn" alt="reid gershbein"/></a> </div> <div class="status-body" style="margin-right:30px;padding-right:1em;"> <a class="author" style="font-weight:bold;" title="reid gershbein" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy">thraveboy</a> <span class="entry-content" style="font-style:normal"><a href="http://twitter.com/lmcnelly" >@lmcnelly</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/britmic" >@britmic</a> Starting off by making something great and sharing it for free is the way that 90% of silicon valley startups work.</span> <span class="meta entry-meta" style="color:#888;font-family:georgia;font-size:0.8em;font-style:italic;"> <a rel="bookmark" class="entry-date" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none;" href="http://twitter.com/thraveboy/status/2224611418" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline';" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none';"> <span title="2009-06-18 16:42:56" class="published">18 Jun 2009</span> </a> <span>from <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">TweetDeck</a></span> </span> </div> <div class="actions" style="position:relative;clear:both;"></div> </li> </ol> </blockquote><small class="quoteurl-cite" style="float:right;"> -- <a href="http://www.quoteurl.com/al2i9">this quote</a> was brought to you by <a href="http://www.quoteurl.com">quoteurl</a></small> <br class="quoteurl-end" style="clear:both;" /> <!-- QuoteURL embed end -->

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