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Can Indie Film Achieve a Network Effect?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Chris Dorr

In a recent post entitled Networks And The Enterprise, Fred Wilson explains how his firm Union Square Ventures invests in networks. He included this line. My uber goal of writing this post is to explain that the wired and mobile … Continue reading →

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Movie Theaters Should Think Like Netflix

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Chris Dorr

This piece appeared on the Future of Film blog in April of 2011 and was by far the most successful post (measured by traffic, comments, tweets and likes) during the blog’s first year of existence.  It is a “what if” … Continue reading →

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Filmmakers Need to Find a New Lens

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Chris Dorr

Yesterday Sara Kiener wrote a great post on Hope for Film on the pros and cons of Kickstarting for Theatrical Distribution.  It led me to write this comment on the blog which I repost here in modified form. I have … Continue reading →

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99% of All Filmmakers Should Crowd Fund

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Chris Dorr

The original version of this piece appeared a year ago on  the Future of Film Blog at Tribeca Film.com, a blog I created and edited. There is nothing more frustrating and time consuming for a filmmaker than raising the money … Continue reading →

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The 1,000 True Fans Strategy

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Chris Dorr

In the movie business, the audience is usually described as either mass or niche.  Typically, Hollywood movies seek a mass audience and independent movies seek a niche audience. Today, there is a new way of thinking about the audience that … Continue reading →

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What Is The Golden Triangle and Why Should Filmmakers Care?

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Chris Dorr

Much of the most important innovation on the web today occurs within what some call the Golden Triangle. The three sides of this triangle are social, mobile and real time.  Though the poster children for this triangle are Facebook, the … Continue reading →

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Bright Star: Can passion be unlocked on the screen and online?

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Chris Dorr

When a filmmaker creates a movie, she brings many tools to unlock her artistic passion, which she attempts to capture on the screen.  These tools; the screenplay, the actors, the physical setting and the cinematography all combine to bring into … Continue reading →

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Who is Zoe Keating and why should independent filmmakers care?

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Chris Dorr

Several years ago, I left the movie business and entered the world of the internet and mobile.  Since then, independent filmmakers have often asked me about what they should do in this “new media” digital world.  As digital innovation has … Continue reading →

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