http://discover.workbookproject.com fund, create, distribute and sustain Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:08:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/09/video/ In addition to discovery and distribution, From Here to Awesome has a special FREE educational section entitled DIY DAYS that is an extension of the Workbook Project. The DIY DAYS events are a joint effort between FHTA and Current TV and will consist of workshops, case studies, panel discussions, and ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/06/event-diy-days/ Timo Vuorensola is a filmmaker who has fully embraced the concept of crowdsourcing. After the success of his last feature film Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning which has been downloaded over 8 million times, Timo and his team created a platform to help others crowdsource their movies. WB: Can you explain ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/06/5-questions-for-timo-vuorensola/ This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix and Breakthrough Distribution - Skot Leach and his brother Ryan are on a mission to warn the world about a secret zombie outbreak. Their Lost Zombies project is a crowdsourced zombie flick that has user-gen sightings coming in from all ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/06/tcibr-podcast-lost-zombies-skot-leach/ The IFP has announced the projects for the 2008 Narrative lab and for the first time one of the films will win a $50,000 finishing grant. For more on info visit the IFP.org or the lab blog. The selected projects for the 2008 Narrative Lab and Lab Fellows include: At The Foot ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/06/ifp-labs/ This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix and Breakthrough Distribution - Casey Walker has turned to the internet to raise the funds for his debut feature film, FREE FOR ALL...BUT YOU!. By putting a different spin on a model that helped a college student raise a million ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/06/tcibr-podcast-casey-walkers-million-dollar-movie/ We often discuss the importance of embracing other models and schools of thought when it comes to filmmaking. Much can be learned from the music, gaming and software industries. Filmmakers are after all entrepreneurs and the following presentation at The Next Web Conference 2008 by Adeo Ressi, The Founding Member ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/05/learning-from-others/ ::PROJECT Wreck a Movie - As the internet continues to connect people, filmmakers are looking for new ways to improve the funding, production and distribution process. The folks behind the internet phenomenon Star Wreck have established a social community around the creation of a number of film projects. The site describes ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/05/diy-list-10/ This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix and Breakthrough Distribution - Our guest today is Ondi Timoner writer / director of the critically acclaimed doc DiG. Ondi's most recent film, Join US is an intimate look at cults and mind control. Over the course of the discussion ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/05/tcibr-podcast-ondi-timoner/ I’ve just return from Hot Docs where I participated in a panel of judges for the newly formed Convergence Lab. Created by DocAgora, the lab focuses on a number of projects. The lab brings together producers, filmmakers and interactive designers in an effort to develop cross-media strategies for their projects. Cross-media ... http://discover.workbookproject.com/2008/04/pov-the-value-of-cross-media-storytelling/