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Truly Free Film

4 industry trends Revealed at AFM 2014

Despite the growing trend towards self-distribution, AFM is still a hugely important event in the industry, and something to which we should all pay attention.  I spoke with AFM’s Managing Director Jonathan Wolf on Wednesday about his opinions about the show and the general state of the industry.  Here’s what you need to know as a producer

1. Asia’s importance as a territory is growing.

This should come as a surprise to precisely no one; at least no one who has been paying attention to industry trends.  However by the numbers, buyers from Asia represented 30.7% of total buyers, and 28.3% of total buyer companies attending AFM. 

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Truly Free Film

10 Ways Technology Altered My Filmmaking Process

I am not sure cell phones have really helped because I used to be able to always be on set.  When cell phones came along, the producer was always on the phone.  Sure schedules used to be done by hand.  Nothing was wireless.  But what was it that helped make movies more efficiently or creatively?  What were the big advances that I can recall?  Did they all actually help? Did some hurt?

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The Next Good Idea

Send Text Messages From Your Computer

Teleflip allows you to send emails as text messages.  Or you can text someone from your computer.  Essentially you turn your cell phone into a Blackberry.  And you can turn it off when you want too.

Here’s all you do:
1. Go to your email
2. In the “To Field”, place the cellphone@teleflip.com (2125556789@teleflip.com)
3. Enter your text message (not to exceed 160 characters)
4. Hit send